1.4.1. Safety Aspects of Probiotics Today‚ there are evidences that probiotic strains used as commercial bacteria are safe to use in applications. The safety of the probiotic products is appraised with the phenotypic and genotypic characteristics and the statistics of used microorganisms (Çakır 2003). Safety aspects of probiotic bacteria include the following requirements. 1. Strains for human use are preferred to be human origin. 2. They are isolated from healthy human gastrointestinal tract. 3
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Investigation of the probiotic properties of bacterial strains from two probiotic drinks and their survivability in artificial gastric juice ABSTRACT: Two probiotic drinks were investigated in vitro to test their ability to survive acidic conditions and their probiotic factors. Both the products: Actimel and Yakult contain gram-positive bacteria‚ but Actimel also has a gram-negative bacteria. The ability to survive was investigated by adding artificial gastric juice to the products and incubating
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Probiotics Probiotics are live microorganisms thought to be beneficial to the host organism. According to the currently adopted definition by FAO/WHO‚ probiotics are: "Live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host".[1] Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and bifidobacteria are the most common types of microbes used as probiotics; but certain yeasts and bacilli may also be used. Probiotics are commonly consumed as part of fermented foods with specially
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Simulated Gastro - Intestinal Juice ------------------------------------------------- Abstract (English) This investigation reports the effect of microencapsulation using different concentration of sodium alginate (1‚ 1‚5‚ 2%) on the tolerance of probiotic Lactobacillus acidophilus under simulated gastrointestinal environments. Microencapsulation provided better protection at simulated conditions of gastric and bile salt. Higher surviving numbers of cells in AG 2% after incubation in gastric juice
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Microbes and Human Life Because of the presence of microbes in all walks of human life‚ there is constant interaction between microbes and humans. The vast majority of the bacteria in the body are rendered harmless by the protective effects of the immune system‚ and a few are beneficial. In fact‚ the relationship between microbes and humans is delicate and complex. Benefits of Microbes Microbes are useful for us in many ways in various industries. Production of Foods Microbes
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Japan‚ Taiwan‚ Hong Kong‚ Thailand‚ etc. and is known to be popular among Asian communities in Australia. Also Australia is a country in close proximity to those Asian countries‚ so that it is a potential market for Yakult. Moreover‚ Yakult is a probiotic product‚ its company emphasises health‚ so it is targeted at everybody. Yakult Australia uses the slogan "Every body. Every day" that is easy to target everybody in Australia. According to the survey‚ Australians have embraced healthy lifestyles
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4.0 SWOT ANALYSIS 4.1 STRENGTH The first strength pose by Mamee Double Decker (M) Berhad is they have ability to expand their business network by penetrating into new exports market. This is proved to be true as mamee experienced a growth of 6.2% in 2002 in its effort to venture to new exports market. In addition‚ Mamee has a good reputation among customers‚ since they have become part of the choice made by household largely in Malaysia because they started in Malaysia. Mamee so far had not failed
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good carrier for probiotics. Dahi possesses a positive health image‚ has a long history of safe use and is liked by people belonging to all age groups and in different regions. Hence‚ administration of probiotic organisms becomes easy through this product. Moreover‚ the technological reasons also exist for the use of dairy products as carriers for probiotics. The technologies involved in the making of dahi like fermented products are optimized to some extent for survival of probiotic organisms. This
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aged and menopausal women. And it should be added in diets every day for two weeks. Danone is advocating that if one is not a yoghurt devotee then they are caught in a wobbly. Activia is absolutely probiotic yoghurt which probiotic bacteria. Probiotics
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The purpose of this study was to research probiotic effects in the pediatric population for prevention of ventilator associated pneumonia. Patients were randomized into two groups which were grouped by based on age. Children in the intervention group received a total of 6.6 billion Colony forming unit probiotics preparation twice a day beginning from ICU admission till 7 days or discharge from ICU. The control group did not receive
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