23. January 2017

Abstract Although the intestinal microbial community is still incompletely understood, there is strong evidence of the benefits of using probiotics to address some medical states or conditions. As a result, the probiotics oral supplements market has exploded during the last few years. However, while their sensitivity to gastric juices, acidic pH and bile is well known, most of these oral forms would not guarantee any survival of the strains in such conditions. In this work, we have studied the...

18. February 2015

This study investigates the use of microencapsulation by fluidised bed coating for the protection of ascorbic acid during long-term storage under simulated tropical conditions. Microencapsulation materials, loading levels, fluidised bed processing conditions and the results of storage trials were evaluated. Cellets® 350 is a suitable base material, whereas sugar spheres are not suitable due to agglomeration and bed collapse during processing. Sodium alginate provided the best overall...