Health and wellness are the guiding principles of the food industry. The link between health and intake of selected foods has promoted a greater consumption of functional foods (Martins et… Click to show full abstract
Health and wellness are the guiding principles of the food industry. The link between health and intake of selected foods has promoted a greater consumption of functional foods (Martins et al., 2013). The increasing search for functional food, in particular probiotics, is justified by the range of benefits provided to consumers, including the prevention of dysbiosis, decrease of lactose intolerance, enhanced immunological function, and the more recently suggested benefits in the prevention of obesity, a current public health problem (Daliri & Lee, 2015).
               
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