Preserving the efficacy of probiotic bacteria exhibits paramount challenges that need to be
addressed during the development of functional food products. Several factors have been …

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 …

Consumer interest in healthy lifestyle and health-promoting natural products is a major
driving force for the increasing global demand of biofunctional dairy foods. A number of …

This book covers the formation, properties, characterization, and application of different
kinds of colloidal delivery systems that can be utilized within the food industry, including …

Inulin is a food ingredient that belongs to a class of carbohydrates known as fructans.
Nutritionally it has functional properties and health-promoting effects that include reduced …

Oral administration of live probiotics along with prebiotics has been suggested with
numerous beneficial effects for several conditions including certain infectious disorders …

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

Abstract In the Peninsular Malaysia and Northern Borneo island of Malaysia, various rich
indigenous leafy vegetables and fruits grow and contribute to the nutritional and dietary …

Viability of probiotic bacteria during the production and storage of fermented milks is the
most important topic of discussion in the dairy industry. Addition of microalgae into milk for …

Probiotics are live microorganisms that confer a number of health benefits when consumed
in adequate amounts, mostly due to improvement of intestinal microflora. Bacterial strains …