The underexposed role of food matrices in probiotic products: Reviewing the relationship between carrier matrices and product parameters

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 15, 2018, Pages 2570-2584

  Flach, Joost ^a,b   van der Waal, Mark B ^a,b   van den Nieuwboer, Maurits ^c   Claassen, Eric ^a   Larsen, Olaf F A ^a  

^a ATHENA INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b New Med Solutions ^*  (Netherlands)

^c New Media Studies UvA   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

carrier matrix; efficacy; gastrointestinal survival; Probiotics; product quality; shelf life

Indexed keywords

FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; STRAIN;

CARRIER MATRIX; CONSUMER ACCEPTANCE; EFFICACY; GASTROINTESTINAL SURVIVAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; PROBIOTIC PRODUCTS; PRODUCT PARAMETERS; SHELF LIFE;

PROBIOTICS;

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; FERMENTED PRODUCT; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTROL; HUMAN;

BACTERIA; FERMENTED FOODS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 85061131222     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2017.1334624     Document Type: Review

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