Related Experiment Video
Updated: Aug 25, 2025

Novel Production Protocol for Small-scale Manufacture of Probiotic Fermented Foods
Published on: September 10, 2016
Postbiotics: Current Trends in Food and Pharmaceutical Industry
Priyamvada Thorakkattu1, Anandu Chandra Khanashyam2, Kartik Shah3
1Department of Animal Sciences and Industry, Food Science Institute, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA.
Abstract:
Postbiotics are non-viable bacterial products or metabolic byproducts produced by probiotic microorganisms that have biologic activity in the host. Postbiotics are functional bioactive compounds, generated in a matrix during anaerobic fermentation of organic nutrients like prebiotics, for the generation of energy in the form of adenosine triphosphate. The byproducts of this metabolic sequence are called postbiotics, these are low molecular weight soluble compounds either secreted by live microflora or released after microbial cell lysis. A few examples of widely studied postbiotics are short-chain fatty acids, microbial cell fragments, extracellular polysaccharides, cell lysates, teichoic acid, vitamins, etc. Presently, prebiotics and probiotics are the products on the market; however, postbiotics are also gaining a great deal of attention. The numerous health advantages of postbiotic components may soon lead to an increase in consumer demand for postbiotic supplements. The most recent research aspects of postbiotics in the food and pharmaceutical industries are included in this review. The review encompasses a brief introduction, classification, production technologies, characterization, biological activities, and potential applications of postbiotics.
More Related Videos
Related Concept Videos
Microorganisms in Medicine and Therapeutics
Microorganisms in Agriculture and Food industry
Biological Methods for Microbial Control
Need for Obtaining Pure Cultures
Types of Biopharmaceutical Studies: Controlled and Non-Controlled Approaches
Non-controlled studies, commonly employed for initial exploration, lack a control group, rendering them susceptible to biases and external influences. In contrast,...
Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics: Overview

