Volume 46, Issue 9 e16578
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Trends in non-dairy-based probiotic food products: Advances and challenges

Sachin Kumar

Sachin Kumar

Department of Food Engineering, National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM), Sonipat, India

Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, ​Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing

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Gurdeep Rattu

Gurdeep Rattu

Department of Basic and Applied Science, National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM), Sonipat, India

Contribution: Conceptualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing

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Swati Mitharwal

Swati Mitharwal

Department of Food Science and Technology, National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM), Sonipat, India

Contribution: Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing

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Abhishek Chandra

Abhishek Chandra

Department of Food Engineering, National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM), Sonipat, India

Contribution: Writing - review & editing

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Sourabh Kumar

Sourabh Kumar

Department of Food Engineering, National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM), Sonipat, India

Contribution: Writing - review & editing

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Aman Kaushik

Aman Kaushik

Department of Basic and Applied Science, National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM), Sonipat, India

Contribution: Writing - review & editing

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Vijendra Mishra

Vijendra Mishra

Department of Basic and Applied Science, National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM), Sonipat, India

Contribution: Conceptualization, Writing - review & editing

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Prabhat K. Nema

Corresponding Author

Prabhat K. Nema

Department of Food Engineering, National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM), Sonipat, India

Correspondence

Prabhat K. Nema, Department of Food Engineering, National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, NIFTEM, Deemed to be University (under Ministry of Food Processing Industries), Kundli, Sonipat, Haryana 131028, India.

Email: [email protected]

Contribution: Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing - review & editing

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First published: 25 March 2022
Citations: 17

Abstract

The probiotic-based functional food market is growing progressively as many health benefits are ascribed to it. Researchers have to combat various challenges associated with the addition of probiotic bacteria into food matrices, such as functionality, growth, survival, stability during processing, storage, and viability, along with the changes in sensory attributes. Dairy products are the major delivery vehicle for probiotic supplementation. However, saturated fatty acid, high cholesterol, lactose intolerance, and allergic milk proteins are the major concerns associated with it that affect a particular population. Therefore, there is a need to explore the potential of novel non-dairy food matrices to deliver these beneficial microorganisms to humans. This review focuses on the new developments in non-dairy probiotic products, the interactions of probiotics with various food matrices, and their effect on viability and storage stability. Various challenges and technical difficulties arising during processing are reviewed, including pH, sensory characteristics, and microencapsulation technologies.

Practical applications

Dairy-based probiotic foods are widely consumed and accepted by consumers around the world. This paper discusses the various alternative to dairy products as several limitations are associated with them. Fruit, vegetable, cereal, legume, and soy may be utilized effectively as the substrate to provide the benefits of probiotics along with dietary fibers to the consumer.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

The authors have declared no conflicts of interest for this article.

DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT

Not Applicable.

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