The potential health benefits of probiotics may not be realized because of the substantial
reduction in their viability during food storage and gastrointestinal transit …

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 …

There is a growing demand for efficient medical therapies without undesired side effects that
limit their application. Targeted therapies such as deliveries of pharmacologically active …

The development of a suitable technology for the production of probiotics is a key research
for industrial production, which should take into account the viability and the stability of the …

Probiotic based products are associated with many health benefits. However, the main
problem is the low survival of these microorganisms in food products and in gastrointestinal …

The administration of probiotic bacteria as nutraceuticals is an area that has rapidly
expanded in recent years, with a global market worth $32.6 billion predicted by 2014. Many …

In the recent past, there has been a rising interest in producing functional foods containing
encapsulated probiotic bacteria. According to their perceived health benefits, probiotics …

This review described and explains the encapsulation of bioactive compounds by extrusion
technologies. Bioactive compounds have many health benefits, but several drawbacks such …

The probiotics are extremely sensitive to various environmental factors, which imposes
limitation on their health and functional effectiveness. Thus, development of delivery system …

Probiotics, live cells with different beneficiary characteristics, have been extensivelly studied
and explored commercially in many different products in the world. Their benefits to human …