Beer, with its unique taste and rich cultural connotations, has become one of the most popular beverages worldwide. Against the backdrop of growing health consciousness and rapidly increasing demand for premium beverages, beers emphasizing health benefits are capturing the market at an unprecedented pace. Healthy beers build upon traditional beers by offering lower risks and enhanced functionalities, introducing various new products through ingredient improvements and process innovations. This review searched authoritative domestic and international databases including Engineering Village Compendex, Web of Science, PubMed and China National Knowledge Infrastructure, using keywords such as “beer” “healthy beer” and “functional beer”, covering papers published from 2015 to 2025. Selected of the literature according to screening criteria for the review. The study categorized healthy beers from the perspectives of functional positioning, ingrediented and processed innovation, explored their development potential under trends of high-quality and personalized consumption, and analyzed industry challenges and bottlenecked in taste balance, consumer misconceptions and market regulations. The review also discussed future development directions to provide theoretical support for the transformation and upgrading of the beer industry and to promote the broad application of healthy beer in the food sector.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |