“…LAB, apart from organic acids, can produce a number of metabolites such as exopolysaccharides (EPS) (i.e., levan, levansucrase, fructan, dextran, reuteran), anti-microbial substances (i.e., bacteriocins) and a variety of species-specific enzymes (i.e., α-amylase, pectinase, phytase, etc.,) that have been shown to impart beneficial effects on functional, nutritive, texture values, and staling of bread. Numerous studies focused on EPS produced by LAB and showed double functionality, i.e., prebiotic ability on sourdough microflora associated to the technological enhancement of end product, such as including water absorption of the dough, dough machinability, better rheology properties, increased loaf volume and retarded bread staling [8,[65][66][67].…”