“…The pH of the murine stomach (pH 3-4, depending on the fasting state) is within the range that is observed in humans (pH 1-5, depending on the fasting state) (McConnell, Basit, & Murdan, 2008) and the major digestive enzymes (pepsin, trypsin, chymotrypsin, lipases, amylases) are present in rodents and men. The mouse is therefore an appropriate, easy to handle and often used model system in order to address questions in diverse research fields like food and health, infection, drug efficacy and safety or probiotic use (Chen et al, 2014;Jia et al, 2014;Shi et al, 2012;Takeda et al, 2014).…”