Probiotic Supplements and Food Products: A Comparative Approach

Probiotic Food Products Classes, Types, and Processing

Probiotic as a term is a relatively new word meaning “for life” and it is currently used to describe a group of bacteria when administered in sufficient quantity, confer beneficial effects for humans and animals [1]. The concept of probiotic bacteria is very old, and is associated with the consumption of fermented foods by human beings, for thousands of years. Since ancient times, man has made ...

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

Mismatch between Probiotic Benefits in Trials versus Food Products

Probiotic food products contain a variety of different bacterial strains and may offer different health effects. The objective was to document the prevalence and dosage of probiotic strains in the Canadian food supply and to review the literature investigating these strains in order to understand what health benefits these products may offer. The Food Label Information Program was used to ident...

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...

Comparative Investigation of Food Supplements Containing Ascorbic Acid

A simple, specific, precise and accurate reversed phase liquid chromatographic (RP-LC) method has been developed for the determination of ascorbic acid in different food additives. The chromatographic separation was achieved on a LiChrosorb C18, 250 mm x 4.6 mm, 5 μm column at a detector wavelength of 230 nm and a flow rate of 1.5 ml/min. The mobile phase was composed of acetonitrile and water ...