Beneficial brew: NUS researchers develop probiotic tea and coffee with digestive, immune benefits A group of researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed fermented probiotic tea and coffee with strains that confer digestive and immune benefits.
Supervised by Associate Professor Liu Shao Quan from the Department of Food Science and Technology at NUS, the plan is to commercialise the products into ready-to-drink bottled or canned beverages, which could be stored chilled or at room temperature for more than 14 weeks.
The probiotic coffee contains the strain
Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG).
It is one of the most widely used strains commercially, and a host of benefits such as the stimulation of immune responses, as well as preventing allergic symptoms and gastrointestinal infections, have been documented.
The Straits Times
Healthy brew: Probiotic tea and coffee for gut s sake
The probiotic coffee and tea beverages are developed by a team of NUS researchers consisting (from left) Alcine Chan, Associate Professor Liu Shao Quan and Wang Rui.PHOTO: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
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Good news for those who need a cuppa to start the day. Food scientists from the National University of Singapore have created new probiotic coffee and tea drinks that are packed with over 1 billion units of gut-friendly live probiotics. These non-dairy and plant-based beverages can be stored chilled or at room temperature for more than 14 weeks.
Good news for those who need a cuppa to start the day. Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have created new probiotic coffee and tea drinks that are packed with gut-friendly live probiotics.