Fermented Foods in Health and Disease Prevention
- 2nd Edition - October 1, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editors: Juana Frías, Cristina Martinez-Villaluenga, Elena Peñas
- Language: English
Fermented Foods in Health and Disease Prevention, Second Edition examines the significance of fermented foods to public health. The book presents the latest scientific eviden… Read more
Description
Description
Fermented Foods in Health and Disease Prevention, Second Edition examines the significance of fermented foods to public health. The book presents the latest scientific evidence, showing the health-promoting components produced upon fermentation from a diversity of food matrices. The content includes the definition and characterization of traditional and innovative fermented foods, their mechanisms of action, and the evidence for effects on health and disease in humans. Putative health effects associated with direct interactions between the ingested live microorganisms and the host (probiotic effect), or indirectly, through ingestion of microbial metabolites and products of fermentation (biogenic effect) are discussed.
This book will provide the food industry with new insights on the development of value-added fermentation, while also presenting nutritionists and dieticians with a useful resource to help them develop strategies to assist in the prevention of disease or to slow its onset and severity.
This book will provide the food industry with new insights on the development of value-added fermentation, while also presenting nutritionists and dieticians with a useful resource to help them develop strategies to assist in the prevention of disease or to slow its onset and severity.
Key features
Key features
- Provides a comprehensive review on current findings in the functional properties and safety of traditional fermented foods and their impact on health and disease prevention
- Describes microbial communities and the nutritional and bioactive composition of traditional and innovative fermented foods
- Presents food processors and product developers with opportunities for the development of fermented food products
- Helps readers develop strategies that will assist in preventing or slowing disease onset and severity
Readership
Readership
Food scientists, researchers, technologists, nutritionists, dieticians, food processers, product developers, food industry workers, health professionals
Table of contents
Table of contents
Section 1: Introduction
1. The potential benefits of fermented food consumption in pregnancy and youth
2. The potential benefits of fermented food in elderly
3. The periodic table of fermented foods
Section 2: Fermented Foods as a Source of Healthy Constituents
4. Effect of fermentation on vitamin content in food
5. Bioactive Peptides in Fermented Foods: Production and Evidence for Health Effects
6. Health Benefits of Exopolysaccharides in Fermented Foods
7. Biotransformation of Phenolics by Lactiplantibacillus plantarum in Fermented Foods
8. Fermented foods as a source of bacteriocins
9. Paraprobiotics and postbiotics in fermented foods
10. Fermented meat products and health
11. Fermented Seafood Products and Health
12. Yogurt and Health
13. Dairy kefir-derived products and their health benefits
14. Beer and Its Role in Human Health
15. Fermented pulses in nutrition and health promotion
16. Use of non-wheat flours in fermented foods
17. Soy-derived fermented foods and health implications
18. Fermented table olives and health implications
19. African fermented foods in an ethnomedicinal scenario
20. Sauerkraut: Production, Composition, and Health Benefits
21. BIOGENIC AMINES IN FERMENTED FOODS AND HEALTH IMPLICATIONS
22. Reduction of food allergens and gluten by fermentation
1. The potential benefits of fermented food consumption in pregnancy and youth
2. The potential benefits of fermented food in elderly
3. The periodic table of fermented foods
Section 2: Fermented Foods as a Source of Healthy Constituents
4. Effect of fermentation on vitamin content in food
5. Bioactive Peptides in Fermented Foods: Production and Evidence for Health Effects
6. Health Benefits of Exopolysaccharides in Fermented Foods
7. Biotransformation of Phenolics by Lactiplantibacillus plantarum in Fermented Foods
8. Fermented foods as a source of bacteriocins
9. Paraprobiotics and postbiotics in fermented foods
10. Fermented meat products and health
11. Fermented Seafood Products and Health
12. Yogurt and Health
13. Dairy kefir-derived products and their health benefits
14. Beer and Its Role in Human Health
15. Fermented pulses in nutrition and health promotion
16. Use of non-wheat flours in fermented foods
17. Soy-derived fermented foods and health implications
18. Fermented table olives and health implications
19. African fermented foods in an ethnomedicinal scenario
20. Sauerkraut: Production, Composition, and Health Benefits
21. BIOGENIC AMINES IN FERMENTED FOODS AND HEALTH IMPLICATIONS
22. Reduction of food allergens and gluten by fermentation
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 2
- Latest edition
- Published: October 1, 2026
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
JF
Juana Frías
Juana Frias BSc, PhD is a Senior Research Scientist of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). She currently heads a team at the Institute of Food Science Technology and Nutrition, Madrid, Spain, carrying out research on the production and characterization of biologically active ingredients from plant food origin. Dr. Frias graduated in 1987 with an Honours Degree in Pharmacy Sciences and gained her PhD in 1992 with extraordinary award at University of Alcalá de Henares (Spain). In 2009, Dr. Frias became a Fellow of the Food Chemistry Division working party within the European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences (EuCheMS). In her career Dr. Frias has carried out research at the Food Research Institute and John Innes Institute (Norwich, UK), University of Life Sciences (Copenhagen, DK) and the Institute of Industrial Fermentation, CSIC (Madrid, ES). She has collaborated with research groups in Poland, United Kingdom, Finland, Denmark, Italy, Venezuela, Argentina, Peru, and USA. She is a leading expert on the grain legumes and their biotechnological processing to enhance nutritional and biofunctional properties and has a long standing interest in how functional ingredients affects health. Dr. Frias has published over 120 peer-reviewed manuscripts based on original research, has participated in national and international research projects, supervised Master students, PhD fellows and national and international research visitors.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Research Scientist, Institute of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition, Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, SpainCM
Cristina Martinez-Villaluenga
Cristina Martinez-Villaluenga is a senior scientist and member of the GRAINS4HEALTH research group at the Institute of Food Science, Technology, and Nutrition (ICTAN) of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). The mission of her research group is to develop new added-value products from grains (cereals, pseudocereals, and legumes) and give solutions to meet consumer and producer demands for food quality and safety, sustainability, and health. Bioactive compounds (including proteins and peptides) are the focus of her research. She has been involved in numerous Spanish, European, and International research projects.
Affiliations and expertise
Institute of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition, Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, SpainEP
Elena Peñas
Elena Peñas BSc, PhD is a Research Scientist of the Institute of Food Science and Nutrition (ICTAN), Madrid, Spain, belonging to the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). Her main research interests are aimed to develop and validate technological bioprocesses for improving the safety, quality and bioactivity of plant foods. A key part of her research activities is focused on the evaluation of the allergenic potential and health implications of novel bioactive food ingredients. Dr. Peñas obtained her bachelor’s degree in Biology in 2000 at Complutense University of Madrid and her PhD in 2006 at Autonoma University of Madrid (Spain). Dr. Peñas has performed her research career in different renowned European Research Institutions such as Institute of Instituto del Frio (Spain), Institute of Industrial Fermentations (Spain), Nizo Food Research (the Netherlands), University of Milan (Italy) and MTT Agrifood Research (Finland). Dr. Peñas is author of more than 40 peerreviewed articles and 4 book chapters, and she has participated in several research projects funded by National and International Public Institutions and private companies. She has given many invited lectures at University of Milan and has served as a mentor of undergraduate and graduate students and international researchers visitors.
Affiliations and expertise
Elena Peñas BSc, PhD, Research Scientist, Spanish National Research Council, Institute of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition, Madrid, Spain