03.06.13
Nebraska Cultures Inc., the creator and supplier of Dr. Shahani’s L. acidophilus, has unveiled that its resilient probiotic strain ProDURA (Bacillus coagulans) survived twice as long in a heat resistance test as other top commercially available strains, according to a University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Thermal Resistance Study. The fact that the ProDURA strain took significantly longer to die than the competition reaffirmed the strain’s viability and potential for the use of ProDURA in food processing applications where thermal stability is needed.
The experiments in the study included testing the heat resistance of three commercial probiotic strains of Bacillus coagulans – ProDURA and two other strains already well established in the marketplace. The findings show that the time necessary to decrease the population of viable ProDURA bacteria by 90% is approximately twice as long as the other two strains tested at temperatures up to 105°C. For further information: www.nebraskacultures.com
The experiments in the study included testing the heat resistance of three commercial probiotic strains of Bacillus coagulans – ProDURA and two other strains already well established in the marketplace. The findings show that the time necessary to decrease the population of viable ProDURA bacteria by 90% is approximately twice as long as the other two strains tested at temperatures up to 105°C. For further information: www.nebraskacultures.com