Method for preparing a probiotic powder using a two-in-one whey-containing nutrient medium

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for preparing a probiotic powder comprising at least one probiotic bacterium, said method comprising: a) providing a probiotic biomass composition comprising at least one probiotic bacterium resulting from the culture of said probiotic bacterium in a whey-containing nutrient medium having a total solid content ranging from above 25% by weight to up to 35% by weight, based on the total weight of the said whey-containing nutrient medium; b) spray drying or freeze drying the said probiotic biomass provided at step a) so as to obtain the said probiotic powder.

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