A review of the prebiotic and probiotic effects of microalgae in the food industry

Probiotics have been a good and healthy food source for humans for centuries. In the meantime, microalgae are always considered as useful dietary supplements. The combination of microalgae and probiotics leads to the production of fermented dairy products that not only increase the quality of food, but also increase their nutritional value for consumers by increasing the number and shelf life of probiotic bacteria. In fact, as the number of live probiotics in the diet increases, consumers will receive more probiotics at the time of consumption. In this review article, we tried to investigate the effect of probiotics and prebiotics on the use of microalgae supplements on various fermented dairy products. In addition, by reviewing the latest available articles, the effect of using microalgae supplements on physiological, chemical and microbiological properties and sensory of dairy products were examined.