Probiotic

Nordic Naturals: 'We see sports nutrition as a growth opportunity'

28-Jul-2015 By Stephen DANIELLS

Omega-3 brand Nordic Naturals is expanding its sports nutrition offering with two new products with NSF International’s Certified for Sport Program verification.

Sensus, Ganeden team up to offer stable liquid prebiotic/probiotic ingredient

09-Jul-2015 By Hank Schultz

Ganeden Biotech has teamed up with ingredient supplier Sensus in an alliance to bring a liquid prebiotic/probiotic ingredient to market that adds functionality to food formulations and also solves an issue that prevents wider application of probiotics,...

Probiota Americas

Collaboration among stakeholders needed for probiotics research to move forward, experts say

23-Jun-2015 By Hank Schultz

The immediate future of the probiotics space is clouded by regulatory uncertainty but is buoyed by new science and technology, speakers at the recent Probiota Americas event said.

Special edition: Immunity

Pre- & Probiotics market snap-shot; ban to cost €1.5bn by 2020 in EU6

18-Jun-2015 By Shane STARLING

The EU’s ban on prebiotics and probiotics as marketing tools has cost the market €500m and will cost a further €1bn by 2020 according to Euromonitor International data – and that’s just drinking yoghurt. Other formats have also been hit.

Ganeden BC30 boosts performance, recovery in weight lifting test, attendees at event are told

11-Jun-2015 By Probiotia Americas

A study detailed at the Probiota Americas gathering in San Diego showed how supplementation of Bacillus coagulans combined with protein decreases muscle damage and boosts recovery post exercise. And it’s the first study that directly links probiotics...

Review takes probiotics for preterm infants ‘another step forward’

10-Jun-2015 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

Supplementing enteral nutrition with a probiotic strain may reduce the risk of bowel tissue death and other serious health risks in premature infants, says a systematic review.

Probiota Americas

NYAG affair will have implications for probiotics suppliers, exec says

03-Jun-2015 By Hank Schultz

According to one prominent executive, for the probiotics industry, the fallout from the NYAG affair should be fairly straightforward:  Make sure you know how to do what you’re supposed to do in the first place. Identify and count, it’s as simple as that.

Probiota Americas Quiz: Do you know your probiotics, prebiotics and microbiota?

03-Jun-2015 By Stephen Daniells

Do you know who first proposed that lactic acid could prolong life? When was the Human Microbiome Project started? Or which strain is considered the 'Yakult strain'?

Probiotics may slash triglyceride levels: Study

28-May-2015 By Stephen DANIELLS

Daily supplements of Lactobacillus curvatus HY7601 and L. plantarum KY1032 may significantly lower triglyceride levels, says a new study from Korea.

Five weeks to go! Probiota Americas to unite science and industry in North & South America

29-Apr-2015 By Stephen Daniells

Probiota Americas is five weeks away, where pre- and probiotic stakeholders will share the latest insights in science, regulatory, market and business opportunities in North and South America. 

Probiotic ice cream may boost oral health for kids

28-Apr-2015 By Stephen DANIELLS

Consuming a functional ice cream formulated with Bifidobacterium lactis Bb-12 and Lactobacillus acidophilus La-5 may cut levels of caries-causing bacteria in the mouth, says a new study from India.

NBTY director of nutrition research: Probiotic stakeholders need to come together to fill the gaps

28-Apr-2015 By Stephen DANIELLS

There are significant gaps in the science supporting probiotics, and industry and academia must come together to contribute to the understanding of probiotics, says Dr Susan Mitmesser, Director of Nutrition Research at NBTY Inc.

US, Brazil still dominate $10bn probiotic Americas market

07-Apr-2015 By Maggie Hennessy

Ahead of the 2015 Probiota Americas conference in June, NutraIngredients-USA caught up with speaker Monica Feldman, head of consumer health industry research at Euromonitor International, on growth, big brands and key trends in the booming North and South...

Deadline for submission: April 10!

We want you! Scientific committee calls for cutting-edge science at Probiota Americas 2015

07-Apr-2015 By Stephen Daniells

A newly established scientific committee is set to assess cutting edge research for the Probiota Americas 2015 Scientific Frontiers poster session. Don’t miss your chance to present!

Probiotics on the verge of “dramatic second growth curve,” expert says

25-Mar-2015 By Elizabeth Crawford

Probiotics are on the cusp of a “dramatic second growth curve” that could more than double their sales in supplements in the U.S., but new delivery platforms and uses could threaten the long-term potential growth of supplements in the category, according...

Latin America

Finding right partner key to negotiating Latin American regulatory thicket, expert says

11-Mar-2015 By Hank Schultz

The fragmentation of the market for dietary supplement and food ingredients in Latin America makes it imperative to find the right local partners, said an executive familiar with the business climate there. Local market conditions and regulatory hurdles...

Straw format to help Ganeden deliver probiotics with shelf stable beverages

06-Mar-2015 By Hank Schultz

Probiotics specialist Ganeden has announced a new application, one that straddles the supplement /food divide. The company has partnered with BioGaia to place its Ganeden BC30 into a line of straws that can be packaged with beverages.

