TRENDS IN FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, vol.98, pp.1-9, 2020 (SCI-Expanded)
Background: Microbial food ingredients produced using biotechnology have a wide range of applications in the food industry. With new technological improvements such as genetic modification, microbial products can be produced more effectively. Microbial products and the new ways of producing them have led to some confusion for consumers in recent years. Religions and lifestyles are determinative factors in the food consumption preferences of different societies. People who are followers of a religion or philosophy of life, such as Islam, inquire about the microbial ingredients of the foods they consume. For Muslim societies, who follow Islam, it is critical that microbial products match the criteria of the Islamic diet. Therefore, they require some basic principles that must be followed in the production of bioproducts.