Fermented milk containing a potential probiotic SD11 with maltitol reduces : A double-blind, randomized, controlled study.

Background/purpose: Sucrose has been considered as a cariogenic substrate due to large amounts of acid production after fermentation by certain oral bacteria, thus sugar alcohols are often used to replace sucrose. The aims of this study were to investigate the effect of maltitol on the growth and acid production of and -SD11 compared to various sugars, and to examine whether the fermented milk containing a potential probiotic -SD11 with maltitol could reduce

Materials And Methods: The acid production of tested sugars by cariogenic was measured using pH meter. In a clinical trial, 123 children were recruited and randomly assigned to either the probiotic- or control-fermented milk, once daily for 4 weeks.