An overview of probiotic camel milk as a nutritional beverage: Challenges and perspectives

There are challenges such as standardization for commercialization and guaranteeing sensory characteristics in camel milk processing. This review gathers a general view of the probiotic camel milk, its contents, its health aspects, and its industrial production. One of the potential candidates of a healthy food product is "probiotic camel milk" which contains several nutritional elements including Lactic acid bacteria and Bifidobacteria and postbiotics such as endopolysaccharides, exopolysaccharides, numerous beneficial enzymes, short-chain fatty acids, teichoic acids, peptides, peptidoglycan-derived neuropeptides, cell surface proteins, different vitamins, plasmalogens, and different kinds of organic acids. It should also be considered that camel milk generally has some advantages over cow milk like its health-beneficial antidiabetic, hypoallergenic, and anticancer properties. As a result, it is gaining much attention from both consumers and manufacturers, and the global probiotic market trend is growing. Although there are obstacles in standardizing processing techniques and maintaining sensory excellence, the health benefits, economic prospects, and adaptability of camel milk and its probiotic variations create a promising avenue for continued research and advancement. Therefore, developing standardized processing techniques and sensory evaluation methods for probiotic camel milk can unlock its full potential as a nutritious beverage, offering a promising solution for consumers seeking healthy and functional food products. Camel milk has shown many advantages over milk from other animals and presents promising opportunities for health and economic sectors. Probiotic isolates from camel milk, such as LAB and Bifidobacteria, show potential as probiotics with beneficial properties. The predominance of beta-casein and the deficiency of beta-lactoglobulin, along with high nutritional value, make camel milk consumption suitable for humans, especially children who are sensitive to cow's milk. Additionally, postbiotics derived from camel milk exhibit antioxidant, antidiabetic, antiproliferative, and antihypertensive effects.image