The interaction between probiotic bacteria
and omega-3 oil in co-microcapsules, particularly in terms of oxidative stability of
omega-3 oil and vitality/viability of probiotic bacteria and any synergistic outcome,was studied.
The effect of storage temperature (5 and 25 °C) and time (90 days) on the survival and fermentation
activity of L. casei and oxidative stability of tuna oil in the microcapsules/comicrocapsules
was determined. A synergism between oxidative stability of omega-3 oil and
vitality of probiotic bacteria was observed, when they were co-microencapsulated and spray
dried. These co-microcapsules will likely have utility in functional food formulations due
to simple and cost effective stabilisation and delivery of two important functional ingredients