The invention belongs to the field of yoghourt preparation, and discloses
solid plant yoghourt as well as a preparation method and application thereof. Adding fruit raw materials into the bean matrix, mixing to obtain a
plant-based
emulsion, sterilizing, inoculating a direct vat set yoghurt
starter, and fermenting; after
fermentation, refrigerating and after-
ripening, freeze-
drying to obtain
plant yoghourt freeze-dried
powder, and mixing the plant yoghourt freeze-dried
powder with a
thickening agent to prepare the
solid plant yoghourt. Substances such as
starch and lipid in the fruit raw materials can effectively enhance the gel network strength and reduce the damage of freeze-
drying to a
protein structure; through the
flavor masking effect, the beany
flavor of the bean matrix is obviously weakened, and the bean matrix is endowed with the characteristic fruity
flavor. On the basis, plant yoghourt freeze-dried
powder and a
thickening agent are matched to prepare
solid plant yoghourt, the solid plant yoghourt can have the texture and taste close to those of fresh yoghourt after being brewed with cold water or normal-temperature water, and the
thickening agent can reconstruct part of
protein gel network by increasing hydrophobic interaction and ionic bond proportion in a
system, so that the solid plant yoghourt has the advantages that the solid plant yoghourt can be used for preparing the solid plant yoghourt; the water-holding capacity and the
viscosity of the recovered yoghourt are improved.