Frontiers in Nutrition (Sep 2024)
Health benefits and risks of fermented foods—the PIMENTO initiative
- Smilja Todorovic,
- Asli Akpinar,
- Ricardo Assunção,
- Cornelia Bär,
- Simona L. Bavaro,
- Muzeyyen Berkel Kasikci,
- Muzeyyen Berkel Kasikci,
- Julieta Domínguez-Soberanes,
- Vittorio Capozzi,
- Paul D. Cotter,
- Eun-Hee Doo,
- Burcu Gündüz Ergün,
- Mustafa Guzel,
- Hayriye S. Harsa,
- Emre Hastaoglu,
- Christèle Humblot,
- Bahtir Hyseni,
- Muge I. Hosoglu,
- Aline Issa,
- Barçın Karakaş-Budak,
- Sibel Karakaya,
- Harun Kesenkas,
- Erhan Keyvan,
- Ibrahim E. Künili,
- Mary-Liis Kütt,
- Marta Laranjo,
- Sandrine Louis,
- Fani T. Mantzouridou,
- Antonia Matalas,
- Baltasar Mayo,
- Sandra Mojsova,
- Arghya Mukherjee,
- Anastasios Nikolaou,
- Fatih Ortakci,
- Diana Paveljšek,
- Giancarlo Perrone,
- Eugenia Pertziger,
- Eugenia Pertziger,
- Dushica Santa,
- Taner Sar,
- Isabelle Savary-Auzeloux,
- Clarissa Schwab,
- Małgorzata Starowicz,
- Marko Stojanović,
- Michail Syrpas,
- Jyoti P. Tamang,
- Oktay Yerlikaya,
- Birsen Yilmaz,
- Birsen Yilmaz,
- Jeadran Malagon-Rojas,
- Seppo Salminen,
- Juana Frias,
- Christophe Chassard,
- Guy Vergères
Affiliations
- Smilja Todorovic
- Institute for Biological Research Sinisa Stankovic, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
- Asli Akpinar
- Department of Food Engineering, Manisa Celal Bayar University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Science, Manisa, Türkiye
- Ricardo Assunção
- Egas Moniz Center for Interdisciplinary Research (CiiEM), Egas Moniz School of Health and Science, Almada, Portugal
- Cornelia Bär
- Competence Division Method Development and Analytics, Agroscope, Berne, Switzerland
- Simona L. Bavaro
- Institute of Sciences of Food Production (ISPA), National Research Council (CNR), Bari, Italy
- Muzeyyen Berkel Kasikci
- Department of Food Engineering, Manisa Celal Bayar University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Science, Manisa, Türkiye
- Muzeyyen Berkel Kasikci
- STLO, INRAE, Institut Agro-Rennes Angers, Rennes, France
- Julieta Domínguez-Soberanes
- Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Panamericana, Aguascalientes, Mexico
- Vittorio Capozzi
- Department of Food Science, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
- Paul D. Cotter
- Department of Food Biosciences, Teagasc Food Research Centre, Fermoy, Ireland
- Eun-Hee Doo
- 0School of Living and Environmental Engineering, Dongyang Mirae University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Burcu Gündüz Ergün
- 1Biotechnology Research Center, Field Crops Central Research Institute, Ankara, Türkiye
- Mustafa Guzel
- 2Department of Food Engineering, Hitit University, Corum, Türkiye
- Hayriye S. Harsa
- 3Department of Food Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Türkiye
- Emre Hastaoglu
- 4Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Türkiye
- Christèle Humblot
- 5French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), Montpellier, France
- Bahtir Hyseni
- 6Faculty of Food Technology, University “Isa Boletini”, Mitrovica, Republic of Kosovo
- Muge I. Hosoglu
- 7Biotechnology Institute, Gebze Technical University, Kocaeli, Türkiye
- Aline Issa
- 8Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Notre Dame University-Louaize, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
- Barçın Karakaş-Budak
- 9Department of Food Engineering, Akdeniz University Faculty of Engineering, Antalya, Türkiye
- Sibel Karakaya
- 0Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ege University, Izmir, Türkiye
- Harun Kesenkas
- 1Department of Dairy Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Ege University, Izmir, Türkiye
- Erhan Keyvan
- 2Department of Food Hygiene and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Burdur, Türkiye
- Ibrahim E. Künili
- 3Department of Fishing and Fish Processing Technology, Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technology, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale, Türkiye
- Mary-Liis Kütt
- 4ÄIO, Tallinn, Estonia
- Marta Laranjo
- 5MED-Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development-CHANGE-Global Change and Sustainability Institute and Departamento de Medicina Veterinária-Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia (ECT), Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal
- Sandrine Louis
- 6Department of Physiology and Biochemistry of Nutrition, Max Rubner-Institut, Karlsruhe, Germany
- Fani T. Mantzouridou
- 7Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Technology, School of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Antonia Matalas
- 8Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece
- Baltasar Mayo
