Response to the paper “The effect of prebiotics on the viability of encapsulated probiotic bacteria”

- Probiotics are “live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host”.
- Prebiotic is “non-digestible food ingredients that beneficially affects the host by selectively stimulating the growth of probiotics in the colon”.
- Synbiotics are the mixture of probiotics and prebiotics and the synergism between them.