The search for new food products that promote consumers health has always been of great
interest. The dairy industry is perhaps the best example regarding the emergence of new …

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 …

In the industrialized world, functional foods have become a part of an everyday diet and are
demonstrated to offer potential health benefits beyond the widely accepted nutritional …

In this study, Lactobacillus paracasei KS-199 was encapsulated within alginate-based
electrospun nanofiber mats possessing uniform, well-defined, smooth and bead-free …

The probiotic potential, antimicrobial and antioxidant properties of Enterococcus durans
LAB18s, a strain capable of selenium bioaccumulation, was investigated. E. durans LAB18s …

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 …

This review presents the technological hurdles involved in the development and stability of
probiotic cheeses. Firstly, the potential of cheese as a food probiotic carrier is discussed …

Consumption of functional probiotic foods has increased over recent decades, alongside
with increasing consumer and researcher awareness of their health-promoting effects. This …

A probiotic whey cheese added with Lactobacillus casei LAFTI® L26, Lactobacillus
acidophilus LAFTI® L10 or Bifidobacterium animalis Bo was subject in vitro to sequential …

Functional microorganisms and health benefits represent a binomial with great potential for
fermented functional foods. The health benefits of fermented functional foods are expressed …