Orange juice is a suitable food for the incorporation of ascorbic acid, Lactobacillus paracasei ssp. paracasei as a probiotic culture and/or oligofructose as prebiotic, resulting in products with physicochemical (excepted color and turbidity), texture, acceptance and storage stability similar to the pure products. There was no protective effect of oligofructose or ascorbic acid on the survival of Table 4 Acceptance of the orange juice formulations.a Parameter Formulationb PURE PRO ACID PRE PRO-ACID SYNB Appearance