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Prebiotics in non-dairy products: Technological and physiological functionality, challenges, and perspectives

2022; Elsevier BV; Volume: 46; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.fbio.2022.101585

2212-4306

Tatiana Colombo Pimentel, Bianca Beatriz Torres de Assis, Caíque dos Santos Rocha, Vanessa Aparecida Marcolino, Michele Rosset, Marciane Magnani,

Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease

Vegan consumers look for fresh, tasty, and nutritious products that use eco/animal-friendly ingredients. Prebiotics are substrates selectively utilized by host microorganisms conferring a health benefit. This study aimed to overview the potentially vegan products added with prebiotics, their health benefits, and the main technological and sensory challenges. The main potentially vegan products added with prebiotics studied were based on water-soluble plant-based extracts (fermented beverages, frozen desserts, cheese analog), fruits (fruit juices, fruit jelly, and ready to eat fruits), and cereals (snack bars, granola bars, bread, and cookies). The main prebiotic compounds used were inulin, fructooligosaccharides, oligofructose, polydextrose, and xylooligosaccharides. The effects of prebiotic on food products', host health, and technological and sensory properties depended on the prebiotic type and dosage, food matrix, and subject type. The positive health effects were related to skin health, gut microbiota improvement, hypocholesterolemic impact, reduction of the risk of metabolic diseases, and improvements in postprandial blood glucose and insulin response. Prebiotics could improve vegan products' technological and sensory properties, such as fermentation time, texture and rheological properties, storage length, sensory acceptance, and probiotic survival. Furthermore, they could increase the concentration and/or bioaccessibility of phenolic compounds and vitamins. However, it is of paramount importance the determination of prebiotic stability. The trends direct to new prebiotic compounds based on microalgae, fruit and cereal by-products, and seeds. This review provides industries and researchers with important information about prebiotics and vegan products. • Vegan prebiotic products may improve skin health, gut microbiota, and metabolic disease risk. • Vegan prebiotic products may show hypocholesterolemic properties. • Prebiotic addition improves technological and sensory properties, storage length, and probiotic survival. • Prebiotic type and dosage, food matrix, and subject type are important factors to be considered. • Trends direct to prebiotic compounds from microalgae, fruit and cereal by-products, and seeds.