Prebiotic Ingredients in Probiotic Dairy Products

Abstract

Spring stimulation feeding of honeybee colonies (Apis mellifera carpatica) is a very important technique for the encouragement of productive foraging. In addition to improving bee health by creating favorable conditions for the development of a beneficial intestinal bacterial flora, the use of prebiotic and probiotic supplements in the feed promotes good colony development, thus increasing the forager population. This paper presents the results for the economic benefit measured following use of supplements with acidifying substances (acetic and lactic acids) and probiotic products (Enterobiotics and Enterolactis Plus), as well as the synergism between them. A total of 110 bee colonies were studied, being fed with sugar syrup (1.4 L/colony weekly) between 25 March and 15 April, supplemented according to a controlled schedule. On 20 April the bees were transferred to a rapeseed field for foraging, and then at the beginning of May they were transferred elsewhere for acacia foraging. Honey production was measured for each experimental variant after each foraging period. Colonies fed with sugar syrup containing prebiotic and probiotic supplements registered higher honey production levels and showed a higher profit (ranging from +14.67% to +45.49%) in comparison with the control group.

Colon microbiota modulation by dairy-derived diet: new strategy for prevention and treatment of colorectal cancer

“…Recently, the health benefits associated with the combination of dairy products with prebiotic components have been investigated. 95 There is evidence pointing for a beneficial effect resultant from the addition of prebiotic components to dairy products in diabetes (inducing declines in blood glucose level, serum creatinine, and uric acid level) and hypertension (reducing serum total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and triglycerides, and increasing high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol). 94 Interestingly, as it was previously mentioned, these metabolic disabilities are strongly related to the development of CRC.…”