Fermented Foods: Sources, Consumption and Health Benefits

VÉNICA, CLAUDIA INÉS; WOLF IRMA VERÓNICA; VÉLEZ MARÍA AYELÉN; BERGAMINI, CARINA; PEROTTI MARÍA CRISTINA

BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS IN FERMENTED DAIRY FOODS

Nova Science Publishers

Año: 2016; p. 1 - 40

Bioactive compounds formed in situ or added during manufacture offermented dairy foods, such as galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS), caseinophophopeptides (CPP) and conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) have shown to exert various biological activities affecting digestive, cardiovascular, immune and nervous systems. In particular, the prebiotic capacity of GOS, anticariogenic activity of CPP and anti-carcinogenic and anti-adipogeniceffects of CLA, are some of the most important. GOS, non-digestible carbohydrates comprised of galactose and glucose, are produced by the activity of β-galactosidases enzymes on lactose. In turn, CPP are derived from caseins by the action of proteolytic enzymes (trypsin, quimotrypsin), and CLA is synthesized by microbial activity from its precursor fatty acid (mainly linoleic acid). This chapter presents an overview the current knowledge ontechnological approaches for manufacturing of fermented dairy foods enriched in GOS, CPP and CLA, as well as aspects concerning nutrition and health.