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Do Your Kids Get What You Paid for? Evaluation of Commercially Available Probiotic Products Intended for Children in the Republic of the Philippines and the Republic of Korea
A wide range of probiotic products is available on the market and can be easily purchased over the counter and unlike pharmaceutical drugs, their commercial distribution is not strictly regulated. In this study, ten probiotic preparations commercially available for children’s consumption in the Repu...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7555838/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32899215 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods9091229 |
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author | Dioso, Clarizza May Vital, Pierangeli Arellano, Karina Park, Haryung Todorov, Svetoslav Dimitrov Ji, Yosep Holzapfel, Wilhelm |
author_facet | Dioso, Clarizza May Vital, Pierangeli Arellano, Karina Park, Haryung Todorov, Svetoslav Dimitrov Ji, Yosep Holzapfel, Wilhelm |
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description | A wide range of probiotic products is available on the market and can be easily purchased over the counter and unlike pharmaceutical drugs, their commercial distribution is not strictly regulated. In this study, ten probiotic preparations commercially available for children’s consumption in the Republic of the Philippines (PH) and the Republic of Korea (SK) have been investigated. The analyses included determination of viable counts and taxonomic identification of the bacterial species present in each formulation. The status of each product was assessed by comparing the results with information and claims provided on the label. In addition to their molecular identification, safety assessment of the isolated strains was conducted by testing for hemolysis, biogenic amine production and antibiotic resistance. One out of the ten products contained lower viable numbers of recovered microorganisms than claimed on the label. Enterococcus strains, although not mentioned on the label, were isolated from four products. Some of these isolates produced biogenic amines and were resistant to one or several antibiotics. Metagenomic analyses of two products revealed that one product did not contain most of the microorganisms declared in its specification. The study demonstrated that some commercial probiotic products for children did not match their label claims. Infants and young children belong to the most vulnerable members of society, and food supplements including probiotics destined for this consumer group require careful checking and strict regulation before commercial distribution. |
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spelling | pubmed-75558382020-10-19 Do Your Kids Get What You Paid for? Evaluation of Commercially Available Probiotic Products Intended for Children in the Republic of the Philippines and the Republic of Korea Dioso, Clarizza May Vital, Pierangeli Arellano, Karina Park, Haryung Todorov, Svetoslav Dimitrov Ji, Yosep Holzapfel, Wilhelm Foods Article A wide range of probiotic products is available on the market and can be easily purchased over the counter and unlike pharmaceutical drugs, their commercial distribution is not strictly regulated. In this study, ten probiotic preparations commercially available for children’s consumption in the Republic of the Philippines (PH) and the Republic of Korea (SK) have been investigated. The analyses included determination of viable counts and taxonomic identification of the bacterial species present in each formulation. The status of each product was assessed by comparing the results with information and claims provided on the label. In addition to their molecular identification, safety assessment of the isolated strains was conducted by testing for hemolysis, biogenic amine production and antibiotic resistance. One out of the ten products contained lower viable numbers of recovered microorganisms than claimed on the label. Enterococcus strains, although not mentioned on the label, were isolated from four products. Some of these isolates produced biogenic amines and were resistant to one or several antibiotics. Metagenomic analyses of two products revealed that one product did not contain most of the microorganisms declared in its specification. The study demonstrated that some commercial probiotic products for children did not match their label claims. Infants and young children belong to the most vulnerable members of society, and food supplements including probiotics destined for this consumer group require careful checking and strict regulation before commercial distribution. MDPI 2020-09-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7555838/ /pubmed/32899215 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods9091229 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Dioso, Clarizza May Vital, Pierangeli Arellano, Karina Park, Haryung Todorov, Svetoslav Dimitrov Ji, Yosep Holzapfel, Wilhelm Do Your Kids Get What You Paid for? Evaluation of Commercially Available Probiotic Products Intended for Children in the Republic of the Philippines and the Republic of Korea |
title | Do Your Kids Get What You Paid for? Evaluation of Commercially Available Probiotic Products Intended for Children in the Republic of the Philippines and the Republic of Korea |
title_full | Do Your Kids Get What You Paid for? Evaluation of Commercially Available Probiotic Products Intended for Children in the Republic of the Philippines and the Republic of Korea |
title_fullStr | Do Your Kids Get What You Paid for? Evaluation of Commercially Available Probiotic Products Intended for Children in the Republic of the Philippines and the Republic of Korea |
title_full_unstemmed | Do Your Kids Get What You Paid for? Evaluation of Commercially Available Probiotic Products Intended for Children in the Republic of the Philippines and the Republic of Korea |
title_short | Do Your Kids Get What You Paid for? Evaluation of Commercially Available Probiotic Products Intended for Children in the Republic of the Philippines and the Republic of Korea |
title_sort | do your kids get what you paid for? evaluation of commercially available probiotic products intended for children in the republic of the philippines and the republic of korea |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7555838/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32899215 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods9091229 |
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