Effect of Milks Inoculated with Lactobacillus acidophilus or a Yogurt Starter Culture in Lactose-Maldigesting Children

• Published in: Journal of dairy science Vol. 78; no. 8; pp. 1657 - 1664
• Main Authors: Montes, R.G., Bayless, T.M., Saavedra, J.M., Perman, J.A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Savoy, IL Elsevier Inc 01.08.1995; Am Dairy Sci Assoc; American Dairy Science Association
• Subjects: acidophilus milk; ACTIVIDAD ENZIMATICA; ACTIVITE ENZYMATIQUE; administration & dosage; Adolescent; analysis; Animals; BETA GALACTOSIDASA; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; beta-Galactosidase - deficiency; beta-Galactosidase - metabolism; Biological and medical sciences; breath hydrogen; Breath Tests; Child; Child, Preschool; children; CULTIVOS INICIADORES; CULTURE STARTER; cultured milk starters; deficiency; drug therapy; ENFANT; enzyme activity; enzymology; Female; Food industries; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; HIDROGENO; Humans; hydrogen; Hydrogen - analysis; HYDROGENE; Kinetics; Lactase; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; Lactobacillus acidophilus - enzymology; Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. lactis; LACTOSA; LACTOSE; Lactose - administration & dosage; Lactose - metabolism; lactose intolerance; Lactose Intolerance - drug therapy; Lactose Intolerance - enzymology; LAIT A ACIDOPHILUS; LAIT FERMENTE; LECHE ACIDA; LECHE FERMENTADA; Male; metabolism; microbiology; Milk; Milk - microbiology; Milk and cheese industries. Ice creams; NINOS; RESPIRACION; RESPIRATION; SINTOMAS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; SYMPTOME; TRASTORNOS METABOLICOS; TROUBLE DU METABOLISME; Yogurt; Yogurt - microbiology; yogurt; YSM; breath hydrogen; UM; YSC; LAM; lactose; Lactobacillus acidophilus; BHT; Human; Food intolerance; Fermentation starter; Yogurt; Lactose; Bacteria; Lactobacillaceae; Digestive diseases; Intestinal disease; Child; Digestibility; Milk
• ISSN: 0022-0302; 1525-3198
• DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(95)76790-X

Dairy products containing live bacteria that possess lactase activity are used for dietary management of lactose maldigestion. The efficacy of acidophilus milk and the effect of consuming unfermented milk that had been inoculated with yogurt bacteria have not been examined in children. We compared scores for breath H2 excretion and symptoms of 20 lactose-maldigesting children following ingestion of 250ml of uninoculated milk with two identical milks inoculated with 1010 cells of Lactobacillus acidophilus or with a commercial yogurt starter culture containing 108 cells of Lactobacillus lactis and 1010 cells of Streptococcus themphilus. Nine of 10 subjects who were symptomatic following ingestion of uninoculated milk experienced a reduction in symptoms following ingestion of milk inoculated with L. acidophilus, without a decline in H2 excretion. Five of 6 subjects who were symptomatic following uninoculated milk had decreased symptoms and a significant reduction in H2 excretion following milk inoculated with the yogurt culture. For lactose-maldigesting children, milks inoculated with L. acidophilus or with a yogurt culture were associated with decreased symptoms compared with those with uninoculated milk.