Supplementing infant formula with probiotics may be a safe and
effective way to boost the immune system in day care infants,
suggest two new studies. BioGaia's human strain L. reuteri
ATCC 55730 was found to be particularly effective.
Swedish biotech company Probi has signed a licence agreement with
the Australian probiotics supplier Health World, giving the
Australian firm the right to market products containing one of
Probi's patented bacteria on the Australian...
Swedish firm BioGaia, known for its probiotic LifeTop straw, has
signed an agreement with a small Italian company for the sale of
its Reuteri tablets on the Italian market.
Swedish probiotics firm BioGaia is to develop a new variation of
its innovative LifeTop straw for one of China's largest dairies, it
announced this week.
Inadequate consumer understanding of probiotic foods poses a
critical challenge to the immense potential for growth in the
Australia and New Zealand markets, but consumer behaviour and the
ageing demographic will ensure sustained...
Acidophilus and other probiotic supplements may be gaining in
popularity but a report by independent testers ConsumerLab, says
live bacteria may actually be missing in many priobiotic products.
With new probiotic-containing dairy foods reaching the market every
week, a European research project is looking at how the
manufacturing process is key to an effective end-product.
Danisco has launched the first of two new probiotic bacteria
cultures - called HOWARU - which it claims can help boost the human
immune system. The culture is the first product to be launched
following the Danish group's acquisition...
Nutraceutix shareholders vote in favour of changing the company's
name to SCOLR, a name which is said to better reflect the shift
towards drug delivery technology.
Lifeway Foods of the US has launched a new packaging design for the
non-fat version of its popular probiotic kefir product to coincide
with the Fancy Food Show in New York.
British babies with eczema are taking part in a project to test
whether supplements containing probiotic gut bacteria can help to
improve their symptoms.
The Institut Rosell-Lallemand was awarded this week the 2001 Market
Engineering Technology Leadership Award for its new enteric coating
technology STAR™.
