Table 5 Definitions of prebiotics
From: The role of probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics in animal nutrition
Year | Definitions |
|---|---|
1995 | “Non-digested food components that, through stimulation of growth and/or activity of a single type or a limited amount of microorganisms residing in the gastrointestinal tract, improve the health condition of a host” [92] |
2004 | “A selectively fermented component allowing specific changes in the composition and/or activity of microorganisms in the gastrointestinal tract, beneficial for host’s health and wellbeing” [96] |
2007 | “A nonviable food component that confers a health benefit on the host associated with modulation of the microbiota” [97] |
2010 | ‘Dietary prebiotics’ as “a selectively fermented ingredient that results in specific changes in the composition and/or activity of the gastrointestinal microbiota, thus conferring benefit(s) upon host health” [98] |
2015 | “A non-digestible compound that, through its metabolization by microorganisms in the gut, modulates the composition and/or activity of the gut microbiota, thus, conferring a beneficial physiological effect on the host” [99] |
2016 | “A substrate that is selectively utilized by host microorganisms conferring a health benefit” [93] |