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Probiotics may have taken some time to seep into consumer consciousness, especially in the US, but digestive health last year entered the top three fastest growing functional food categories. And with developments in science and technology also come greater opportunities to widen the category beyond the traditional dairy application.
News in brief
Microwarriors 2: Leonard Nimoy signs up to narrate new probiotics documentary
Following the success of the first Microwarriors documentary, Health Point Productions is now working on the sequel: Microwarriors 2, with Leonary Nimoy lined up to narrate.
Probiotics again linked to fat and weight loss: RCT data
Daily supplements of Lactobacillus gasseri SBT2055 (LG2055) may help weight loss in people with obese tendencies, says a new study from Japan.
Symrise wins €125m EIB loan for nutrition and skin R&D
Cosmetics and nutrition are the focal points for a €125m research and development loan gained by supplier Symrise.
Chr Hansen targets dairy players with vitamin K-boosting probiotic
Probiotic leader Chr Hansen is targeting dairy players with an L. Lactis probiotic strain it says produces vitamin K at significant enough levels to utilise approved health claims.
Chr. Hansen still sees probiotic potential despite ‘insufficient’ trial data
Chr. Hansen is still positive about probiotics – including in Europe – despite disappointing results in another two clinical trials, according to Chr. Hansen’s chief financial officer (CFO) Klaus Pedersen.
Probiotic beads show potential for ‘friendly bugs’ to move beyond dairy
Using salmon eggs as their inspiration, Brazilian food scientists have developed probiotic beads for use in an expanded range of foods, including oriental cuisine.
Polish €583m VMS market gunning for specific claims
Poland’s €583m vitamins and minerals food supplements market is evolving toward ever-more sophisticated and specific claims according to a market analyst.
Danone wins Activia health claim in Switzerland
Danone has been granted a front-of-pack health claim by Swiss Authorities that says its Activia yoghurt aids digestion.
Japanese firm seeks EU probiotic approval
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) is calling for views on an application from Japan’s Miyarisan Pharmaceutical for European Union Novel Foods status for a probiotic strain.
UK National Health Service undertakes probiotic colon study
King’s College Hospital in London is investigating the potential of a proprietary probiotic blend to benefit those suffering from diverticular disease.
News in brief
Pre- and Probiotics 2013: Yes, let’s call it unmissable
Seven webinars. Brand and supplier insights. Regulatory analysis. Market analysis. Marketing analysis. Science. You had better put this in your diary...
EU working group to discuss probiotic as a ‘general descriptor’
Hopes are rising that the use of the term ‘probiotic’ will not have to disappear on products following the failure of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to give approval...
Eurozone blues? Not for young Irish ingredients player
Irish supplier Willows Ingredients has launched a UK-based European division to target smaller continental European markets and says the Eurozone economic problems are no barrier to growth.
Spanish and Danes team up on oral probiotics
Spanish start-up AB-Biotics has signed a deal with Danish company CMS Dental to launch a range of oral probiotics in Denmark.
BLIS-K12’s oral health benefits get support from 2 clinical trials
Supplements containing the probiotic BLIS K12 ingredient may reduce the reoccurrence of throat infections and tonsillitis by up to 90%, according to data from new clinical trials from Italy.
Lallemand hits health claims home run with five Canadian approvals
Probiotics supplier Lallemand has announced a big regulatory win: Canadian authorities have approved health claims on five of its probiotic formulas.
Chr Hansen eyes pharma sector with €20m probiotic plant expansion
Global probiotics leader Chr Hansen is throwing €20m at the expansion of its Danish freeze-drying capacity with increasing global pharma and food supplement demand the key driver.
Editor’s blog
Which 2 global health brands grew by $1bn in 2012?
Something probiotic? Omega-3? A diet cola? Nope.
Guest article
More rigour required: Leatherhead on latest EFSA health claim rejections
Leatherhead Food Research nutrition research manager Roberta Re calls for more rigorous science after pouring over the latest serving of article 13.5 opinions from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)...
NHCR article 13.5 shakedown
Latest EFSA article 13.5 rejections down to “lousy science”: Consultant
There is no surprise in the latest batch of European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) article 13.5 health claim rejections as the science presented in six dossiers was “lousy”, a consultant told us...
Global Alliance for Probiotics: “EFSA has not contemplated the cluster method”
The European probiotic sector is moving forward with research around probiotic strain clusters it is hopeful can win the sector’s first health claim in the European Union.
Guest article
Global digestive breakdown: Pre-probiotic yoghurt still number 2 in functional food
The probiotic and prebiotic sectors are tackling some serious issues around claim restrictions in the EU, but the global digestive health picture remains upbeat with yoghurts alone putting on $1.7bn this...
New technologies and academic collaborations will drive evidence and market growth for probiotics
Greater collaboration from both within the industry, and between industry and academics, will help to drive forward promising scientific developments in probiotics, according to experts at Probiotech and Microbiota 2013.
Nestlé deal saves day as core profits drop 30% at Swedish probiotics supplier
Core activity profit fell 30% in 2012 at Swedish probiotics supplier BioGaia – although a cash-rich, five-year licensing deal with Nestlé kept overall figures high even as that very deal...
Probiotech and Microbiota 2013
Law veteran on EU health claim laws: “There is something quite wrong here.”
One of the EU’s most venerated food law experts stated the EU nutrition and health claims regulation (NHCR) has become so convoluted as to be unworkable, at a Brussels congress...
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