Despite the detected viability loss, during the first 24 h the probiotic counts were kept near 7 CFU/g, which means a high
survival rate of 84.3%. This result is similar to what Turgut and Cakmakci (2009) observed in ice cream produced with different cream levels, but contrary to Ranadheera et al. (2013), who obtained higher B. animalis survival in caprine ice cream packaged in different materials.