Evaluation of microencapsulation of a Bifidobacterium strain with starch as an approach to prolonging viability during storage

Aims: To optimize a spray coating process for the production of encapsulated microspheres containing viable Bifidobacterium cells and to determine whether the readily gelatinized modified starch coating used in this study improved bacterial survival in foods or under acid conditions.

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