The present invention belongs to the technical field of
probiotic microcapsules, and specifically relates to a method for preparing microcapsules for embedding probiotics. The present invention first cultivates activated probiotics, prepares them into a
probiotic suspension, and obtains a core material solution; then adds modified
sodium alginate and
whey protein into deionized water, disperses them uniformly by ultrasonication, and obtains a
wall material solution after sterilization; finally, the core material solution and the
wall material solution are evenly mixed, added into a
calcium chloride solution by
extrusion, and allowed to stand to form a gel, and then the gel is added into a modified
carboxymethyl chitosan solution for stirring, washing, and
drying to obtain microcapsules; the present invention uses modified
sodium alginate,
whey protein, and modified
carboxymethyl chitosan as embedding materials, and realizes efficient embedding of probiotics. The prepared microcapsules have good mechanical properties, good tolerance in simulated gastric juice, simulated
intestinal juice, and at 4°C, and can maintain a
high survival rate and stability of the probiotics in the microcapsules.