Use of medicinal mushrooms in the preparation of superfoods for sustainable nutrition and human health

Abstract

The interest of research and food industries is being extensively focused on the development of functional foods able to prevent several diet-related diseases beyond the simple nutritional effects. For these reasons, this PhD thesis research project is focused on the development of different foods and beverage with enhanced nutraceutical characteristics, made by addition of medicinal mushrooms extract in the production processes. Foods and drinks that will be developed include bread, cheese, yogurt, salami, beer and kefir.