Non-dairy plant-based milk products as alternatives to conventional dairy products for delivering probiotics

• Published in: Ciência e tecnologia de alimentos 2022-01, Vol.42
• Main Authors: SHORI, Amal Bakr, AL ZAHRANI, Ashwag Jaman
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
• ISSN: 0101-2061; 1678-457X; 1678-457X
• DOI: 10.1590/fst.101321

Abstract Dairy products are important to the human diet and are one of the four essential food groups. Conventional fermented cow milk products possessed a variation of bioactive components that enhance the human body's physiological processes. However, traditional milk products can be replaced by non-dairy plant-based milk which is produced mainly from fruits and seeds such as soy, coconut, almond, rice, peanut, lupin, cashew, and hemp. Fermented plant-based milk is the outcome of intense bacterial activity of the starter cultures, leading to the production of lactic acid and biologically active compounds that adding nutritional and physiological value. In addition, the growth and viability of probiotics in plant-based milk are depended on several factors such as milk composition, fermentation process, type of probiotics, storage time and temperature, acidity, and packages. Therefore, this review focuses on the growth and viability of probiotics in fermented plant-based milk products during fermentation and refrigerated storage.