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Table 1 Fermented ethnic food categories of North, East and West India

From: Vegetarian ethnic foods of South India: review on the influence of traditional knowledge

Title

Process involved

Food category (summarized from all the studies)

References

Ethnic fermented foods and beverages of India: science history and culture

Foods and beverages derived from natural fermentation

Fermented

• Rice, legumes and cereal foods

• Milk foods

• Non-soy bean legume foods

• Rice-legume mixture foods

• Soy-bean foods

• Bamboo shoot foods

• Vegetable foods

• Sundried/smoked fish products

• Sundried/smoked meat products

• Beverages

• Tea/crabs/fruits etc

[13]

An overview on ethnic fermented food and beverages of India: Interplay of microbes, immunity and nutrition

[14]

Diversity of traditional and fermented foods of the Seven Sister states of India and their nutritional and nutraceutical potential: a review

[15]

Folk to functional: an explorative overview of rice-based fermented foods and beverages in India

[16]

Naturally fermented ethnic soybean foods of India

[17]

Traditional Indian fermented foods: a rich source of lactic acid bacteria

[18]

Dietary culture and antiquity of the Himalayan fermented foods and alcoholic fermented beverages

[19]

Fermented foods and beverages of Mizoram

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