It was expected that bacterial growth would occur during the
incubation period and significant growth was indeed observed
for both the starter cultures and B. animalis subsp. lactis BB-12,
however significant change in the numbers of L. acidophilus LA-5
and P. jensenii 702 was not apparent (Table 1).
production in approximately 3 ½ h, in line with the growth of the
starter culture and the probiotic bacteria during incubation (Table
1).