Probiotic-fortified functional foods: integrating nutrient delivery and gut health benefits (opens in new tab)

Foods fortified with probiotics are a fast-emerging field at the crossroads of food technology, nutritional biochemistry and microbiome science. The increased interest in the gut microbiota as a key controller of host metabolism, immunity and overall homeostasis has led to the creation of diets that provide key nutrients with live and beneficial microbes. Compared to the conventional dietary supplementation, there are improved microbe stability, bioavailability, and microbe-nutrient interacti...