Functional beverages: recent trends and prospects as potential meal replacers

Increased consciousness for health, well-being, and changes in eating habits, such as a shift towards veganism among the masses, has resulted in rapid growth in the functional foods market. Functional beverages are one of the core areas of research and development among various functional foods. How...

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Main Authors: Ravneet Kaur, Shubhra Shekhar, Kamlesh Prasad
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Published: Maximum Academic Press 2024-01-01
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Online Access:https://www.maxapress.com/article/doi/10.48130/fmr-0023-0041
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description Increased consciousness for health, well-being, and changes in eating habits, such as a shift towards veganism among the masses, has resulted in rapid growth in the functional foods market. Functional beverages are one of the core areas of research and development among various functional foods. However, ready to drink beverages have some limitations in terms of shelf life, storage, and transportation, so the future trends in the beverage industry could be more towards powdered beverages and ready-to-reconstitute instant mixtures. Due to a sedentary lifestyle, people are trying to follow a balanced diet for weight management, and weight loss programs are also gaining importance. One such category that has come into focus is meal replacements. Nutritionally balanced beverage mixtures have the potential to be used as meal replacements. This review is based mainly on recent and ongoing trends in beverages, such as functional beverages based on dairy sources, fruits and vegetables, cereals-legumes, and millets-based beverages. It also focuses on the future aspects in the beverage industry with a brief about instant beverage powders. Beverages as potential meal replacement products are the major future aspect in this area. This review also discusses the optimization techniques used for the development of beverage mixes.
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spelling doaj-art-d2f39d4e6bc54e56bf7a7536e49cc92f2025-08-20T02:12:30ZengMaximum Academic PressFood Materials Research2771-46832024-01-014111010.48130/fmr-0023-0041fmr-0023-0041Functional beverages: recent trends and prospects as potential meal replacersRavneet Kaur0Shubhra Shekhar1Kamlesh Prasad2Department of Food Engineering and Technology, Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Longowal 148106, Punjab, IndiaDepartment of Food Engineering and Technology, Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Longowal 148106, Punjab, IndiaDepartment of Food Engineering and Technology, Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Longowal 148106, Punjab, IndiaIncreased consciousness for health, well-being, and changes in eating habits, such as a shift towards veganism among the masses, has resulted in rapid growth in the functional foods market. Functional beverages are one of the core areas of research and development among various functional foods. However, ready to drink beverages have some limitations in terms of shelf life, storage, and transportation, so the future trends in the beverage industry could be more towards powdered beverages and ready-to-reconstitute instant mixtures. Due to a sedentary lifestyle, people are trying to follow a balanced diet for weight management, and weight loss programs are also gaining importance. One such category that has come into focus is meal replacements. Nutritionally balanced beverage mixtures have the potential to be used as meal replacements. This review is based mainly on recent and ongoing trends in beverages, such as functional beverages based on dairy sources, fruits and vegetables, cereals-legumes, and millets-based beverages. It also focuses on the future aspects in the beverage industry with a brief about instant beverage powders. Beverages as potential meal replacement products are the major future aspect in this area. This review also discusses the optimization techniques used for the development of beverage mixes.https://www.maxapress.com/article/doi/10.48130/fmr-0023-0041functional beveragesinstant beverage mixmeal replacementcereals and legume-based beverages
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cereals and legume-based beverages
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title_short Functional beverages: recent trends and prospects as potential meal replacers
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instant beverage mix
meal replacement
cereals and legume-based beverages
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