Microalgae-Based Functional Foods: A Blue-Green Revolution in Sustainable Nutrition and Health DOI Creative Commons
Gabriela Andrade-Bustamante, Francisco Eleazar Martínez-Ruiz, Jesús Ortega-García

et al.

Applied Microbiology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 5(2), P. 39 - 39

Published: April 23, 2025

The projected global population of 9.22 billion by 2075 necessitates sustainable food sources that provide health benefits beyond essential nutrition, as the relationship between biochemistry and human well-being is becoming increasingly significant. Microalgae are simple microscopic organisms rich in various bioactive compounds, such pigments, vitamins, polyunsaturated fatty acids, polysaccharides, peptides, polyphenols, which can be used to develop novel foods with potential benefits. Bioactive substances offer numerous benefits, including anti-inflammatory, anticancer, antioxidant, anti-obesity, heart-protective effects. However, incorporating microalgal biomass into functional products presents several challenges, species diversity, fluctuations production, factors affecting cultivation, suboptimal bioprocessing methods, inconclusive evidence regarding bioavailability safety, undesirable flavors aromas formulations. Despite these significant opportunities exist for future development microalgae-derived products. Extensive investigations overcome challenges enable large-scale commercialization nutritious microalgae-based This review aims examine microalgae natural ingredients explore limiting their industrial acceptance utilization, assess safety issues associated consumption.

Language: Английский

Microalgae-Based Functional Foods: A Blue-Green Revolution in Sustainable Nutrition and Health DOI Creative Commons
Gabriela Andrade-Bustamante, Francisco Eleazar Martínez-Ruiz, Jesús Ortega-García

et al.

Applied Microbiology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 5(2), P. 39 - 39

Published: April 23, 2025

The projected global population of 9.22 billion by 2075 necessitates sustainable food sources that provide health benefits beyond essential nutrition, as the relationship between biochemistry and human well-being is becoming increasingly significant. Microalgae are simple microscopic organisms rich in various bioactive compounds, such pigments, vitamins, polyunsaturated fatty acids, polysaccharides, peptides, polyphenols, which can be used to develop novel foods with potential benefits. Bioactive substances offer numerous benefits, including anti-inflammatory, anticancer, antioxidant, anti-obesity, heart-protective effects. However, incorporating microalgal biomass into functional products presents several challenges, species diversity, fluctuations production, factors affecting cultivation, suboptimal bioprocessing methods, inconclusive evidence regarding bioavailability safety, undesirable flavors aromas formulations. Despite these significant opportunities exist for future development microalgae-derived products. Extensive investigations overcome challenges enable large-scale commercialization nutritious microalgae-based This review aims examine microalgae natural ingredients explore limiting their industrial acceptance utilization, assess safety issues associated consumption.

Language: Английский

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