Kefir: Properties, Functionality, and Health Benefits

Kefir is a fermented milk beverage that is growing in popularity among both researchers and consumers for its proven and potential health benefits. Kefir: Properties, Functionality, and Health Benefits focuses on the scientifically demonstrated benefits of this beverage, especially antimicrobial and antioxidant effects, intestinal microbiota modulation, immune response modulation, and anticancer properties. It will also cover kefir's potential role in neurodegenerative disease prevention. Bioactive compounds responsible for these effects will be explored to provide a theoretical basis for developing new food and pharmaceutical formulations. Finally, the book will cover strategies for product diversification, quality control, and biotechnological applications. These findings will provide a basis for boosting the industrial production of kefir. Kefir: Properties, Functionality, and Health Benefits will summarize current research and encourage new discoveries, while covering the more practical side of production, technology, and product development. This work will serve as an important resource for researchers and post-graduate students in the fields of nutrition, pharmaceutical biochemistry, food science, engineering, and biotechnology. Companies interested in developing new fermented beverage products may also find this work of interest. Covers demonstrated health benefits of kefir consumption and other potential benefits requiring further explorationHighlights promising bioactive compounds of kefir for the food and pharmaceutical industriesProposes strategies for the product's commercial diversification INDICE: 1. Definition, consumption, and importance of Kefir 2. Microbiology of artisanal and industrial Kefir 3. Physicochemical properties of artisanal and industrial Kefir 4. Nutritional value of artisanal and industrial Kefir 5. Bioactive compounds from Kefir 6. Antimicrobial activity 7. Antioxidant activity 8. Modulation of the intestinal microbiota 9. Immune response modulation 10. Effects on blood pressure and lipid metabolism 11. Anticancer effects 12. Role in neurodegenerative diseases 13. Bio- and techno-functional differences between artisanal and industrial Kefir, improvements, and novelties 14. Sensorial properties: strategies for product diversification 15. Biotechnological applications 16. Quality control in kefir´s manufacture and storage 17. Water Kefir 18. A comparison between milk kefir and water kefir

• ISBN: 978-0-443-22043-2
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 300
• Fecha Publicación: 01/01/2025
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés