In this study, dehydrated strawberries have been proposed as probiotic carriers. Strawberries were cut into halves, incorporated with Bacillus coagulans BC4 by two alternative methods (impregnation and alginate coating) submitted to drying (freeze - FD oven OD). Six treatments carried out, namely: OD (no probiotic), I-FD, I-OD, C-FD, C-OD (I- C- meaning impregnation coating respectively). While...