Lactobacillus amylovorus and Increased Folate Content

• Applicability of a Lactobacillus amylovorus strain as co-culture for natural folate bio-enrichment of fermented milk.

  • 2014-11
  • Clinical Trial
  • International Journal of Food Microbiology 191
  • • J. Laiño
    • Marianela Juárez del Valle
    • G. Savoy de Giori
    • J. LeBlanc

  • PubMed: 25217720
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2014.08.031

  3 Insights on

  • Increased Folate Content

  • Low evidence
  • Animal Study
  • Adults

  "Lactobacillus amylovorus CRL887 was selected for further studies because of its ability to produce significantly higher concentrations of vitamin (81.2 ± 5.4 μg/L)." ... "yielded a yogurt containing high folate concentrations (263.1 ± 2.4 μg/L); a single portion of which would provide 15% of the recommended dietary allowance."

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes