Dried Fruit Matrices Incorporated with a Probiotic Strain of Lactobacillus plantarum
The development of fruits and vegetables containing probiotics is a topic of great interest and popularity for health-conscious consumers. The aim of this study was to evaluate the possibility of using dried fruit matrices as delivery vehicles for probiotics. Different fruits — kiwi, mango...
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| description | The development of fruits and vegetables containing probiotics is a topic of great interest and popularity for health-conscious consumers. The aim of this study was to evaluate the possibility of using dried fruit matrices as delivery vehicles for probiotics. Different fruits — kiwi, mango, strawberry, pineapple, banana — were used as food matrices to test the viability of a strain of Lactobacillus plantarum, which was determined after drying at 40ºC and at different storage times. Cell survival after drying decreased by ca. 1 log in banana and strawberry, to 3 log, for kiwi. The bacterial numbers in banana and strawberry dried pieces at the time of storage at room temperature and 4ºC were approximately 107 cfu/g. After 37 days storage at room temperature, no viable counts were observed in any of the fruits studied. However, at 4ºC after this period of time, viable cells were detected for all the fruits (1.9x106 cfu/g, 1.5x105 cfu/g 1.5x105 cfu/g, 4.7x104 cfu/g 8.0x103 cfu/g, for strawberry, banana, kiwi, mango and pineapple, respectively). |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0586843be93a4db2a5e20f6467c317db2024-12-09T23:16:05ZengISEKI_Food Association (IFA)International Journal of Food Studies2182-10542014-04-013110.7455/ijfs/3.1.2014.a6Dried Fruit Matrices Incorporated with a Probiotic Strain of Lactobacillus plantarumCatarina Ribeiro0Ricardo Freixo1Joana Silva2Paul Gibbs3Alcina Morais4Paula Teixeira5CBQF - Centro de Biotecnologia e Quımica Fina – Laboratorio Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Catolica Portuguesa, Porto, PortugalCBQF - Centro de Biotecnologia e Quımica Fina – Laboratorio Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Cat´olica Portuguesa, Porto, PortugalCBQF - Centro de Biotecnologia e Qu´ımica Fina – Laborat´orio Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Catolica Portuguesa, Porto, PortugalCBQF - Centro de Biotecnologia e Qu´ımica Fina – Laborat´orio Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Catolica Portuguesa/Porto, Porto, PortugalCBQF - Centro de Biotecnologia e Qu´ımica Fina – Laborat´orio Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Cat´olica Portuguesa/Porto, Porto, PortugalCBQF - Centro de Biotecnologia e Qu´ımica Fina – Laborat´orio Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Cat´olica Portuguesa/Porto, Porto, PortugalThe development of fruits and vegetables containing probiotics is a topic of great interest and popularity for health-conscious consumers. The aim of this study was to evaluate the possibility of using dried fruit matrices as delivery vehicles for probiotics. Different fruits — kiwi, mango, strawberry, pineapple, banana — were used as food matrices to test the viability of a strain of Lactobacillus plantarum, which was determined after drying at 40ºC and at different storage times. Cell survival after drying decreased by ca. 1 log in banana and strawberry, to 3 log, for kiwi. The bacterial numbers in banana and strawberry dried pieces at the time of storage at room temperature and 4ºC were approximately 107 cfu/g. After 37 days storage at room temperature, no viable counts were observed in any of the fruits studied. However, at 4ºC after this period of time, viable cells were detected for all the fruits (1.9x106 cfu/g, 1.5x105 cfu/g 1.5x105 cfu/g, 4.7x104 cfu/g 8.0x103 cfu/g, for strawberry, banana, kiwi, mango and pineapple, respectively).https://www.iseki-food-ejournal.com/article/366Healthy dried fruitProbioticLactobacillus plantarumViability |
| spellingShingle | Catarina Ribeiro Ricardo Freixo Joana Silva Paul Gibbs Alcina Morais Paula Teixeira Dried Fruit Matrices Incorporated with a Probiotic Strain of Lactobacillus plantarum International Journal of Food Studies Healthy dried fruit Probiotic Lactobacillus plantarum Viability |
| title | Dried Fruit Matrices Incorporated with a Probiotic Strain of Lactobacillus plantarum |
| title_full | Dried Fruit Matrices Incorporated with a Probiotic Strain of Lactobacillus plantarum |
| title_fullStr | Dried Fruit Matrices Incorporated with a Probiotic Strain of Lactobacillus plantarum |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dried Fruit Matrices Incorporated with a Probiotic Strain of Lactobacillus plantarum |
| title_short | Dried Fruit Matrices Incorporated with a Probiotic Strain of Lactobacillus plantarum |
| title_sort | dried fruit matrices incorporated with a probiotic strain of lactobacillus plantarum |
| topic | Healthy dried fruit Probiotic Lactobacillus plantarum Viability |
| url | https://www.iseki-food-ejournal.com/article/366 |
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