Probiotics & prebiotics

New probiotic approvals: China adds three probiotic strains into new food raw material list

22-Jun-2020 By Tingmin Koe

China has approved three new probiotics strains and the plant oriental penthorum as novel food ingredients.

IPA World Congress + Probiota Americas 2020 canceled: We’ll be back in 2021

19-Jun-2020 By Stephen Daniells

In light of the ongoing uncertainty around the COVID-19 public health crisis, the IPA World Congress + Probiota Americas 2020 has been canceled, but will return June 16-18, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

Researchers discover gut bacteria linked to lower cholesterol

18-Jun-2020 By Nikki Hancocks

Researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and Harvard University have discovered a group of gut bacteria that can metabolise enough cholesterol to potentially affect people's metabolism.

FitBiomics CEO: ‘First athlete-derived probiotics to hit the market within a year, if not sooner’

17-Jun-2020 By Stephen Daniells

Biotech start-up FitBiomics is close to launching a product containing probiotics mined from the most fit and healthy people on the planet: Elite athletes. The company’s co-founder and CEO gave us the inside track on how and why.

Immunity and athletes: What does the science say for immune balancing ingredients?

15-Jun-2020 By Stephen Daniells

There are multiple options available to sports nutrition product formulators looking to create immune products, but what is the state of the science for these ingredients specifically for athletes?

'Important' microbiome studies offer hope for IBD prediction

15-Jun-2020 By Nikki Hancocks

We may be able to predict disease relapse in patients with chronic inflammatory bowel diseases based on their microbiome markers, according researchers from APC Microbiome Ireland.

AGA issues guidelines for probiotics for sick, at-risk populations

12-Jun-2020 By Stephen Daniells

The American Gastroenterological Association has released guidelines for a range of conditions, with strong support for necrotizing enterocolitis in infants and for the prevention of C. difficile infection in adults and children who take antibiotics.

Pioneering personalised nutrition study reveals power of the microbiome

12-Jun-2020 By Nikki Hancocks

Results from the ground-breaking PREDICT personalised nutrition study have been published, revealing that our microbiome and the meal timing can have a greater influence on some postprandial responses than our genes and even the macronutrients themselves.

Probiotic consolidation: Chr Hansen to acquire UAS Labs for $530 million

10-Jun-2020 By Stephen Daniells

Denmark’s Chr. Hansen Holding A/S has today entered into an agreement with the owners of Wisconsin-based UAS Laboratories LLC to acquire 100% of the B2B probiotics company.

Perseus Biomics and Zeiss pact to develop optical way to map microbiome

08-Jun-2020 By Will Chu

Microbiome analytics firm Perseus Biomics and optics giant Zeiss release details of a newly formed partnership that looks to create a new optical method for mapping the human microbiome.

Culturelle probiotics to be studied in COVID-19 exposed households

05-Jun-2020 By Stephen Daniells

Scientists at Duke University have received approval for a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial of probiotic Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus GG (formerly Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG) in COVID-19 exposed households.

Probiotics developers push boundaries of product categories

04-Jun-2020 By Danielle Masterson

Probiotic supplements are widely promoted as a general way to support gut microbiome and promote health, but what about condition-specific probiotics?

Immunity via the gut dominates May product launches

28-May-2020 By Danielle Masterson

A new wave of products were recently introduced and this month cast a spotlight on the growing demand for immunity health.

Pharmactive launches carob fruit extract that offers weight management support

28-May-2020 By Danielle Masterson

The manufacturer says its new product, dubbed CSAT+, a blend of carob bean extracts, is showing promise in weight management and metabolic syndrome (MetS).

NAD rules some Benefiber prebiotic supplements can’t be called ‘natural’

28-May-2020 By Hank Schultz

The National Advertising Division has ruled that GSK must stop calling some of its Benefiber prebiotic supplements ‘100% natural.’ It’s a ruling that could be viewed as troublesome for other prebiotic ingredients.