Meat as a functional food with special reference to probiotic sausages |
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Authors: | Muhammad Issa Khan Muhammad Sajid Arshad Faqir Muhammad Anjum Ayesha Sameen Aneeq-ur-Rehman Waqas Tariq Gill |
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Affiliation: | National Institute of Food Science and Technology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan |
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Abstract: | Consumers believe that foods are associated directly to their health. Today foods are not only used to satisfy our hunger but also to provide indispensible nutrients for humans and these nutrients having the health benefits regarding in controlling the diseases. The market for functional foods has seen a sharp rise in demand in the recent years. This has driven researchers to multiply their efforts in producing functional meat products also. Feed manipulation and post-mortem modification of meat coupled with enrichment of bioactive compounds are gaining importance. This review discusses the candidate ingredients and strategies, utilized in crafting such functional meat products, and the notable developments and commercial successes in functional meat industry. Dry fermented sausages meet the conditions required to carry viable probiotic microbes. This article enlists various microorganisms that are being commercially used in functional food products and potential bacteria for probiotic sausage production. |
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Keywords: | Functional foods Functional meat Strategies for functional meat production Probiotic sausages |
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