Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 and Rapid Galactooligosaccharide Degradation During Gastrointestinal Transit

• In vitro evaluation of gastrointestinal survival of Lactobacillus amylovorus DSM 16698 alone and combined with galactooligosaccharides, milk and/or Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis Bb-12.

  • 2011-09
  • International Journal of Food Microbiology 149(2)
  • • R. C. Martinez
    • A.-E. Aynaou
    • S. Albrecht
    • H. Schols
    • E. D. De Martinis
    • E. Zoetendal
    • K. Venema
    • S. Saad
    • H. Smidt

  • PubMed: 21741105
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.06.010

  3 Insights on

  • Rapid Galactooligosaccharide Degradation During Gastrointestinal Transit

  • Low evidence

  both L. amylovorus and Bb-12 were observed to promptly degrade GOS compounds in samples collected from TIM-1, as assessed at t=2h.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small