A new enzymatically produced 1-lactulose: A pilot study to test the bifidogenic effects

International Dairy Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 940-948

  Förster Fromme, Karin ^a   Schuster Wolff Bühring, Regina ^a   Hartwig, Annette ^a   Holder, Aline ^a   Schwiertz, Andreas ^b   Bischoff, Stephan C ^a   Hinrichs, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Mikrookologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL STUDY; DAILY INTAKE; MILK SERUM; PILOT PLANT SCALE; PILOT STUDIES; PREBIOTICS; TEST PRODUCTS;

PILOT PLANTS;

FRUCTOSE;

EID: 80052912366     PISSN: 09586946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idairyj.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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