Short Title:
Probiotic Delivery
Responsible HRP Element:
Space Human Factors and Habitability
Funding Status:
Completed - Task completed and produced a deliverable
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Procurement Mechanism(s):
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Aims:
Given the increasing evidence supporting a beneficial relationship between consumption of probiotic bacteria, immunostimulation, and health, an optimal delivery system for probiotics should be determined for spaceflight, where lack of refrigeration limits shelf life and precludes the use of traditional food delivery methods.
Aims: Determine the viability of Lactobacillus acidophilus that is added to non-fat dry milk and rehydrated prior to consumption or provided in a capsule through eight months of storage at -80ºC, 4ºC, and 22ºC and exposure to simulated digestion conditions.
This task is a joint effort between AFT and AEH
Category:
Study Results
Subcategory:
Customer Requested Study or Analysis
Description:
The final report contributes to gap closure and risk mitigation by characterizing methods to stabilize and deliver beneficial food substrates (probiotics) by providing storage condition and food delivery recommendations, as well as the viability expectation over storage and during consumption.
Internal Customers:
Space Human Factors and Habitability
External Customers:
SMOD - Space Medicine Operations Division
Is a Customer-Supplier Agreement (CSA) Required?
No