- 9Departamento de Microbiología y Bioquímica, Instituto de Productos Lácteos de Asturias (IPLA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Villaviciosa, Spain
- Sandra Mojsova
- 0Department of Food Safety and Veterinary Public Health, Food Institute, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Skopje, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, North Macedonia
- Arghya Mukherjee
- Department of Food Biosciences, Teagasc Food Research Centre, Fermoy, Ireland
- Anastasios Nikolaou
- 1Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
- Fatih Ortakci
- 2Food Engineering Department, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Diana Paveljšek
- 3Institute of Dairy Science and Probiotics, Department of Animal Science, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Domžale, Slovenia
- Giancarlo Perrone
- 4Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze delle Produzioni Alimentari, Bari, Italy
- Eugenia Pertziger
- 5Research Division Microbial Food Systems, Agroscope, Berne, Switzerland
- Eugenia Pertziger
- 6Department of Epidemiology and Health Systems, Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Dushica Santa
- 7Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Skopje, North Macedonia
- Taner Sar
- 8Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery, University of Borås, Borås, Sweden
- Isabelle Savary-Auzeloux
- 9Human Nutrition Unit, INRAE, Université Clermont-Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Clarissa Schwab
- 0Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Małgorzata Starowicz
- 1Department of Chemistry and Biodynamics of Food, Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Olsztyn, Poland
- Marko Stojanović
- 2Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
- Michail Syrpas
- 3Department of Food Science and Technology, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania
- Jyoti P. Tamang
- 4Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Sikkim University, Gangtok, India
- Oktay Yerlikaya
- 1Department of Dairy Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Ege University, Izmir, Türkiye
- Birsen Yilmaz
- 5Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Hyderabad, India
- Birsen Yilmaz
- 6Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Çukurova University, Adana, Türkiye
- Jeadran Malagon-Rojas
- 7Instituto Nacional de Salud de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
- Seppo Salminen
- 8Functional foods Forum, Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Juana Frias
- 9Department of Technological Processes and Biotechnology, Institute of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition (ICTAN-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
- Christophe Chassard
- 9Human Nutrition Unit, INRAE, Université Clermont-Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Guy Vergères
- 5Research Division Microbial Food Systems, Agroscope, Berne, Switzerland
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2024.1458536
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11
Abstract
Worldwide, fermented foods (FF) are recognized as healthy and safe. Despite the rapid increase of research papers, there is a lack of systematic evaluation of the health benefits and risks of FF. The COST Action CA20128 “Promoting innovation of fermented foods” (PIMENTO) aims to provide a comprehensive assessment on the available evidence by compiling a set of 16 reviews. Seven reviews will cover clinical and biological endpoints associated with major health indicators across several organ systems, including the cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, neurological, immune, and skeletal systems. Nine reviews will address broader biological questions associated with FF including bioactive compounds and vitamin production, nutrient bioavailability and bioaccessibility, the role of FF in healthy diets and personalized nutrition, food safety, regulatory practices, and finally, the health properties of novel and ethnic FF. For each outcome assessed in the reviews, an innovative approach will be adopted based on EFSA’s published guidance for health claim submissions. In particular, each review will be composed of three parts: (1) a systematic review of available human studies; (2) a non-systematic review of the mechanism of action related to the clinical endpoints measured by the human studies identified in part 1; and (3) a non-systematic review of the characterization of the FF investigated in the human studies identified in part 1. The evidence and research gaps derived from the reviews will be summarized and published in the form of a strategic road map that will pave the way for future research on FF.
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