Cultured views from Probiota 2015 in Amsterdam

Expert insights: What is the future for probiotics and prebiotics?

26-Feb-2015 By Nathan Gray

Probiotics, prebiotics, and microbiome science are big business, and already generate a great deal of scientific and commercial interest. But what does the future have in story for the sector?

Clinical trial backs probiotic strain to help reduce cold and flu in times of stress

29-Jan-2015 By Nathan Gray

Regular consumption of the probiotic strain Bifidobacterium bifidum R0071 is associated with more ‘healthy days’ and a lower reporting of cold or flu, according to new research in academically stressed student

FDA warning over infant's death shouldn't call safety of probiotics into question, experts say

08-Jan-2015 By Hank Schultz

The recall last last year of a probiotic product found to be contaminated with a fungus should not cast a pall over the entire sector, experts say.  Though they are products consisting of cultured microorganisms, probiotic ingredients are no more at risk...

Sabinsa and Fruit d'Or team up for synbiotic probiotic-cranberry ingredient

08-Dec-2014 By Stephen DANIELLS

Sabinsa and Fruit d'Or Nutraceuticals are targeting gut and digestive health, and heart health with their patent-pending combination of LactoSpore (Bacillus coagulans (MTCC 5856)) with Cran Naturelle cranberry seed powder.

Ganeden gets foreign ingredient approvals to boost growth

24-Oct-2014 By Hank Schultz

Probiotic ingredient supplier Ganeden Biotech is expanding its horizons, and is looking to foreign markers for additional growth.

‘Accelerating the commercial adoption of early stage research’: Leading probiotics event unites science and industry in North & South America

17-Oct-2014

San Diego will host the first ever Probiota Americas in June 2015, which will bring together eminent scientists and business leaders from the pre & probiotic and microbiota focused nutrition industries of North and South America. 

Tackling toxins: Probiotic yoghurt provides mercury detox

15-Oct-2014 By Lynda Searby

Governments might not want to admit it, but according to a leading academic in microbiology and probiotics, there is demand for probiotic products with detoxification properties that can help protect against uptake of toxic metals such as mercury and...

'Many kombucha makers are thumbing their nose at the regulators'

KeVita CEO: If you want to succeed in this industry, you’ve got to pitch your tent and plan on camping out for a while

14-Oct-2014 By Elaine Watson

In 2010, KeVita sparkling organic probiotic beverages were available in a handful of Whole Foods stores in Southern California. Today they have 90%+ ACV in the natural channel, and a growing presence in the conventional channel, and CEO Bill Moses sits...

GoodBelly teams up with Microwarriors documentary to advance public knowledge on probiotics

02-Oct-2014 By Stephen DANIELLS

Leading probiotic juice brand GoodBelly is ‘confident’ its partnership with the Microwarriors documentary will help advance public knowledge about the benefits of probiotics.

NutraIngredients-USA’s Digestive Health Forum: 'Women aged 55-64 are the sweet spot for the market'

30-Sep-2014 By Stephen Daniells

Younger women and men are the new targets for digestive health product manufacturers, with women aged 55-64 already dominating the market, according to experts at the NutraIngredients-USA Digestive Health Forum.

Meta-analysis offers ‘cautious optimism’ for efficacy of probiotics for functional constipation

22-Sep-2014 By Stephen DANIELLS

Probiotic supplements may help people with constipation by improving stool consistency and transit time, but the benefits appear strain specific, according to a new meta-analysis of 14 RCTs.

Nebraska Cultures joins rush to put probiotics into food with GRAS status on bacillus coagulans ingredient

27-Aug-2014 By Hank Schultz

Nebraska Cultures has joined the ranks of probiotics suppliers competing in the functional food realm with spore-forming bacterial ingredients with the announcement of GRAS status on its ProDura Bacillus coagulans ingredient.

Chr. Hansen wins landmark probiotics health claim in South Korea

18-Aug-2014 By Anne Bruce

Bioscience company Chr. Hansen’s Urex product has become the first probiotic to win an approved health claim in South Korea.

Is strain-specificity of prebiotics a limitation or opportunity?

11-Aug-2014 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

Strain-specificity of prebiotics is not a limiting factor but rather an opportunity to develop the ‘next generation’ of synbiotic formulations, says Winclove Probiotics in response to unflattering results of a study on synbiotics. 

New Pediococcus acidilactici probiotic's origin in nature confers its high stability, supplier says

15-Jul-2014 By Hank Schultz

A probiotic isolated from switchgrass is one of the newest competitors in the robustness claims sweepstakes. Developed by biotech firm Imagilin Technology and marketed by New Jersey-based A&B Ingredients, the new ingredient is based on a proprietary...

Could probiotics boost performance and increase power for athletes?

03-Jul-2014 By Stephen Daniells

A combination of a probiotic with a slow digested protein may increase athletic performance in healthy resistance-trained individuals, suggest results from a pilot study.

Review links prebiotics with reduction in acute infection risk in children

17-Jun-2014 By Sarah Hills

Prebiotics may help reduce the risk of serious infections in children under two years but more research is required, according to meta-analysis.

