Table 2. Fermented and non-fermented dairy-based probiotic milk drinks and their health properties

Process type	Probiotic strain	Health properties	Reference
Fermented
Acidophilus milk	L. acidophilus	Improvement of gastrointestinal conditions	Hati and Prajapati, 2022
Bifidus milk	B. longum; B. bifidum	Treatment of gastrointestinal conditions and constipation	Yerlikaya, 2014
Fermented milk	L. acidophilus; L. rhamnosus;L. fermentum; L. plantarum;L. paracasei; L. casei;L. delbruekii; L. brevis;S. thermophilus; B. bifidum	Antioxidant effect;antimicrobial effect;antihypertensive effect;reduction of LDL;anticholestrol effect;anticarcinogenic effect;and antiobesity effects	Beltrán-Barrientos et al., 2016; Hou et al., 2019;Mendez Utz et al., 2019;Oliveira et al., 2017;Wa et al., 2019
Kefir	L. casei; L. acidophilus;L. paracasei; L. fermentum;K. marxianus; S. unisporus;Sac. cerevisiae	Antimutagenic effect;anticarcinogenic effect;cholesterol-lowering;reducing lactose intolerance;immune system modulation;antioxidant effect; andantimicrobial effects	Bengoa et al., 2019;Egea et al., 2022;Hong et al., 2019;Melo et al., 2018;Nielsen et al., 2014;Otles et al., 2003
Kumys	L. delbrueckii; K. marxianus	Anti-asthma effect, supports the cardiovascular system, and inhibition of Helicobacter pylori	Arslan, 2015;García-Burgos et al., 2020;Marsh et al., 2014;Yerlikaya, 2014
Yogurt	L. acidophilus; L. bulgaricus;L. rhamnosus; L. plantarum;L. helveticus; L. casei;L. fermentum; S. thermophilus;B. lactis	Improvement of gastrointestinal;antimicrobial effect;lowering the cholesterol;reducing lactose intolerance;anticancer effect;immune system modulation;improvement of inflammatory bowel disease effect; and antidiarrheal effects	Arain et al., 2023;García-Burgos et al., 2020; Ghasempour et al., 2020;Lim et al., 2020;Olson and Aryana, 2022;Shah, 2006;Tasdemir and Sanlier, 2020
Non-fermented
Milk drink	L. plantarum; L. acidophilus;B. lactis; B. animalis	Improvement of gastrointestinal conditions and antioxidant effects	Daneshi et al., 2013;Jang et al., 2022;Oliveira et al., 2017

L., Lactobacillus; Lacticaseibacillus; Lactiplantibacillus; S., Streptococcus; B., Bifidobacterium; K., Kluyveromyces; Sac., Saccharomyces; LDL, low density lipoprotein.