“…There is a great interest in finding prebiotic‐rich food matrices like wheat bran which is a byproduct during flour production and has been successfully used as an immobilization support for the production of probiotic dairy products (Terpou, Bekatorou, Kanellaki, Koutinas, & Nigam, ; Terpou et al., , ). More specifically, wheat bran contains xylo‐oligosaccharides (XOS) which can significantly enhance human immune system by enhancing the growth of probiotic bacteria (Gullón et al., ; Mäkeläinen, Saarinen, Stowell, Rautonen, & Ouwehand, ; Ravn et al., ; Sapirstein, ). The latest reports confirm the effectiveness of immobilization on viability of lactic acid bacteria for the production of probiotic dairy products (Bosnea et al., ; Schoina et al., ; Terpou et al., ).…”