ISAPP consensus: Gut, yes. Immunity, no (for now)

Time to recognise ‘core benefits of certain probiotics’: ISAPP

11-Jun-2014 By Shane STARLING

The evidence has grown so strong for the best-documented probiotic strains that a generic digestive health claim should exist, according to a consensus statement from leading international researchers published this week in Nature Reviews: Gastroenterology...

Tangled Chinese regs cost US supplement firms $8 billion in lost exports, report says

29-May-2014 By Hank Schultz

China’s confusing thicket of regulations has some real costs for American dietary supplement companies.  A report from an industry association has calculated the costs of those regulations in terms of lost business:  $8.37 billion in lost potential exports...

No signs of slowdown for global probiotic market, says BCC

14-May-2014 By Maggie Hennessy

The global market of probiotic ingredients, supplements, and foods is expected to reach nearly $27.1 billion in 2013 and climb at a compound annual growth rate of 6.2% over the next five years to reach $36.7 billion in 2018, according to Wellesley, MA-...

Synbiotics show promise for cutting inflammatory biomarkers in obese kids

06-May-2014

Daily supplements containing seven probiotic bacterial strains and a prebiotic fiber may reduce markers of inflammation in obese children, says a new study.

Ganeden secures patent protection for ultra-stable Bacillus coagulans probiotics in coffee, tea, cereal

05-May-2014 By Elaine WATSON

Ganeden Biotech - the Ohio-based company behind ultra-resilient probiotic BC30 (Bacillus coagulans GBI-30, 6086) - has announced the issuance of a US patent covering the use of all Bacillus coagulans strains (including BC30) in coffee, tea and cereal. 

Cry baby blues: L reuteri probiotic not backed for Colic

23-Apr-2014 By Shane STARLING

A study involving 167 breastfed and probiotic formula fed ‘excessive crying’ infants has found no benefits for the formula-fed ones, even though other studies showed probiotics could reduce the malady.

DuPont: It seems like the whole world except Europe understands probiotics are backed by solid science

21-Mar-2014 By Elaine WATSON

Americans are often described as lagging behind their European counterparts when it comes to awareness of probiotics, but the growth potential in the US market is “huge”, says leading supplier DuPont. 

IPA World Congress, May 9-11 2014, Athens, Greece

Time to renovate your probiotic toolbox? IPA workshop explores how

20-Mar-2014 By Shane STARLING

Companies that manufacture probiotic products can learn much from other fast-moving-consumer-good (FMCG) firms like shower gel, pharmaceutical and smoothie makers in NPD, an expert says.

Special edition: Pre & Probiotics

What is gut health? That's the blurry 800-pound gorilla in the room

20-Feb-2014 By Hank Schultz

In discussing gut health it’s wise to keep in mind the words of the late United States Supreme Court justice Potter Stewart when discussing a 1964 obscenity case.  Pornography, Stewart said, was hard to pin down, but “I know it when I see it.”  So it...

Special edition: Pre- and probiotics

Mature markets seeing beyond probiotics’ ‘balance microflora’ benefits: Lallemand

20-Feb-2014 By Maggie Hennessy

The market for probiotic supplements and food continues to grow at a fast clip worldwide, expected to reach $45bn by 2017 (up from $30bn in 2012), according to Euromonitor. Global ingredient supplier Lallemand Health Solutions is no stranger to this market,...

Special edition: Pre & Probiotics

Know what you are putting in your products, urges probiotic Prof

20-Feb-2014 By Nathan Gray

Industry must do more to understand the inter-species interactions of multi-strain probiotic products rather than assuming that 'more is better', warns Professor Gregor Reid.

Probiota 2014: Chairman calls for industry to 'step up' in fight for probiotics

06-Feb-2014 By Nathan Gray

Probiotic and preboiotic industry players must do more to get consumers on their side in the fight with regulators in the US and EU, and should also be doing more to help save lives in Africa, according to Professor Gregor Reid.

Live from Probiota 2014

IPA calls for fresh global alliance in probiotics

05-Feb-2014 By Shane Starling in Amsterdam

The founder of the International Probiotics Association (IPA) has called on the Global Alliance for Probiotics (GAP) to work with it to develop the science and dossiers that can win health claims in Europe and elsewhere.

Gutsy ambition for GoodBelly! Probiotic drinks brand eyes $50m US sales

04-Feb-2014 By Ben BOUCKLEY

GoodBelly Juice co-founder Todd Beckman says the novel drinks is targeting $50m in retail sales within the next 18 months as US consumer awareness of probiotic benefits grows.

Prebiotics may modify brain chemistry through microbiota modulation: Rat study

27-Jan-2014 By Nathan Gray

The modification of gut microbiota by prebiotics may also lead to alterations in brain chemistry, according to new dat that suggests a potential role for prebiotic compounds in neuropsychiatric illness.

“I get personal because they [EFSA] get personal to me"

Fed up: Probiotic research veteran issues global call to action

23-Jan-2014

Veteran probiotic researcher professor Gregor Reid is not a happy man. It’s time the probiotic community fought back against those forces that have for too long denied a perfectly valid body of nutrition science in the form of commercial claims. It’s...