Kefir as a Functional Beverage Gaining Momentum towards Its Health Promoting Attributes
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چکیده
The consumption of fermented foods posing health-promoting attributes is a rising global trend. In this manner, dairy products represent significant subcategory functional with established positive health benefits. Likewise, kefir—a milk product manufactured from kefir grains—has been reported by many studies to be probiotic drink great potential in promotion. Existing research data link regular wide range attributes, and more recent findings support the between kefir’s strains its bio-functional metabolites enhancement immune system, providing antiviral effects. Although it has consumed for thousands years, recently gained popularity relation novel biotechnological applications, different fermentation substrates being tested as non-dairy beverages. present review focuses on microbiological composition highlights applications associated capacity. Future prospects relating capacity disease prevention are also addressed discussed.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Beverages
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2306-5710']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/beverages7030048