Food industry, chitooligosaccharides

The consumer demand on the functional foods increases as they promote the gut health and decrease the risk of diseases. The functional foods are categorized into three groups based on their mechanism of action as probiotics, prebiotics, and biogenics (Mitsuoka, 2002). The chitooligosaccharides can also be applied as functional foods in the food industry as they have the capacity to act as a... 

Chitooligosaccharides can be applied in the improvement of the quality of the animal origin food items by introducing them to the animals as feed additives. The enhancanent of the growth of the animal species, improvement of the animal gut health, and reduction of animal diseases may contribute to increase the application of COS in animal industries. 

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