Probiotic foods are reported to provide several health benefits, as they help in maintaining a
good balance and composition of intestinal flora, and increase the resistance against …

Background Probiotic and starter bacteria are generally dried to produce easy-to-use
ingredients that are stable and flexible for applications in the food, feed and pharmaceutical …

From the past few decades, consumers' demand for probiotic-based functional and healthy
food products is rising exponentially. Encapsulation is an emerging field to protect probiotics …

Consumer interest in probiotics is significantly growing due to their positive impact on their
health. Dairy products are common and most preferred probiotics" delivery vehicle" in the …

Due to the fact that probiotic cells need to be alive when they are consumed, culture-based
analysis (plate count) is critical in ascertaining the quality (numbers of viable cells) of …

The preservation of lactic acid cultures by spray drying has been widely studied as an
alternate industrial process for the preservation of lactic acid starter cultures because of the …

The increasing knowledge about the human microbiome leads to the awareness of how
important probiotics can be for our health. Although further substantiation is required, it …

For centuries, people around the world have used fermentation to preserve and enhance the
flavor of a wide variety of foods. Today, complex interactions of microbiota in the digestive …

The preservation of lactic acid starter cultures by alternative drying processes has attracted
increasing attention due to the high costs and energy consumption of freezing and freeze …

Ligilactobacillus salivarius is a lactic acid bacteria that has been gaining attention as a
promising probiotic. Numerous strains exhibit functional properties with health benefits such …