Evaluation Procedure degree of access to the intestine of Bifidobacterium in fermented food or drink milk.

摘要

A method of assessing the extent to which Bifidobacterium bacteria in a food or beverage containing fermented milk Bifidobacterium bacteria reach the intestines when the food or drink is administered orally to human beings, which comprises subjecting the food or drink milk fermented to successive treatments with an acid and bile, and measuring bacterial viability after the treatments, wherein the successive treatments of the food or fermented milk drink with an acid and bile comprises a treatment with acid at 37 for 30 minutes then with bile at 37 ° C for 30 minutes.