Often with that media the foul smell is due to other bacteria getting started in the culture. Did you add live (baker's) yeast to the mix after you wet it?
I've even used flour as a base for the cultures but stopped as the odor was pretty terrible.. definetly the deeper layers went anaerobic.
Any digestiable starch/sugar source will work as this is the source of the food for the yeast which is probably the main food source for the larva. However yields can be variable if there are other limiting nutrients in the media or the culture becomes contaminated with various other organisms that compete with the flies or the yeasts.
I've been experimenting with some media as well and I have noticed an increase in production when I added protein powder (cookies and cream flavor..lol). The only reason why I added this is because it expired and didnt know what else to do with is.
Yeah a lot of people notice increased production when adding a little more brewers yeast (protein) into the recipes. I do it also with the power mix, a little extra brewers yeast and some some spirulina
Chad, I use that same recipe you first asked about. You need the methyln paraben, it's a mold inhibitor. With out it, your cultures will get stinky and mold.
Try cutting it 50/50 with Carolina Mix.. the microbes that are really making it stinky are being introduced into the new cultures by the fruit flies.. you need to break that cycle to make a difference.
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