Water kefir is a convenient dairy-free alternative to dairy-based fermented beverages. It is
prepared by fermenting a sucrose solution with fresh and dried fruits using water kefir grains …

Recently, the use of D‐amino acids as food preservatives has attracted considerable
attention because these natural compounds do not have adverse effects on human health …

Water kefir grains (WKGs), the starter used to develop a traditional beverage named water
kefir, consist of a symbiotic mixture of probiotics with diverse bioactivities, but little is known …

Introduction Kefir beverage has beneficial microorganisms that have health-giving
properties; therefore, they have a good potential to be probiotic. This study evaluated the …

Conventional passive packaging plays a crucial role in food manufacturing by protecting
foods from various external influences. Most packaging materials are polymer-based …

Food safety issues arising from food contaminants are one of the major challenges to global
public health [1]. In order to prevent and mitigate hazardous exposures to food …

Fossil-based polymers have many beneficial qualities for food packaging like aesthetic
design, chemical stability, lightness/clarity, processability, and versatility. However, these …

Foodborne diseases are a significant global public health problem due to their high
prevalence, mortality and economic losses. The aim of this study was to conduct a …

Although in the past healthy humans were just considered safe sources of probiotics, since
FAO and WHO announced that the function of probiotics is more important than their source …

Fossil-based polymers have many beneficial qualities for food packaging like aesthetic
design, chemical stability, lightness/clarity, processability, and versatility. However, these …