Table 2.

Folate content determined in fermented milk inoculated with LAB.

Folate Content 1 in Fermented Milk	Coverage of the Daily Demand for Folate (%) 2	Producing Microorganisms	Ref.
5–50 µg/kg	1–12	S. thermophilus	[50]
20–50 µg/L	5–12	S. thermophilus	[55]
50–200 µg/kg	12–50	S. thermophilus	[56]
250–280 µg/L	63–70	L. amylovorus, S. thermophilus and L. delbruecki subsp. bulgaricus	[46]
10–70 µg/L	3–18	L. delbruecki subsp. bulgaricus	[57]
80–180 µg/L	20–45	L. delbruecki subsp. bulgaricus, S. thermophilus	[58]
27–35 µg/kg	7–9	L. delbruecki subsp. bulgaricus, S. thermophilus	[47]
45 µg/kg	11	L. delbruecki subsp. bulgaricus, S. thermophilus	Own study
50–100 µg/L	13–25	B. longum	[16]
60–90 µg/kg	15–23	S. thermophilus, B. animalis	[17]
30–60 µg/kg	8–15	S. thermophilus, B. longum	[49]
60	15	L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus, S. thermophilus, and B. bifidum	Own study
105 µg/kg	26	L. delbruecki subsp. bulgaricus, L. lactis, S. thermophilus, and B. bifidum	Own study
120–130 µg/kg	30–33	Lc. lactis subsp. lactis, Lc. lactis subsp. cremoris	[59]
2–20 µg/L	1–5	Lc. lactis subsp. cremoris	[53]
71 µg/kg	18	Lc. lactis subsp. cremoris, Leuconostoc, Lc. lactis subsp. lactis, and L. lactis subsp. lactis diacetylactis	Own study

¹ Folate content expressed in fresh weight basis. ² Coverage of the daily demand for folate by adults, based on RDA (recommended daily allowance) of 400 µg set for men and women above 19 years old, by eating 1 kg or 1 L of the fermented milk product [60].