Health issues and technological aspects of plant-based alternative milk

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A growing number of consumers opt for plant-based milk substitutes for medical reasons, like cow's milk protein allergy (CMPA), lactose intolerance (LI), or as a lifestyle choice. Plant-based milk substitutes, or plant extracts, are water-soluble extracts of legumes, oilseeds, cereals or pseudocereals that resemble bovine milk in appearance. It is produced by reducing the size of the raw material, extracted in water and subsequently homogenized, being an alternative to cow's milk. They are considered cow's milk replacers due to similar chemical composition and can also be used as a substitute for direct use or in some animal milk-based preparations. On the other hand, these substitutes exhibit different sensory characteristics, stability and nutritional composition from cow's milk. They are manufactured by extracting the raw material in water, separating the liquid, and formulating the final product. Others process like homogenization and thermal treatments are indispensable to improve the suspension and microbiological stabilities of the final product so that can be consumed. However new and advanced non-thermal processing technologies such as ultra-high pressure homogenization and pulsed electric field processing are being researched for tackling the problems related to increase of shelf life, emulsion stability, nutritional completeness and sensory acceptability without the use of high temperatures. Some pre-treatments such as peeling, bleaching or soaking can be performed on the raw material in order to improve the final product. The nutritional properties are influenced by the plant source, processing, and fortification. The addition of other ingredients as sugar, oil and flavorings is done to the plant-based milk substitute to make them more palatable and be more acceptable to consumers. Thus, the aim is to review the main reasons for the consumption of plant-based milk substitute as well as the raw materials used and the technological aspects of its production.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:131

Enthalten in:

Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.) - 131(2020) vom: 04. Mai, Seite 108972

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Silva, Aline R A [VerfasserIn]
Silva, Marselle M N [VerfasserIn]
Ribeiro, Bernardo D [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cow’s protein milk allergy
Journal Article
Lactose intolerance
Plant-based milk substitute
Plant-based milk substitute market
Plant-based milk substitute production
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
Veganism

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Date Completed 12.03.2021

Date Revised 12.03.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.foodres.2019.108972

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NLM308328469