Stability and Survivability of Alginate Gum-Coated Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG in Simulated Gastrointestinal Conditions and Probiotic Juice Development

Table 1

Treatment plan for encapsulation of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG.

Treatments	Sodium alginate	Xanthan gum
T0 (control)	—	—
T1	Free form	Free form
T2	1.5%	—
T3	1.5%	0.5%

T₀ = control, plain juice; T₁ = free L. rhamnosus; T₂ = sodium alginate (1.5%)-encapsulated L. rhamnosus; T₃ = sodium alginate (1.5%)- and xanthan gum (0.5%)-encapsulated L. rhamnosus.