Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 and Improved Gastrointestinal Transit

• Encapsulation of probiotics to improve their survival: A focus on Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12.

  • 2026-03-30
  • Review
  • Food chemistry: X 35
  • • Defeng Shu
    • Tianning Zhang
    • Yajie Dong
    • Jinlong Xu
    • Yongkai Yuan

  • PubMed: 41994549
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.fochx.2026.103802

  2 Insights on

  • Improved Gastrointestinal Transit

  • Low evidence

  By integrating single-strain and co-encapsulation systems, this review elucidates how carrier structure, protection mechanisms, and environmental stresses collectively govern BB-12 stability

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate