Probiotic Beverages

Probiotic Beverages is an essential reference guide to traditional, emerging and unique probiotic beverage products throughout different regions of the world. The book includes in-depth knowledge by local authors on indigenous and commercially produced probiotic beverages and related products. Examining current advancements in probiotic beverages and consumer health relationships, with a focus on large-scale beverage technology, sections cover starter cultures, regulatory challenges, genetic engineering, quality and safety. From practical issues of developing probiotic beverages, to the marketing of these drinks to the consumer, the full product lifecycle of a probiotic beverage is discussed. Describes probiotic beverages of different geographical locations, market status and scope Discusses the potential of probiotic beverages in preventing disease Covers controversial regulatory matters (labeling claims, GMO-free) and sustainability Includes dairy, nondairy, cereal and fruit beverages

The health benefits of probiotics are no secret—doctors from both the Western and Eastern medicine camps sing the praises of probiotics for their positive effects on digestion, metabolism, and the immune system. Enthusiasts of kombucha—a bubbly probiotic drink now sold regularly in stores from Manhattan delis to Seattle food co-ops—point to its high levels of B vitamins and amino acids, improving mood, energy levels, joint function, ligament health, and skin health. Now you can learn to make kombucha, as well as numerous other probiotic drinks, at home! With clear step-by-step directions, beautiful photographs, and more than seventy-five recipes, this is the ultimate guide to homemade probiotic drinks. You’ll find numerous recipes for: Kombucha Jun Kefir Lacto-fermented lemonade Ginger beer Cultured vegetable juices And more! In addition, you’ll find recipes for making yogurt, smoothies, and kefir ice cream. Fermenting drinks may seem daunting, but Julia Mueller shows how it can be fun, much more cost-effective than buying ready-made drinks from the store, and delicious! Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Good Books and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of cookbooks, including books on juicing, grilling, baking, frying, home brewing and winemaking, slow cookers, and cast iron cooking. We’ve been successful with books on gluten-free cooking, vegetarian and vegan cooking, paleo, raw foods, and more. Our list includes French cooking, Swedish cooking, Austrian and German cooking, Cajun cooking, as well as books on jerky, canning and preserving, peanut butter, meatballs, oil and vinegar, bone broth, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

140 delicious probiotic smoothies and other drinks that cleanse and heal

FERMENTED BEVERAGES come in many VARIED FORMS, and FLAVOR'S OF PROBIOTIC DRINKS explores a VAST ARRAY of them. Replace GUT-DAMAGING Soda Pop with DELICIOUS, HEALING refreshing PROBIOTIC DRINKS! This book FLAVOR'S OF PROBIOTIC DRINKS is a user-friendly COMPENDIUM of ANCIENT WISDOM, MODERN METHODS, and INVENTIVE flavor COMBINATIONS. And, with DO-IT-YOURSELF and CONVENIENCE OPTIONS, there are a VARIETY of CHOICES to share HEALTH and LONGEVITY with your family. Invite MICROBES into your LIFE via some of THESE lively PROBIOTIC DRINKS & GET positive EFFECTS on DIGESTION, METABOLISM, and the IMMUNE SYSTEM. FLAVOR'S OF PROBIOTIC DRINKS eBook is EQUIPPED with EVERYTHING the BEGINNERS NEED to get ACQUAINTED with in an EASY to UNDERSTAND and STRAIGHTFORWARD way. Also COVERED the TOPICS in these Refreshing PROBIOTIC DRINKS are: Essential INFORMATION about HOME BREWING Delicious Probiotic, FERMENTED VARIETIES of Drinks, TIPS for SAFE & EASY PROCESS, Choosing EQUIPMENT, HEALTH BENEFITS and Much More Along with WIDE RANGE of SIMPLE Yet Enticing RECIPES for SODA POP, ROOT BEER, KOMBUCHA, JUN, REJUVELAC, KEFIR, KEFIR ICE CREAM, GINGER BEER, CULTURED VEGETABLE JUICES, SMOOTHIES & Many More NATURALLY FERMENTED Drinks FROM SCRATCH! This fizzy WONDER DRINK is PACKED full of ENZYMES, VITAMINS, MINERALS, AMINO ACIDS and PROBIOTICS that HELPS improving MOOD, ENERGY LEVELS, JOINT FUNCTION, LIGAMENT HEALTH, and SKIN HEALTH. With clear STEP-BY-STEP DIRECTIONS, BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHS, and more than SEVENTY-FIVE RECIPES, this is the ultimate GUIDE to HOMEMADE PROBIOTIC DRINKS. Health and Refreshment Be with You!

Milk-Based Beverages, Volume 9 in The Science of Beverages series, presents current status, developments, and technologies for researchers and developers to meet consumer demand and understand consumer trends toward healthy drinks. This resource takes a multidisciplinary approach to address issues in safety and quality control, while also discussing the nutritional and functional information that professionals in the beverage industry need. The book presents a framework for researchers, product developers, engineers, and regulators in the beverages industry for understanding new research developments in milk-based products to meet industry needs in producing competitive products. Covers the most recent advances in various milk-based products Includes a solid review of safety and hygiene for the development of new products Presents engineering techniques and applications using novel technologies

Probiotics: Advanced Food and Health Applications presents the functional properties and advanced technological aspects of probiotics for food formulation, nutrition, and health implications. Specifically, the book addresses the fundamentals of probiotics, from their discovery to actual developments, the microbiological aspects of the main genus showing probiotic properties, the natural occurrence of probiotic strains in foods, the development of nutraceuticals based on probiotics, and the relationship of probiotics to health. The book also includes a discussion on regulatory aspects. This book is an excellent resource for food scientists, nutritionists, dieticians, pharmaceutical scientists, and others working with probiotics or studying related fields. Introduces basic concepts on probiotics and describes the properties of main microorganisms with applications in probiotics Provides a description on the natural presence of probiotics in different food matrixes and how probiotics can be developed for incorporation in food formulations Offers advice on how probiotics can be used as nutritional input, along with their value on the preservation of healthy intestinal status, and their potential benefits in specific illnesses Contains definitions, applications, literature reviews and recent developments Includes a general introduction to the subject, taxonomy, biology, primary sources of probiotics and development of probiotics as food ingredients, human nutrition and health properties, and the use of high-throughput technologies in probiotics characterization

Functional and Medicinal Beverages, Volume Eleven, in the Science of Beverages series, discusses one of the fastest growing sectors in the food industry. As the need for research and development increases based on consumer demand, the information in this volume is essential. This reference includes the latest research trends, nutritive and medicinal ingredients, and analytical techniques to identify health beneficial elements. The contents of the book will bring readers up-to-date on the field, thus making it useful for researchers and graduate students in various fields across the food sciences and technology. Highlights new concepts, innovative technologies and current concerns in the functional beverages field Covers detailed information on the engineering and processing of novel ingredients for health benefits Includes common and alternative ingredients for juices, vegetable blends, milk-based drinks, and probiotic and prebiotic based alternative beverages