We wish to thank Centro de Referencia para Lactobacilos (CERELA-CONICET) collection for supplying the strains. We would also like to thank IBRAC and Sealed Air-Brazil that provided the additives and packaging, respectively. M. Almeida received the support of the Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES), PhD scholarship from Brazil and E. Saldaña received the support of the “Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica - CONCYTEC” from Perú (CIENCIACTIVA programme, PhD scholarship contract agreement No. 104-2016-FONDECYT). This study was financially supported by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) Project No.2012/07113-2; project AGL2012-32146 from MINECO (Spain) and PIP2011-0100406 and PIP2015-0530 from CONICET.

The authors are grateful to the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP, Brazil) for funding the project No. 2016/15012-2. Erick Saldaña received the support of the “Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica - CONCYTEC” from Peru, in the framework of the CIENCIACTIVA programme, through the award of a PhD scholarship under contract agreement No. 104-2016-FONDECYT.