Table 3.

Comparative account of dairy and non-dairy probiotic foods

Parameter	Dairy probiotic foods	Non-dairy probiotic foods
Lactose intolerance	Negative effect	No issue
Calcium availability	Positive effect	No issue
High fat	Negative effect	No issue
Cholesterol content	Negative effect	No Issue
Dietary fiber	No issue	Positive effect
Digestibility	Not easy	Easy to digest
Survival rate of probiotics	High	Low
Flavour (diacetyl/acetaldehyde)	Positive effect	No issue
Phyto-chemicals	No issue	Negative effect
Isoflavons	No issue	Positive effect