Additional studies reported that yoghurt starter cultures
(S. thermophilus and L. bulgaricus)
did not catabolise tea catechins during fermentation (Jaziri et al., 2009),
and that the radical scavenging activity of yoghurt containing GT
was 31-fold higher than natural yoghurt (Najgebauer-Lejko et al.,
2011). This suggests that antioxidants and other compounds in
tea might protect lactobacilli.
containing