Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Applied Sciences, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Department of Allied Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman Kampar, Perak, Malaysia.
Crit Rev Microbiol. 2024 Sep;50(5):581-597. doi: 10.1080/1040841X.2023.2243617. Epub 2023 Aug 8.
Recently, more consumers are interested in purchasing probiotic food and beverage products that may improve their immune health. The market for functional foods and beverages that include Bifidobacterium is expanding because of their potential uses in both food and therapeutic applications. However, maintaining viability during food processing and storage remains a challenge. Microencapsulation technique has been explored to improve the viability of . Despite the technical, microbiological, and economic challenges, the market potential for immune-supporting functional foods and beverages is significant. Additionally, there is a shift toward postbiotics as a solution for product innovation, a promising postbiotic product that can be incorporated into various food and beverage formats is also introduced in this review. As consumers become more health-conscious, future developments in the functional food and beverage market discussed in this review could serve as a reference for researchers and industrialist.
最近，越来越多的消费者有兴趣购买可能改善其免疫健康的益生菌食品和饮料产品。由于双歧杆菌在食品和治疗应用中的潜在用途，包括双歧杆菌在内的功能性食品和饮料的市场正在扩大。然而，在食品加工和储存过程中保持 活菌数仍然是一个挑战。微胶囊技术已被探索用于提高 的活菌数。尽管存在技术、微生物和经济方面的挑战，但具有免疫支持功能的食品和饮料的市场潜力巨大。此外，由于后生素作为产品创新的解决方案，后生素产品也在向这一方向转变，本文还介绍了一种有前途的后生素产品，可将其纳入各种食品和饮料形式。随着消费者对健康的关注度不断提高，本文讨论的功能性食品和饮料市场的未来发展可能为研究人员和工业家提供参考。
