Background The current relevance of functional foods in human health and well-being has
led to an increased interest in developing new types of oral administration systems for …

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

In the recent past, there has been significant interest in research and development of smart
functional foods that maximize therapeutic health benefits to consumers. However, the food …

Probiotics are beneficial microorganisms that can improve human health. However,
probiotics are susceptible to adverse effects of processing and storage, and their viability …

Probiotic bacteria are being increasingly added to food for developing products with health-
promoting properties. However, the efficacy of probiotics in commercial products is often …

Considering the significance of the gut microbiota on human health, there has been ever-
growing research and commercial interest in various aspects of probiotic functional foods …

Background With almost thirty years of application in field of probiotics, microencapsulation
is becoming an important technology for sustaining cell viability during food production …

Background The growing awareness of functional food products for imparting potential
health benefits has focused on the co-encapsulation of probiotic bacteria with bioactive …

Adequate intake of live probiotics can provide benefits to human health and wellbeing.
However, free probiotics tend to lose their viability during the production, storage, and …

Probiotic encapsulation technology (PET) has the potential to protect microorgansisms and
to deliver them into the gut. Because of the promising preclinical and clinical results …