Microencapsulation: An overview for the survival of probiotic bacteria

Abstract

For maintaining good health, one needs a proper balance and composition of intestinal microflora which can be achieved by supplementing probiotics. A noteworthy issue in creating helpful and valuable probiotic food items is bacterial survival, amid capacity and ingestion. Several gastrointestinal diseases can be reduced by colonizing Probiotic supplement as the appropriate barrier in the small intestine. Probiotic is characterized as a suitable microorganism with several medical advantages to the consumer when administrated in a satisfactory amount. The poor survival and steadiness of the probiotic microorganisms as revealed from the earlier reports is an essential question to that impact. Diverse natural components like oxygen toxicity, an intolerant condition of acidity and travel through the gastrointestinal tract offers a variety of extreme conditions to the probiotic microorganisms. Therefore, the current review is more emphasized upon the microencapsulation of the probiotics that enhance their viability against different parameters like oxidation, light, moisture, and temperature. Recent advancements in ensuring microorganism survival rate and their colonization in the gut as gut microflora using microencapsulation enhance probiotic supplements for better health. Hence, the present review also emphasis on the methodological systems used for probiotic alive by the encapsulation process advance technologies used to stabilize their viability during storage including the selection of biomaterial and decision for proper innovation.