Cheese as Probiotic Carrier: Technological Aspects and Benefits

Handbook of Plant-Based Fermented Food and Beverage Technology: Volume 1-2, Second Edition

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2012, Pages 749-784

  Buriti, Flávia Carolina Alonso ^a   de Souza, Cínthia Hoch Batista ^b   Saad, Susana Marta Isay ^b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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