Probiotic Derived Non-Viable Material For Allergy Prevention And Treatment

Abstract

A process for the preparation of a non-viable probiotic composition having anti-allergic (i.e. allergy preventive and/or anti-allergic in a therapeutic sense) properties, the process including the steps of (a) subjecting LGG to cultivation in a suitable culture medium using a batch process; (b) harvesting the culture supernatant at a late exponential phase of the cultivation step; (c) removing liquid contents from the culture supernatant so as to obtain the composition. Also, a composition comprising a proteinaceous mixture, said composition being obtainable by the above process, and the use thereof in a dietetic product preferably for targeting expecting mother's, infants, or children as well as application in food for specific medical purposes.

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