“…Soy is an excellent candidate for such products (De Valdez & Giori, 1993). A first benefit of soy beverage fermentation is the reduction of its ''beany" flavour (Blagden & Gilliland, 2005;Desai, Small, McGill, & Shah, 2002;Stern, Hesseltine, Wang, & Konishi, 1977). Soy is also considered a good substrate for functional foods since fermentation by probiotics has the potential to (1) reduce the levels of some carbohydrates which can be responsible for gas production in the intestinal system, (2) increase free isoflavone levels (Chien, Huang, & Chou, 2006;Wei, Chen, & Chen, 2007) and (3) favour desirable changes in bacterial populations in the gastrointestinal tract (Benno, Endo, Shiragami, Samaya, & Mitsuoka, 1987;Bouhnik et al, 2004).…”