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Microbial characterization of probiotics-Advisory report of the Working Group "8651 Probiotics" of the Belgian Superior Health Council (SHC).
Huys, Geert; Botteldoorn, Nadine; Delvigne, Frank et al.
2013In Molecular Nutrition and Food Research
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Keywords :
Probiotics
Abstract :
[en] When ingested in sufficient numbers, probiotics are expected to confer one or more proven health benefits on the consumer. Theoretically, the effectiveness of a probiotic food product is the sum of its microbial quality and its functional potential. Whereas the latter may vary much with the body (target) site, delivery mode, human target population, and health benefit envisaged microbial assessment of the probiotic product quality is more straightforward. The range of stakeholders that need to be informed on probiotic quality assessments is extremely broad, including academics, food and biotherapeutic industries, healthcare professionals, competent authorities, consumers, and professional press. In view of the rapidly expanding knowledge on this subject, the Belgian Superior Health Council installed Working Group "8651 Probiotics" to review the state of knowledge regarding the methodologies that make it possible to characterize strains and products with purported probiotic activity. This advisory report covers three main steps in the microbial quality assessment process, i.e. (i) correct species identification and strain-specific typing of bacterial and yeast strains used in probiotic applications, (ii) safety assessment of probiotic strains used for human consumption, and (iii) quality of the final probiotic product in terms of its microbial composition, concentration, stability, authenticity, and labeling.
Disciplines :
Microbiology
Author, co-author :
Huys, Geert
Botteldoorn, Nadine
Delvigne, Frank  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Chimie et bio-industries > Bio-industries
De Vuyst, Luc
Heyndrickx, Marc
Pot, Bruno
Dubois, Jean-Jacques
Daube, Georges  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de sciences des denrées alimentaires (DDA) > Microbiologie des denrées alimentaires
Language :
English
Title :
Microbial characterization of probiotics-Advisory report of the Working Group "8651 Probiotics" of the Belgian Superior Health Council (SHC).
Publication date :
2013
Journal title :
Molecular Nutrition and Food Research
ISSN :
1613-4125
eISSN :
1613-4133
Publisher :
John Wiley & Sons, United Kingdom
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Commentary :
(c) 2013 The Authors. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research published by Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
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