Strategies to Assess the Impact of Sustainable Functional Food Ingredients on Gut Microbiota

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Nowadays, it is evident that food ingredients have different roles and distinct health benefits to the consumer. Over the past years, the interest in functional foods, especially those targeting gut health, has grown significantly. The use of industrial byproducts as a source of new functional and sustainable ingredients as a response to such demands has raised interest. However, the properties of these ingredients can be affected once incorporated into different food matrices. Therefore, when searching for the least costly and most suitable, beneficial, and sustainable formulations, it is necessary to understand how such ingredients perform when supplemented in different food matrices and how they impact the host’s health. As proposed in this manuscript, the ingredients’ properties can be first evaluated using in vitro gastrointestinal tract (GIT) simulation models prior to validation through human clinical trials. In vitro models are powerful tools that mimic the physicochemical and physiological conditions of the GIT, enabling prediction of the potentials of functional ingredients per se and when incorporated into a food matrix. Understanding how newly developed ingredients from undervalued agro-industrial sources behave as supplements supports the development of new and more sustainable functional foods while scientifically backing up health-benefits claims.

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de Carvalho, N. M., Oliveira, D. L., Costa, C. M., Pintado, M. E., & Madureira, A. R. (2023, June 1). Strategies to Assess the Impact of Sustainable Functional Food Ingredients on Gut Microbiota. Foods. MDPI. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12112209

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