shows that the population of L. paracasei in the probiotic and symbiotic formulations remained above 8 log CFU/g during the
28 days of refrigerated storage (5 C). Probiotic microorganisms must be ingested in foods containing the recommended minimum of 6 log CFU/g for health benefits (Tripathi & Giri, 2014). Therefore, the developed milk dessert formulations presented a constant number of viable probiotic cells in excess of the recommended minimum throughout the studied storage period.