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Fermented Minor Grain Foods: Classification, Functional Components, and Probiotic Potential

Journal

FOODS
Volume 11, Issue 20, Pages -

Publisher

MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/foods11203155

Keywords

minor grain; fermented food; classification; functional components; probiotic potential

Funding

  1. Fundamental Research Program of Shanxi Province [202103021224158]
  2. Application Fundamental Research Program of Shanxi Agricultural University [YBSJJ2011]
  3. National Natural Science Foundation of China [31601457]
  4. China Agriculture Research System of MOF and MARA [CARS-06-14.5-A16]
  5. MARA [CARS-06-14.5-A16]

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Fermented minor grain foods have unique nutritional value and functional characteristics, which are important for developing dietary culture worldwide. This review introduces the latest progress in research related to the fermentation products of minor grains and discusses their nutritional and health implications, as well as the development of new functional foods through mixed fermentation.
Fermented minor grain (MG) foods often have unique nutritional value and functional characteristics, which are important for developing dietary culture worldwide. As a kind of special raw material in fermented food, minor grains have special functional components, such as trace elements, dietary fiber, and polyphenols. Fermented MG foods have excellent nutrients, phytochemicals, and bioactive compounds and are consumed as a rich source of probiotic microbes. Thus, the purpose of this review is to introduce the latest progress in research related to the fermentation products of MGs. Specific discussion is focused on the classification of fermented MG foods and their nutritional and health implications, including studies of microbial diversity, functional components, and probiotic potential. Furthermore, this review discusses how mixed fermentation of grain mixtures is a better method for developing new functional foods to increase the nutritional value of meals based on cereals and legumes in terms of dietary protein and micronutrients.

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