Table 3.

Survival of yeast strains under simulated gastro-intestinal conditions

Yeast strains	Type of encapsulation	CFU/ml of the treated encapsulation	CFU/ml of the untreated non encapsulation	Cell survival (%)
P. barkeri VIT-SJSN01	Sodium alginate	2.07 × 106	3.04 × 106	69 ± 0.7
	Chitosan coated sodium alginate	1.65 × 106	2.03 × 106	71 ± 0.9
	Sodium alginate-gelatinized starch	2.45 × 106	3.9 × 106	62 ± 0.9
	Free cells	1.56 × 106	3.20 × 106	48 ± 0.8
Y. lipolytica VIT-ASN04	Sodium alginate	2.34 × 106	2.98 × 106	78 ± 0.7
	Chitosan coated sodium alginate	1.12 × 106	1.55 × 106	72 ± 0.8
	Sodium alginate-gelatinized starch	2.31 × 106	3.99 × 106	58 ± 0.8
	Free	1.67 × 106	3.20 × 106	52 ± 0.9
W. anomalus VIT-ASN01	Sodium alginate	1.97 × 106	2.51 × 106	78 ± 0.9
	Chitosan coated sodium alginate	1.96 × 106	2.48 × 106	81 ± 0.9
	Sodium alginate-gelatinized starch	1.20 × 106	1.52 × 106	80 ± 0.8
	Free	2.1 × 106	4.07 × 106	52 ± 0.8
S. cerevisiae VIT-ASN03	Sodium alginate	2.7 × 106	3.64 × 106	75 ± 0.8
	Chitosan coated sodium alginate	3.4 × 106	4.47 × 106	70 ± 0.9
	Sodium alginate-gelatinized starch	4.54 × 106	7.3 × 106	63 ± 0.7
	Free	3.20 × 106	5.44 × 106	59 ± 0.9

Average values (SD±) from three independent repetitions are presented