Optimization of Prebiotics and Oxygen Scavengers for Bifidobacterium bifidum BB01 Microcapsules by Response Surface Methodology

The effects of different prebiotics and oxygen scavengers on making the process of xanthan gum and chitosan (XC) Bifidobacterium bifidum BB01 microcapsules were studied by single factor experiment and Plackett-Burman screening test, ascorbic acid, sodium erythorbate and xylo-oligosaccharide had significant effects. Based on the previous studies, the process XC B. Bifidum BB01 microcapsules were further optimized by Box-Behnken model in this study. Response surface analysis showed that the best additive amoumt of ascorbic acid, sodium erythorbate and xylo-oligosaccharide were 3.0%, 2.36% and 4.99%, respectively. The viable counts of B. Bifidum BB01 microcapsules reached to 1.52×10¹⁰CFU/g from 1.25×10¹⁰ CFU/g, the encapsulation yield reached to 94.88% from 90% under the optimum conditions. It provided the research foundation for the afterward production and exploration of the process XC B. Bifidum BB01 microcapsules.