I would like to seek your advice towards the strange result that I have obtained during my microencapsulation process. I was preparing two samples as follows:

1. Add fructo-oligosaccharide (prebiotic) to probiotic cells culture and follow by maltodextrin, spray dry.

2. Add maltodextrin to probiotic cells culture and follow by fructo-oligosaccharide, spray dry.

Viable count showed that sample 1 given higher viability rate than sample 2.