Table 1 Effects of various excipients on the survival rate and moisture content of air-blast dried yeasts

1.39 ± 0.04^d

9.53 ± 0.30

0.27 ± 0.04^d

9.21 ± 0.27

0.30 ± 0.02^c

9.31 ± 0.20

7

2.23 ± 0.14^c

9.86 ± 0.23

0.36 ± 0.03^c

9.94 ± 0.19

0.33 ± 0.03^c

9.90 ± 0.35

4

2.53 ± 0.08^b

9.89 ± 0.38

0.61 ± 0.04^b

9.50 ± 0.31

1.07 ± 0.08^b

9.73 ± 0.23

6

3.40 ± 0.19^a

9.42 ± 0.12

1.01 ± 0.06^a

9.23 ± 0.16

1.65 ± 0.33^a

8.96 ± 0.14

2.5