Fruit salad as a new vehicle for probiotic bacteria

Abstract

This work aimed to study the use of fruit salads as carriers for Lactobacillus rhamnosus HN001. We evaluated the viability of this probiotic in fruit salads and the phsyico-chemical, microbiological and sensory properties of this food. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to verify microorganism adhesion on the fruit tissues. The viability of L. rhamnosus in fruit salads was 8.49 log CFU . g -1 after 120 hours. SEM images showed that fruit tissue provided protection for probiotic. Adhesion sites were ob…