Although they
can be added in different food products, dairy products are
considered ideal systems for delivery of these microorganisms,
contributing to the maintenance of viability during passage
through the gastrointestinal tract.To provide health benefits, the probiotic microorganism
must be in products in minimal viable numbers, usually
106e107 CFU/g. Therefore, the adequate evaluation of the viability
of these microorganisms in the product should be achieved by
efficient methodologies for enumeration