Probiotics are live microorganisms that, when administered in adequate amounts, confer a
health benefit on the host, mainly through the process of replacing or including beneficial …

Vegan consumers represent an attractive economic target for the food industry with demand
of products with health benefits, such as probiotic products. This review aimed to explore the …

Traditionally, harvested coffee cherries are subjected to fermentation processes during
primary methods either wet, natural dry or semidry. The main function of the fermentation is …

Highlights•There is an increasing demand for plant-based milk products enriched with
probiotics.•The major carrier matrices used in probiotic food development are soymilk, rice …

A new functional synbiotic drink powder based on plant by-products (grape pulp,
pomegranate and beetroot peels extracts), Lactobacillus casei, and the use of …

Prebiotics are either natural or synthetic non-digestible (non-) carbohydrate substances that
boost the proliferation of gut microbes. Undigested fructooligosaccharides in the large …

The high hardness and low water holding capacity (WHC) characteristics of fermented
soymilk limit the consumer acceptance of its products. In this study, 4 strains were screened …

Sufficient intake of probiotics has been shown to help in the digestion, protect the body
against pathogenic microorganisms and boost the immune system. Recently, due to high …

Probiotics are live microorganisms which, when administered in adequate amounts, confer a
health benefit on the host. Traditionally, dairy products are the major and most popular …

Bioactive peptides are a group of molecules with health beneficial properties, deriving from
food matrices. They are protein fragments consisting of 2–20 amino acids that can be …