Safety of Probiotics: Functional Fruit Beverages and Nutraceuticals
Over the last decade, fruit juice consumption has increased. Their rise in popularity can be attributed to the belief that they are a quick way to consuming a dietary portion of fruit. Probiotics added to fruit juices produce various bioactive compounds, thus probiotic fruit juices can be considered...
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| author | Irena Žuntar Zvonimir Petric Danijela Bursać Kovačević Predrag Putnik |
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| description | Over the last decade, fruit juice consumption has increased. Their rise in popularity can be attributed to the belief that they are a quick way to consuming a dietary portion of fruit. Probiotics added to fruit juices produce various bioactive compounds, thus probiotic fruit juices can be considered as a new type of functional foods. Such combinations could improve nutritional properties and provide health benefits of fruit juices, due to delivering positive health attributes from both sources (fruit juices and probiotics). However, this review discusses the other side of the same coin, i.e., the one that challenges general beliefs that probiotics are undoubtedly safe. This topic deserves more acknowledgments from the medical and nutritional literature, as it is highly important for health care professionals and nutritionists who must be aware of potential probiotic issues. Still, clinical trials have not adequately questioned the safety of probiotics, as they are generally considered safe. Therefore, this reviews aims to give an evidence-based perspective of probiotic safety, focusing on probiotic fruit beverages and nutraceuticals, by providing documented clinical case reports and studies. Finally, the paper deals with some additional insights from the pharmacological and toxicological point of views, such as pharmacological repercussions of probiotics on health. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f243a8601f454da9a8e1c14ec26277692023-11-20T07:04:39ZengMDPI AGFoods2304-81582020-07-019794710.3390/foods9070947Safety of Probiotics: Functional Fruit Beverages and NutraceuticalsIrena Žuntar0Zvonimir Petric1Danijela Bursać Kovačević2Predrag Putnik3Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Ante Kovačića 1, 10000 Zagreb, CroatiaUnit of Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism, Department of Pharmacology at the Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, 40530 Göteborg, SwedenFaculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, 10000 Zagreb, CroatiaFaculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, 10000 Zagreb, CroatiaOver the last decade, fruit juice consumption has increased. Their rise in popularity can be attributed to the belief that they are a quick way to consuming a dietary portion of fruit. Probiotics added to fruit juices produce various bioactive compounds, thus probiotic fruit juices can be considered as a new type of functional foods. Such combinations could improve nutritional properties and provide health benefits of fruit juices, due to delivering positive health attributes from both sources (fruit juices and probiotics). However, this review discusses the other side of the same coin, i.e., the one that challenges general beliefs that probiotics are undoubtedly safe. This topic deserves more acknowledgments from the medical and nutritional literature, as it is highly important for health care professionals and nutritionists who must be aware of potential probiotic issues. Still, clinical trials have not adequately questioned the safety of probiotics, as they are generally considered safe. Therefore, this reviews aims to give an evidence-based perspective of probiotic safety, focusing on probiotic fruit beverages and nutraceuticals, by providing documented clinical case reports and studies. Finally, the paper deals with some additional insights from the pharmacological and toxicological point of views, such as pharmacological repercussions of probiotics on health.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/9/7/947probiotic safetytoxicitypathogenicityfunctional food industrypharmacological interactionsfunctional fruit juices |
| spellingShingle | Irena Žuntar Zvonimir Petric Danijela Bursać Kovačević Predrag Putnik Safety of Probiotics: Functional Fruit Beverages and Nutraceuticals Foods probiotic safety toxicity pathogenicity functional food industry pharmacological interactions functional fruit juices |
| title | Safety of Probiotics: Functional Fruit Beverages and Nutraceuticals |
| title_full | Safety of Probiotics: Functional Fruit Beverages and Nutraceuticals |
| title_fullStr | Safety of Probiotics: Functional Fruit Beverages and Nutraceuticals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Safety of Probiotics: Functional Fruit Beverages and Nutraceuticals |
| title_short | Safety of Probiotics: Functional Fruit Beverages and Nutraceuticals |
| title_sort | safety of probiotics functional fruit beverages and nutraceuticals |
| topic | probiotic safety toxicity pathogenicity functional food industry pharmacological interactions functional fruit juices |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/9/7/947 |
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