Table 1.

Moisture content of freeze dried L. plantarum in the presence of various cryoprotectant drying media.

	Moisture content (wt%)
Drying media	Water (negative control)	Skimmed milk (positive control)	Inulin	Maltodextrin	Sucrose
Run 1	2.62	1.02	4.00	0.87	6.06
Run 2	3.77	1.76	5.68	2.29	8.25
Run 3	2.36	1.38	4.73	6.12	No data
Average	2.92	1.39	4.80	3.09	7.15
SD	0.43	0.21	0.49	1.57	0.89