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Article: Lactic Acid Bacteria.
- Article from:
- Food Trade Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 1994
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In the developed world, lactic acid bacteria are usually associated with fermented dairy products and the use of dairy starter cultures has become a whole industry this century. Add to this that lactic acid bacteria have been associated with beneficial health effects for many year now.
Nowadays, many food products are promoted as being particularly healthy because of the characteristics of certain strains of lactic acid bacteria. Unfortunately, not all these strains have been studied carefully and therefore it might be difficult to substantiate some of the claims. Thus, there is a clear need for the critical study of the effects on health of strain selection and ...