. 2023 Jan 5;12(2):252. doi: 10.3390/foods12020252

Table 1.

Mean diameter, polydispersity index, viable cell count before and after encapsulation, and the probiotic encapsulation efficiency (EE%).

Formulation	Mean Diameter (µm) *	Polydispersion Index *	Viable Cell Count (Log CFU/g)		EE% *
Formulation	Mean Diameter (µm) *	Polydispersion Index *	Before	After	EE% *
LAEG	26.08 ± 1.74 ^a	0.5 ± 0 ^a	12.1 ± 1.0	10.9 ± 0.9	89.6 ± 4.2 ^a
LPEG	21.56 ± 4.17 ^a	0.6 ± 0.1 ^a	12.3 ± 1.4	9.9 ± 0.8	81.1 ± 9.7 ^a
LAEA	5.24 ± 1.32 ^b	0.1 ± 0.1 ^b	12.8 ± 0.0	<1	<1 ^b
LPEA	5.52 ± 0.45 ^b	0.1 ± 0 ^b	12.7 ± 0.2	<1	<1 ^b

LAEG—L. acidophilus in gelatin; LPEG—L. plantarum in gelatin; LAEA—L. acidophilus in alginate; LPEA-LPEA—L. plantarum in alginate. * Values expressed as mean ± standard deviation (n = 3). Equal lowercase letters in the same column indicate no statistically significant difference (p > 0.05), based on ANOVA and Tukey’s post-test.