Food is considered the more convenient way of delivering probiotics in daily diets as compared to capsules or powders. Dairy food products mainly yoghurts are ideal food matrix for delivering probiotics, owing to their high consumer acceptability and better viability of these organisms. But a number of factors like cholesterol content, allergy to milk proteins and
lactose intolerance necessitate exploring other non-dairy alternatives. Several reports on development of probiotic foods from
different matrices like cereals, oilseeds, fruits and vegetables etc. are available.