Quality Characteristics of Functional Fermented Sausages Added with Encapsulated Probiotic KACC 91563.

The present study aimed at evaluating the utilization possibility of encapsulated probiotic for production of functional fermented sausages. The isolated from the feces samples of healthy Korean infants encapsulated with glycerol as a cryprotectant was used for fermented sausages production as a functional bacterial ingredient, and its effect was also compared with those inoculated with commercial starter culture (CSC). Results showed that most inoculated encapsulated (initial count, 5.