Evaluation of the viability of free and encapsulated lactic acid bacteria using in-vitro gastro intestinal model and survivability studies of synbiotic microcapsules in dry food matrix during storage
LAB undergoes dormancy in gastric and revives in small intestinal conditions. Pleurotus ostreatus extract enhances LAB survivability when encapsulated together. Encapsulation protects LAB from gastrointestinal and high temperature stress. Dry shelf stable health foods with synbiotic microcapsules are proposed.