Innovative beverage creation through symbiotic microbial communities inspired by traditional fermented beverages: Current status, challenges and future directions

S Li, X Liu, L Wang, K Wang, M Li, X Wang… - Critical Reviews in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Fermented beverages (FBs) are facing challenges in functional performance and flavor
complexity, necessitating the development of new multi-functional options. Traditional …

Spontaneously fermented traditional beverages as a source of bioactive compounds: an overview

RB Cuvas-Limon, C Nobre, M Cruz… - Critical reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Fermented food has been present throughout history, since fermentation not only helps
preserving food, but also provides specific organoleptic characteristics typically associated …

Traditional fermented beverages of Mexico: a biocultural unseen foodscape

C Ojeda-Linares, GD Álvarez-Ríos… - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mexico is one of the main regions of the world where the domestication of numerous edible
plant species originated. Its cuisine is considered an Intangible Cultural Heritage of …

Research opportunities: Traditional fermented beverages in Mexico. Cultural, microbiological, chemical, and functional aspects

K Robledo-Márquez, V Ramírez… - Food Research …, 2021 - Elsevier
In Mexico, close to 200 fermented products have been described, of which, approximately
20 are beverages. They were obtained through rustic and ancestral fermentation methods …

[HTML][HTML] Aguamiel syrup as a technological diversification product: Composition, bioactivity and present panorama

A Castañeda-Ovando, L Moreno-Vilet, J Jaimez-Ordaz… - Future Foods, 2023 - Elsevier
Mexico has a rich history of using aguamiel extracted from Agave spp to make pulque, a
fermented beverage popular in Mesoamerica. However, pulque has been overtaken by …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial community structure, physicochemical characteristics and predictive functionalities of the Mexican tepache fermented beverage

W Gutiérrez-Sarmiento, BA Peña-Ocaña… - Microbiological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Tepache is a native beverage from Mexico, which is usually elaborated with pineapple
shells, brown cane sugar and is fermented naturally. Beneficial health effects have been …

Thriving in Adversity: Yeasts in the Agave Fermentation Environment

M Colón‐González, X Aguirre‐Dugua… - Yeast, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Agave spirits have gained global recognition and hold a central position within the cultural
heritage of Mexico. Traditional distilleries, characterized by open fermentations driven by …

Sistemas de manejo de maguey pulquero en México

GD Álvarez-Ríos, CJ Figueredo-Urbina… - Etnobiología, 2020 - revistaetnobiologia.mx
El pulque es una bebida fermentada elaborada con la savia de 46 taxa de Agave. Durante
el siglo XIX y parte del XX la elaboración de pulque fue una de las actividades productivas …

[HTML][HTML] Aguamiel, a Traditional Mexican Beverage: A Review of Its Nutritional Composition, Health Effects and Conservation

AD Noriega-Juárez, L Meza-Espinoza… - Foods, 2025 - mdpi.com
Aguamiel is the sap extracted from various species of maguey (Agave spp.). This liquid is
highly prized in central Mexico for its pleasing sensory qualities and nutritional value …