Undergrad Student Scientist Made Beer Good for You — and Your Gut Microbes — by Adding Probiotics

When Chan Mei Zhi Alcine chose her senior project, she thought outside the box by thinking inside the bottle. Along with a research team at her university, she found a way to combine health and enjoyment, while meeting a challenge not so definitively met before in alcoholic beverages. She and a research team at her university claim they’ve created the world’s first probiotic sour beer.

Probiotics are microbes meant to create a healthy gut microbiome; they are an extra dose of bacteria that naturally live in the digestive system and help it function.

Chan, a fourth-year student at the… more