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

Table 4

Probiotic count (log CFU/mL) of free and encapsulated L. rhamnosus-treated orange juice.

Treatments	0 Day	7 Day	14 Day	21 Day
T1	9.50 ± 0.06^a	7.25 ± 0.06^f	6.82 ± 0.05^g	5.35 ± 0.04^h
T2	9.48 ± 0.06^a	9.00 ± 0.08^bc	8.72 ± 0.06^d	8.45 ± 0.05^e
T3	9.48 ± 0.05^a	9.07 ± 0.07^b	8.90 ± 0.04^c	8.70 ± 0.05^d

Mean values ± S.D. in a column having similar lettering are statistically nonsignificant at 5% confidence interval.
T₁ = free L. rhamnosus; T₂ = sodium alginate (1.5%)-encapsulated L. rhamnosus juice; T₃ = sodium alginate (1.5%)- and xanthan gum (0.5%)-encapsulated L. rhamnosus.