Lactobacillus rhamnosus CRL 1505 and Improved Survival of Probiotic Bacteria

• Whey protein coating bead improves the survival of the probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus CRL 1505 to low pH.

  • 2012-04-20
  • Letters in applied microbiology 54(6)
  • • C L Gerez
    • G Font de Valdez
    • M L Gigante
    • C R F Grosso

  • PubMed: 22448978
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765x.2012.03247.x

  1 Insight on

  • Improved Survival of Probiotic Bacteria

  • Low evidence

  Both microparticles protected Lact. rhamnosus CRL 1505 at pH 2.0, but only MC(PE/WP) was effective at pH 1.2... MC(PE/WP) beads were more stable than the MC(PE-WP/WP) beads in simulated gastric conditions, thus offering better protection to Lact. rhamnosus CRL 1505 at low pH.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate