The present invention is directed to compositions comprising a mixture of microbes and the metabolites produced when the microbes are grown together. The invention is further directed to methods for making and using the compositions.

The present invention is directed to compositions comprising a mixture of microbes and the metabolites produced when the microbes are grown together. The invention is further directed to methods for making and using the compositions.

Compositions wherein foodstuffs act as carriers of freeze-dried probiotics provide new means for administration of probiotics. The products that are easily shipped may be eaten as purchased or mixed with other ingredients to provide variety in the diet while administering beneficial probiotic organisms to the gastrointestinal tract.

The disclosure discloses P. acidilactici CCFM6432 for alleviating depression, food fermented thereby and application thereof. The P. acidilactici CCFM6432 of the disclosure can be used to prepare food, health-care products and drugs with the functions of resisting depression, resisting inflammation, resisting inflammatory bowel disease, resisting obesity and resisting type I diabetes. The disclosure further provides fermented food. The fermented food is produced by fermentation using the P. acidilactici CCFM6432, and the fermented food includes solid food, liquid food, and semi-solid food. The P. acidilactici CCFM6432 has very broad application prospects.