Consumer acceptance of orange juice containing functional ingredients

Cereal-Based Functional Foods

“…This accentuates the need for doing further screening [105]. The developed plant-cereal-based synbiotic beverages may also not have the necessary acceptable sensory attributes [3,105,116]. In a recent study, the use of a strain of Lb.…”

Isolation and Identification of Lactic Acid Bacteria and their Exploration in Non-Dairy Probiotic Drink

“…Fresh fruits and vegetables are considered good matrices and can provide ideal substrates for probiotics, since they contain minerals, vitamins, antioxidants and fibers and do not contain any dairy allergens (Luckow and Delahunty, 2004). Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.), known to be a superfruit, has health-promoting properties with antimicrobial, anticancer, antioxidant and antimutagenic effects (Negi et al, 2003).…”

Recent Application of Probiotics in Food and Agricultural Science

“…Fruit juices have pleasing taste profiles to all age groups and they are perceived as being healthy and refreshing. The fruits are rich in several nutrients such as minerals, vitamins, dietary fibers, antioxidants, and do not contain any dairy allergens that might prevent usage by certain segments of the population [107,108]. Those characteristics allow the selection of appropriate strains of probiotics to manufacture enjoyable healthy fruit juice.…”

“…Different attempts have been made to reduce the sensations of unpleasant aromas and flavors in probiotic fruit juice. Luckow and others reported that the perceptible offflavors caused by probiotics that often contribute to consumer dissatisfaction may be masked by adding 10% (v/v) of tropical fruit juices, mainly pineapple, but also mango or passion fruit [108].…”