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Omega-3 Fatty Acid Fortification of Plant-Based Beverages to Enhance Their Nutritional Profile

Ashish Pandey; F. Kamran; Manisha Choudhury; Li Li; M. S. Rahman; M. Hussain

Foods · 2025

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Summary

The growing popularity of a diverse range of plant-based beverages is entrenched in promoting health functionality and addressing ethical and environmental concerns. These beverages offer similar physico-chemical attributes to animal milk and are prepared using plant-based ingredients, such as soy, oats, almonds, rice, chickpeas, sesame seeds, and coconut. These beverages have many nutritional benefits but are deficient in certain nutrients such as essential amino acids, minerals, vitamin B12, vitamin D, and omega-3 fatty acids. Fortifying these beverages with deficient nutrients could effectively provide comprehensive and nutritionally balanced product options. This approach could be useful in improving the nutritional profile of plant-based beverages to meet the expectations of health-co

Subject
Dietary fats & fatty acids
Source type
Peer-reviewed study
System type
Other
DOI
10.3390/foods14091602
Catalogue ID
NRmoo6abni-004
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