Comparison of different forms of Probiotics

Liquid Culture	Freeze Dried	Live in Capsule
Example: Yogurt	Example: Tablet or Powder Form	Example: LB17
Morphological changes due to external conditions	Method changes cell structure completely due to very low pressure used in the technique	No change - retains original form of cells
Only some cells are actively multiplying due to external changes in conditions	Cells are completely inactive and in a state of hibernation	All cells are active and in original physical or biological condition
Subject to osmotic pressure changes	No effect	No effect
Uncertain shelf life	Long shelf life	Five years
Viable population unstable	Unstable	Stable
Uncertain shelf life	Long shelf life	Five years
Survival uncertain	Uncertain	Certain
Temperature sensitive to small changes	Sensitive to large temperature changes	Sensitive to large temperature changes
Storage required refrigeration and large space	Special storage   conditions required	Can tolerate room temperature and occupies less space
Precentage of population revived in human body is uncertain	Percentage of population revived in the human body is uncertain	Percentage of population revived in the human body is very certain and asured
Efficacy depends on the number of bacteria revived in the body	Efficacy depends on the form and number of bacteria revived in the body	Efficacy is certain and assured based on the definite population present in capsule - 100% alive in the body

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