Milk fermented with selected strains of lactic acid bacteria is able to improve folate status of deficient rodents and also prevent folate deficiency
- Laiño, Jonathan Emiliano
- Zelaya, María Hortensia del Rosario
- Juarez del Valle, Marianela
- Savoy, Graciela
- Leblanc, Jean Guy Joseph
DOIAbstract
Folate deficiencies are common in many parts of the world. The use of folate producing food grade microorganisms has been proposed as a more natural alternative to fortification with the chemical folic acid. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a novel fermented milk elaborated with adequately selected folate producing lactic acid bacteria. This product was tested using both a rodent depletion-repletion model and a complete deficient model. The folate bio-enriched fermented milk was able to increase plasma folate concentrations and decrease homocysteine levels. This is the first report demonstrating that a naturally folate bio-enriched fermented milk, elaborated with folate-producing starter cultures, not only is effec...
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