Preservation of fruits causes loss of phenolics and high sugar content (jams processing). In contrast, fermentation has been shown to increase the antioxidant content of foods while consuming sugars. Therefore, this study evaluated pear juice and puree as substrates for the production of water kefir, a probiotic beverage obtained from symbiotic fermentation of sweetened solutions. Results indicated that the antioxi
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