Khoraniya, Chetan
Adedeji, Rashid
Zimmerman, Tahl
Tahergorabi, Reza
Ibrahim, Salam A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Article History
Received: 13 November 2025
Accepted: 9 February 2026
First Online: 13 February 2026
Declarations
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: The study involved laboratory analysis of commercially available yogurt products and did not involve human participants, human biological materials, or identifiable human data. Therefore, approval from an Institutional Review Board (IRB) or informed consent was not required. All laboratory experiments were conducted in accordance with institutional biosafety policies and were approved by the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (Protocol #23 − 11; approval date: September 3, 2024).
: Not applicable.
: Reza Tahergorabi and Salam A. Ibrahim declare they are an Editorial Board Member of Discover Food and confirm that they were not involved in the handling or decision‑making of their own submission.