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FAQs resolved: Postbiotics need not consist of metabolites, ISAPP clarifies

16-Jan-2024 By Tingmin Koe

A common misunderstanding of postbiotics is that they are made up of metabolites, which the International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) says is not necessarily the case.

ISAPP’s Mary Ellen Sanders on the importance of definitions for -biotics

26-Sep-2022 By Stephen Daniells

“I think it’s really important for the field to understand what the baseline understanding and criteria are for these substances so that the whole scientific and commercial and regulatory world can coalesce around definitions that make the most sense,”...

Experts offer first estimate of live microbes in food to move towards dietary recommendations

01-Jun-2022 By Asia Sherman

A team of food science and nutrition experts has classified 18 years of dietary data to estimate the consumption of live microbes by children and adults in the United States. The end goal: to define the health benefits of dietary microbes and inform science-based...

Probiota Champions: In conversation with Dr Mary Ellen Sanders

19-Nov-2020 By Stephen Daniells

Greater understanding in precision around synbiotics – that synergistic combination of probiotics and prebiotics – will create many exciting opportunities in the future, and will also advance our understanding of our resident microbes, says Dr Mary Ellen...

GanedenBC30 lands probiotic claims in Australia and New Zealand

11-Aug-2020 By Danielle Masterson

Food regulators in Australian and New Zealand have published a range of digestive health claims for probiotic GanedenBC30 (Bacillus coagulans GBI-30, 6086).

Industry scientists list criteria to further qualify bacteria as probiotics

04-Aug-2020 By Will Chu

Scientists have set out criteria that attempts to clarify an established industry definition of probiotics, as the team addresses the term’s misuse, which contributes to confusion about probiotic health benefits.