Microbiota in the gut play essential roles in human health. Prebiotics are non-digestible
complex carbohydrates that are fermented in the colon, yielding energy and short chain fatty …

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

The increasing health awareness of consumers has made a shift towards vegan and non-
dairy prebiotics counterparts. Non-dairy prebiotics when fortified with vegan products have …

Biofortification is an upcoming, promising, cost-effective, and sustainable technique of
delivering micronutrients to a population that has limited access to diverse diets and other …

In October 2012, a group of scientists met at the 10th Meeting of the International Scientific
Association of Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) in Cork, Ireland to discuss issues …

Great progress has been made over the past decade with respect to the application of
biotechnology to generate nutritionally improved food crops. Biofortified staple crops such as …

Highlights•Defining prebiotics is important to scientists, regulators, industry, and
consumers.•Research has shown that prebiotics enrich unexpected members of the …

Recent insights into the relationship between the human gut and its resident microbiota
have revolutionized our appreciation of this symbiosis and its impact on health and disease …

Prebiotics are a group of nutrients that are degraded by gut microbiota. Their relationship
with human overall health has been an area of increasing interest in recent years. They can …

Great success has been achieved in increasing agriculture productivity to fulfill human
needs during the second half of the 20th century. However, there will be much greater …