Probiotic Delivery through Non-Dairy Plant-Based Food Matrices

Probiotic Delivery through Fermentation: Dairy vs. Non-Dairy Beverages

Probiotics are live microorganisms that, when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit on the host, mainly through the process of replacing or including beneficial bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract. Fermented dairy foods such as yogurt, fermented milk and cheese are the major vehicle in delivering probiotics, and probiotic delivery have been traditionally associated with t...

Effect of Non-Dairy Food Matrices on the Survival of Probiotic Bacteria during Storage

The viability of probiotics in non-dairy food products during storage is required to meet content criteria for probiotic products. This study investigated whether non-dairy foods could be matrices for probiotics. Selected probiotic bacteria were coated on non-dairy foods under two storage conditions, and viabilities were assessed. The non-dairy foods were coated with 5-7 log cfu g-1 of Lactobac...

Non dairy probiotic beverages

The beneficial effects of food with added live microbes (probiotics) on human health are being increasingly promoted by health professionals. Probiotic products available in the markets today, are usually in the form of fermented milks and yoghurts; however, with an increase in the consumer vegetarianism throughout the developed countries, there is also a demand for the vegetarian probiotic pro...

Functional Dairy Probiotic Food Development: Trends, Concepts, and Products

Delivery of Probiotic Microorganisms into Gastrointestinal Tract by Food Products

Amir Mohammad Mortazavian1, Reza Mohammadi1 and Sara Sohrabvandi2 1Department of Food Science and Technology, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 2Students Research Committee, Department of Food Science and Technology, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research I...