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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. |
New Chinese player enters probiotics market
01-Sep-2009 - Fenchem says its entry into the probiotics market is prompted by global growth in demand for probiotic products in North America and Europe.
Danone: Everyday gut problems eased by probiotics
01-Sep-2009 - Daily consumption of a probiotic fermented milk product may improve gut health and well-being in women with everyday digestive problems, says a new study from Danone.
Could GM offer the next generation of probiotics?
21-Aug-2009 - A look into the probiotic crystal ball reveals that genetically engineered "friendly" bacteria could be switched on by specific prebiotic sugar, possibly leading to a new generation of pre- and probiotic products.
Could probiotics protect us from gut parasites?
20-Aug-2009 - The gut health boosting effects of probiotics may also extend to preventing and eradicating parasitic infections, according to ‘early data’ from the US.
Emerging probiotic markets drive BioGaia sales boom
18-Aug-2009 - Swedish probiotics player, BioGaia, has notched a 55 per cent increase in sales for the first half of 2009, with emerging markets in central and eastern Europe driving the recession-bucking result.
Danisco pushes probiotic straw range
17-Aug-2009 - Danisco is using major trade shows in Europe and Asia to boost exposure of the probiotic straws it launched last year in conjunction Australian firm, Unistraw.
Probiotics may reduce cold and 'flu symptoms for children
30-Jul-2009 - A daily supplement of Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium strains may reduce the incidence of cold and 'flu-like symptoms in children by 50 per cent, says a new study from Danisco.
Functional foods and ingredients booming in India
29-Jul-2009 - Despite low levels of public awareness compared to western markets, functional foods and ingredients are finding growth in areas of India, as consumers switch on to the promise of healthier foods, beverages and supplements.
Danone to resubmit EU probiotic health claims
28-Jul-2009 - Danone, the French dairy giant, will resubmit withdrawn gut and immunity probiotic health claims to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), after receiving guidance from the European Union’s head science body.
UK broadsheet questions probiotic efficacy
27-Jul-2009 - Industry has hit back at an article that appeared in the UK Guardian newspaper at the weekend which questioned the role of probiotics in nutrition.
Probiotic supplement not authorised to use EFSA logo
27-Jul-2009 - The Italian arm of Wyeth Consumer Healthcare is employing the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) logo on newly-launched probiotic products without authorisation of the Parma-based body.
EFSA health claim opinion
EFSA rejects probiotic immunity health claim
21-Jul-2009 - The string of probiotic health claim rejections has continued with the European Food Safety Authority rejecting another emerging science dossier for failing to demonstrate its proposed health benefit.
EFSA opinion against four probiotic and prebiotic health claims
17-Jul-2009 - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has rejected three article 13.5 probiotic and prebiotic health claims and one article 14 claim linking prebiotics with a range of benefits from immunity to diarrhoea for failing to demonstrate causality.
Pre-, probiotics combo may reduce food allergy: Danone study
16-Jul-2009 - A supplement combining a prebiotic fibre and a probiotic strain may reduce allergic responses to cow’s milk, when used in conjunction with small amounts of whey, says a new study.
EFSA says ‘no’ to probiotic health claims guidance
02-Jul-2009 - The European Food Safety Authority is unlikely to consider setting guidance for probiotic health claims, despite mounting pressure from industry and the scientific community stressing the need for a clear regulatory framework.
Probiotics to boom despite trust issues, says researcher
01-Jul-2009 - Brits are responding to successful marketing from the likes of Danone and Yakult and embracing digestive health products such as probiotic yoghurts and drinks, but the market has plenty of room for further growth, according to a Datamonitor report.
Australians skeptical about probiotic claims, says Datamonitor
23-Jun-2009 - Most Australian consumers are still not ready to believe the claims made by probiotic products, despite a steady and growing interest in their value for improving digestive health, according to Datamonitor.
Could probiotics affect behaviour?
23-Jun-2009 - Increasing knowledge of how the gut and brain is opening up the possibilities for probiotics. At the 5th International Yakult Symposium in Amsterdam, Stephen Daniells met Professor John Bienenstock from McMaster University to find out where the current thinking is with probiotics and brain health.
Keys to functional foods success
22-Jun-2009 - When shopping, consumers very quickly decide on a brand’s worth and unless they are making positive ticks in their minds to an array of factors, it is likely they will pass your functional food by, according to a leading consultant.
Reader response
Probiotics slamming professor slammed
11-Jun-2009 - Yesterday’s lead story on NutraIngredients.com reported comments made about probiotics by Michael Wilson, a London-based microbiology professor, when speaking at the Cheltenham Science Festival in the UK last week.
UK professor slams probiotics
10-Jun-2009 - Probiotic foods and supplements don’t help the healthy and can cause problems for those unfortunate enough to be sick, a UK microbiology professor has said at a science event.
Weekly comment
A big day for European health claims
08-Jun-2009 - Next Monday, June 15, is a big day for the European healthy foods and food supplements industries. Let’s call it Big Monday. Or J15.
EC publishes health claim comments
29-May-2009 - DG Sanco, the European Commission’s health and consumer protection arm, has published comments made to it by concerned parties about varying health claim opinions as they have come in from the European Food safety Authority (EFSA).
Prebiotics to prosper in Europe: researchers
27-May-2009 - Many consumers remain confused about just what prebiotics are and what they do, but they are responding to the general gut health messaging surrounding various prebiotic forms, and seeking prebiotic products, according to Frost and Sullivan.
Swedish partnership debuts probiotic beverage
22-May-2009 - Probi, a Swedish probiotic specialist and major functional dairy, Skånemejerier, are teaming up to debut a probiotic beverage to complement a probiotic juice, ProViva, they have had on-market since 1994.
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