Fermented foods, health and the gut microbiome

NK Leeuwendaal, C Stanton, PW O'toole, TP Beresford - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fermented foods have been a part of human diet for almost 10,000 years, and their level of
diversity in the 21st century is substantial. The health benefits of fermented foods have been …

Postbiotics-parabiotics: The new horizons in microbial biotherapy and functional foods

BH Nataraj, SA Ali, PV Behare, H Yadav - Microbial cell factories, 2020 - Springer
Probiotics have several health benefits by modulating gut microbiome; however, techno-
functional limitations such as viability controls have hampered their full potential applications …

Health benefits of fermented foods

N Şanlier, BB Gökcen, AC Sezgin - Critical reviews in food science …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
In the past, the beneficial effects of fermented foods on health were unknown, and so people
primarily used fermentation to preserve foods, enhance shelf life, and improve flavour …

Health benefits of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) fermentates

H Mathur, TP Beresford, PD Cotter - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Consuming fermented foods has been reported to result in improvements in a range of
health parameters. These positive effects can be exerted by a combination of the live …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial exopolysaccharides as emerging bioactive macromolecules: from fundamentals to applications

N Kaur, P Dey - Research in microbiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Microbial exopolysaccharides (EPS) are extracellular carbohydrate polymers forming
capsules or slimy coating around the cells. EPS can be secreted by various bacterial genera …

Exopolysaccharides of lactic acid bacteria: production, purification and health benefits towards functional food

HM Sørensen, KD Rochfort, S Maye, G MacLeod… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are capable of synthesising metabolites known as
exopolysaccharides (EPS) during fermentation. Traditionally, EPS plays an important role in …

Lactic acid bacteria exopolysaccharides producers: a sustainable tool for functional foods

R Prete, MK Alam, G Perpetuini, C Perla, P Pittia… - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) used in the food industry, mainly for the production of dairy
products, are able to synthetize exopolysaccharides (EPS). EPS play a central role in the …

Lactic acid bacteria exopolysaccharides in foods and beverages: Isolation, properties, characterization, and health benefits

KM Lynch, E Zannini, A Coffey… - Annual review of food …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Exopolysaccharides produced by lactic acid bacteria are a diverse group of polysaccharides
produced by many species. They vary widely in their molecular, compositional, and …

Postbiotics: From emerging concept to application

S Aggarwal, V Sabharwal, P Kaushik… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The microbiome innovation has resulted in an umbrella term, postbiotics, which refers to non-
viable microbial cells, metabolic byproducts and their microbial components released after …

Dietary fibers, prebiotics, and exopolysaccharides produced by lactic acid bacteria: potential health benefits with special regard to cholesterol-lowering effects

E Korcz, Z Kerényi, L Varga - Food & function, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The gastrointestinal (GIT) microbiota, which plays a crucial role in human health, is
influenced by a number of factors including diet. Consumption of specific dietary ingredients …