Article: Sour cream can be carrier of probiotic cultures.

In recent years, because of their reported health benefits, the dairy industry has begun incorporating probiotic cultures into many products such as yogurt and cheese. However, in order to be beneficial, the cultures have to remain live and active at the time of consumption.

Researchers in North Carolina wanted to determine the survival and growth of probiotic bifidobacteria and Lactobacillus reuteri in commercially available sour cream. They obtained fresh sour cream samples from a local market and inoculated them with one of these probiotic strains: L. reuteri (MM 2-3 and MM 7) and B. longum (ATCC 5708 and NCFB 2254). The scientists wanted to obtain a final ...

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