Microbiology of Marine Food Products

Editorial: Probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, postbiotics, & paraprobiotics - New perspective for functional foods and nutraceuticals

“…In recent times, the addition of probiotics, along with prebiotic compounds such as inulin, starch, fructooligosaccharide, polydextrose, and wheat dextrin, has emerged as a new form of bioactive packaging. The simultaneous application of probiotics and prebiotics has improved the viability of probiotic strains, elevated their colonization in the intestinal tract, and provided health benefits to humans (10). Koyum et al used five probiotic strains to establish the fact that staple foods, produced from composite flours, are able to alleviate proteinenergy malnutrition.…”