Postbiotics are bioactive compounds(including probiotic metabolites,cellular components,or mixtures of them)that are produced by probiotics during fermentation for the benefit of health,such as short chain fatty acids(SCFA),serotonin,peptides,teichoic acids,peptides,peptidoglycan,polysaccharides,organic acids and lipids,etc.This paper summarized the production pathway,production bacteria,biological activity,potential action mechanism and its application prospect in food.It showed that compared with probiotics,epigenetics had the advantages of clear chemical structure,high safe dose and long sh...