Bob Roberts

Professor and Head of Food Science

206 Rodney A. Erickson Food Science
University Park, PA
rfr3@psu.edu
814-863-2959

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Huck Affiliations

Microbiome Center

Publication Tags

Bifidobacterium Animalis Yogurt Probiotics Genome Dairy Products Ice Cream Milk Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Chocolate Lipids Randomized Controlled Trials Young Adult Streptococcus Thermophilus Bifidobacterium Animalis Subsp. Lactis Methodology Therapeutics Polymerase Chain Reaction Respiratory Tract Infections Assays Estradiol T Lymphocytes Bitterness Manufacturing Estrone Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction

Most Recent Papers

Effect of fat content on the physical properties and consumer acceptability of vanilla ice cream

M. Laura Rolon, Alyssa J. Bakke, John N. Coupland, John E. Hayes, Robert F. Roberts, 2017, Journal of dairy science on p. 5217-5227

Effects of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12<sup>®</sup> on the lipid/lipoprotein profile and short chain fatty acids in healthy young adults

Yujin Lee, Zhaoyong Ba, Robert F. Roberts, Connie J. Rogers, Jennifer A. Fleming, Huicui Meng, Emily J. Furumoto, Penny M. Kris-Etherton, 2017, Nutrition Journal

Safety of Bifidobacterium animalis Subsp. Lactis (B. lactis) Strain BB-12-Supplemented Yogurt in Healthy Children

Tina P. Tan, Zhaoyong Ba, Mary E. Sanders, Frank J. D'Amico, Robert F. Roberts, Keisha H. Smith, Daniel J. Merenstein, 2017, Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition on p. 302-309

Consumption of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 impacts upper respiratory tract infection and the function of NK and T cells in healthy adults

Huicui Meng, Yujin Lee, Zhaoyong Ba, Jiayu Peng, Junli Lin, Alexander S. Boyer, Jennifer A. Fleming, Emily J. Furumoto, Robert F. Roberts, Penny M. Kris-Etherton, Connie J. Rogers, 2016, Molecular Nutrition and Food Research on p. 1161-1171

Development of a rapid SNP-typing assay to differentiate Bifidobacterium animalis ssp. lactis strains used in probiotic-supplemented dairy products

Sara Lomonaco, Emily J. Furumoto, Joseph R. Loquasto, Patrizia Morra, Ausilia Grassi, Robert F. Roberts, 2015, Journal of dairy science on p. 804-812

In vitro production of IL-6 and IFN-γ is influenced by dietary variables and predicts upper respiratory tract infection incidence and severity respectively in young adults

Huicui Meng, Yujin Lee, Zhaoyong Ba, Jennifer A. Fleming, Emily J. Furumoto, Robert F. Roberts, Penny M. Kris-Etherton, Connie J. Rogers, 2015, Frontiers in immunology

Short-term, daily intake of yogurt containing Bifidobacterium animalis ssp. lactis Bf-6 (LMG 24384) does not affect colonic transit time in women

Daniel J. Merenstein, Frank D'Amico, Caren Palese, Alexander Hahn, Jessy Sparenborg, Tina Tan, Hillary Scott, Kayla Polzin, Lore Kolberg, Robert Roberts, 2014, British Journal of Nutrition on p. 279-286

Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis ATCC 27673 Is a genomically unique strain within its conserved subspecies

Joseph R. Loquasto, Rodolphe Barrangou, Edward G. Dudley, Buffy Stahl, Chun Chen, Robert F. Roberts, 2013, Applied and environmental microbiology on p. 6903-6910

Explaining tolerance for bitterness in chocolate ice cream using solid chocolate preferences

Meriel L. Harwood, Joseph R. Loquasto, Robert F. Roberts, Gregory R. Ziegler, John E. Hayes, 2013, Journal of dairy science on p. 4938-4944

Technical note

D. M. Miller, Edward G. Dudley, Robert F. Roberts, 2012, Journal of dairy science on p. 4868-4872

Most-Cited Papers

Estrone and 17β-estradiol concentrations in pasteurized-homogenized milk and commercial dairy products

D. A. Pape-Zambito, Robert F. Roberts, R. S. Kensinger, 2010, Journal of dairy science on p. 2533-2540

Effect of pH on the properties of soy protein-pectin complexes

D. Pamela Jaramillo, Robert F. Roberts, John Neil Coupland, 2011, Food Research International on p. 911-916

A simple method of supplementation of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids

Karen C. McCowen, Pei Ra Ling, Eric Decker, D. Djordjevic, Robert F. Roberts, John Neil Coupland, Bruce R. Bistrian, 2010, Nutrition in Clinical Practice on p. 641-645