Campaigners at Baby Milk Action have threatened a judicial review
over a ruling that a television advert on SMA formula was not
misleading and did not discourage mothers from breastfeeding.
In an exclusive interview, Professor Niels Christian Nielsen,
winner of this year's Danisco Award, shared his thoughts with
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Chr Hansen has signed a conditional agreement to buy Swedish Arla
Foods' subsidiary Medipharm, a deal which will strengthen the
Danish firm's probiotic activities.
Institut Rosell-Lallemand has teamed up with Ranbaxy and Aristo
Pharmaceuticals to distribute supplements based on a probiotic
bacteria, which will see it become available in the massive Indian
market for Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
In a drive to spread the message on the benefits of prebiotics and
probiotics for digestive health and immunity, Danisco USA held a
symposium on the science behind these ingredients.
A probiotic concept for whey drinks from Chr Hansen will help meet
consumer demand for healthy foods and is also claimed by the firm
to be the first of a kind aimed at drinkable whey shots.
Ganeden Biotech is planning to bring its proprietary probiotic
ingredient, GanedenBC30, to functional foods, thereby
adding one more strain of friendly bacteria to the market.
The gut health of elderly people is positively changed by
xylooligosaccharides, found in bamboo shoots, fruit, vegetables and
honey, and was more efficient than fructooligosaccharides and
inulin, Taiwanese researchers report.
Lonza has extended the reach of its Fiberaid prebiotic into the US
market with the signing of distribution deals with partners the
E.T. Horn Company and Del-val Food Ingredients.
Regulations concerning the addition of inulin, fructo
oligosaccharides (FOS) and galacto oligosaccharides (GOS) to foods,
both as a nutritive substance and as a sweetener, are being
considered in Australia and New Zealand.
According to a report from Reuters, French dairy giant Danone
is drawing new yoghurt consumers to the prebiotic category since it
launched its probiotic products this side of the ocean.
New Zealand oral probiotics developer BLIS Technologies is to issue
new shares to fund an expansion of its business into new
international markets and to boost development efforts.
Experts at a Nestle-sponsored symposium on probiotics and
children's health have urged paediatricians to pay attention to
emerging research on so-called good bacteria, although more
research is needed on the mechanisms behind...
DSM Venturing has stumped up part of a $12m investment round in US
probiotics company Ganeden, which it expects will help it establish
a presence in a fast-evolving area of nutrition.
Strain stability and further development of new health benefits are
the two main drivers which will push probiotics further into the
food industry, the president of Danisco Cultures has said.
The Sudzucker Group today anounced the incorporation of a new
functional foods group called Beneo, which brings together Orafti,
Palatinit and Remy to build critical mass to tackle the
changing needs of a global, health focused food...
Dietary supplements based on the Lactobacillus plantarum
299v probiotic by Institut Rosell-Lallemand have expanded
further into Europe - a move which shows the increasing popularity
of the friendly bacteria.
A probiotic formulation aimed at managing intestinal disorders has
been launched by Institut Rosell-Lallemand, a move which reinforces
probiotics' potential in cutting diarrhoea.
The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) has
released a paper on probiotics that adds to claims the value-adding
active cultures are not appropriately regulated.
Chr Hansen has introduced a new probiotic mix for children, which
the firm is marketing in an easy-to-use format that can be added
directly to foods and drinks as a dietary supplement.
Fermenting calcium-fortified soymilk with probiotics could enhance
solubility of the mineral up to 90 per cent, thereby boosting
bioavailability, new research reports.
The International Probiotics Association (IPA) is holding a global
conference on probiotics in 2008, thereby setting the stage for
discussion on standards and regulations for the so-called friendly
bacteria.
The ability of prebiotics inulin and oligofructose to enhance
absorption of calcium in the intestine is focussed in the colon,
suggests a new study with young adults that backs up animal
studies.
The National Yogurt Association is creating a probiotics council - another signal the active cultures have achieved mainstream status in North America.
The European food and beverage probiotics market is expected to
more than double by 2013, according to a market report, with the
proposed EU health claims rules presenting "untapped" potential.
A cheese containing a Chr Hansen probiotic has been launched in
Italy, a move which reinforces the growing trend for
companies to use probiotics outside of the traditional yoghurt pot.
The ability of fructooligosaccharides (FOS) to beneficially boost
gut health has received a significant boost as two studies report
the prebiotic efficacy of the ingredient.
Probiotics manufacturer China-Biotics has signed an agreement with
Chinese dairy firm Bright Dairy & Food to supply probiotics for
its ice cream products, an application the companies claim is a
first in China.
Wilke Resources has been appointed as the new exclusive US supplier
Nebraska Cultures' probiotic raw materials for the nutritional
supplement market - news that enable more consultation on how
cultures can be used by the clients.
Probiotics, friendly bacteria with known benefits for intestinal
health, may boost the number of bowel movements and relieve
constipation, suggests a new pilot study from the Netherlands.
Chr Hansen's probiotic ingredients are to be used
in supplements marketed for children in Italy, thanks to
an agreement it says reflects the growing demand and opportunity
for pediatric probiotic supplements.
A €4.5m ($6.3m) investment in New Zealand firm EnCoate could help
it develop a technique to extend the shelf life of probiotics,
opening up the uses for the bacteria often found only in dairy
products.
A partnership between Warrnambool and the Dutch company Friesland
Foods has now been finalised, which will see a €30m factory
producing whey-based ingredients for the worldwide food and infant
nutrition market.
Danish ingredients firm Danisco has completed the expansion of a
new probiotic facility in Madison to ease supply bottlenecks and
meet ever-increasing demand from dairy.
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is funding a Mayo
Clinic study following the work of the EU-funded Syncan
project, this time using prebiotics without probiotics, in relation
to colon cancer.
Probiotic-containing drinks may help reduce diarrhoea among older
people receiving antibiotics, reports new research that could offer
savings to public health services.
The potential uses of proteins and peptides to improve gut health
are to be explored through an industry-led collaborative project
launched by Leatherhead Food International today.
A newly characterised strain of probiotic bacteria may have
potential to kill Listeria monocytogenes, an often-lethal
pathogen in pregnant women, Irish researchers report.
Orafti has announced the launch of a new long-term study into the
potential effects of prebiotic infant formulae on the development
of the infants immune system and the incidence of allergy in
infants.
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