The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has rejected a health claim related to a probiotic that claims to boost the immune system against pathogens in the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts.
Israeli supplement developer Anlit, has created a women's health probiotic chew containing six strains of live bacteria plus cranberry extract to support genitourinary tract health.
Swedish-based Carbiotix continues to build on its gut health testing activities, having closed its latest funding round, bringing the total raised to date at €1m over the past 4 years.
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The mass market is showing a strong interest in sports nutrition that offers soft textured and lower calorie protein bars, indulgent-tasting treats, BCAA’s, high fibre and new formats made for baking.
With the European elections coming up and Brexit debate sending the UK's government into disarray, Peter Wennstrom, business strategist and founder of Healthy Marketing Team, points out the worrying parallels between politics and nutrition.
Dutch biotech firm Micreos announces a €30m funding boost to develop its endolysin technology, an antibiotic alternative that rebalances the skin microbiome to tackle inflammatory skin conditions.
Chr. Hansen applies its microbiome expertise in the pharma arena as the firm enters a collaboration with Lonza to produce live biotherapeutic (LBP) products that address a range of gastrointestinal and cardiovascular conditions.
A daily dose of a multi-strain probiotic can provide a significant improvement in mood, with a reduction in depressive, anger, and fatigue, and an improvement in sleep quality, according to a new study in Italy.
Scientists have outlined the effect of fermented foods on the gut environment, as the boost in beneficial bacteria numbers may give rise to better defined personalised nutrition schemes in the future.
Sensationalized studies on probiotics coupled with marketing misuse of the term are fanning the flames of global skepticism, and industry must do better to strictly comply to the scientific definition of the term “probiotic” to help advance this important...
DuPont has announced it is on track to increase probiotic capacity by 70% with the completion of construction on a new, state-of-the-art probiotics fermentation unit at its Rochester, NY facility.
While there has been an explosion in interest over colloidal delivery systems in recent years there has also been disconnect between primary research and commercialisation, says one expert who believes a novel ‘delivery by design’ approach could speed...
As probiotic strain and dosage choice remain ongoing industry challenges, a study demonstrates the successful blending of different strains at higher doses via a multi-species formulation.
Probiotic supplementation may be a potential remedy to the effects of chemotherapy-induced diarrhoea (CID) in patients with lung cancer, according to researchers.
