Prajapati and Senan

of live microbial dietary supplements in the gastrointestinal tract’. The

concept of synbiotics was also known by Indian sages as ‘ Panchamrut ’ is an

article of every ritual in Hindu culture since Vedic times. Panchamrut was

probablyȱtheȱfirstȱsynbiotic,ȱwhichȱcontainedȱdahiȱwithȱprobioticȱbacteriaȱ

and honey as the source of probiotics.

Table 1. Probiotic and synbiotic products developed at Anand

Sr. No.

Product

Ingredients

Remarks

1

Synbioticdahi

Milk, Inulin, Sugar Set coagulated product with

10 8 viable

cellsof

probiotic

lactobacilli per gram.

2

Synbioticraita

Milk,

Inulin, Stirred yoghurt type products

F r u c t o o l i g o s a - fermented

by

probiotic

chharide,

Tomato, lactobacilli and garnished with

Cucumber, Onion, fruits and vegetables.

Banana,

Sapota,

sugar

3

Synbioticlassi

Milk,

Oat,

FOS, Thick liquid with probiotics and

Carrot,

Mango, shelf life of 3 weeks at 5C.

sugar

4

Whey drink

Whey, Sugar, Pine- Beverage

with

fruit

pieces

apple

and 10 8 cells/ml of probiotic

lactobacilli.

5

Herbal probiotic Milk, Safed musli, Milk fermented by probiotic

lassi

sugar, honey

lactobacilli and supplemented

with herbs.

6

Protein rich lassi Milk,

Spirulina, Fermented milk enriched in

sugar

protein by spirulina.

7

Acidophilus

Acidophilus

milk, Dried product with 10 million/g

banana powder

banana,

sugar, viable cells of Lb. acidophilus .

elachi

8

Acidophilus

Acidophilus

milk, Dried product with 10 million/g

wheat malt

wheat malt, sugar, viable cells of Lb. acidophilus .

powder

cocoa powder

9

Milk-Rice

Milk, Rice, Freeze Milk and rice were fermented

probiotic food

dried

probiotic and spray dried and blended

culture

with freeze dried probiotic

lactobacillus cells.

Recognizing the potential for functional dairy products above and beyond

traditional dairy products, we developed a number of products into the

market. Several synbiotic products with probiotic culture Lactobacillus

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