Probiotics, prebiotics & postbiotics

FDA data: Dietary supplement recalls relatively infrequent

11-Sep-2019 By Danielle Masterson

Less than 2% of over 800 recalls initiated in 2019 involved dietary supplement products, says a new report from AHPA that supports “overall safety of the dietary supplements”.

Vitamin Shoppe gets competing bid

10-Sep-2019 By Danielle Masterson

A new player has entered into Vitamin Shoppe negotiations.

News in brief

FDA to transition to new portal for NDI, structure/function submissions

04-Sep-2019 By Hank Schultz

Companies submitting NDIs and structure/function claims will see a different interface starting on Friday, the US Food and Drug Administration announced today.

News in brief

UAS Labs achieves Food Safety System Certification 22000 (FFSSC 22000)

03-Sep-2019 By Stephen Daniells

FFSSC 22000 certification for UAS Laboratories LLC verifies that the Wisconsin-based probiotics player conforms to all industry-related statutory and regulatory requirements as outlined by the FSSC 22000 International Standard for Food Safety Management...

Bifidobacterium infantis EVC001 probiotic may protect against antibiotic resistance in infants

30-Aug-2019 By Stephen Daniells

A new study by scientists from California-based Evolve Biosystems has found that feeding babies B. infantis EVC001 along with breast milk may lower the levels of antibiotic resistance genes in the infant gut microbiome by 90 percent.

New gut-brain connection discovery helps explain overeating

29-Aug-2019 By Nikki Hancocks

A previously unknown gut-brain connection revealed in mice could help explain why humans continue eating and gain weight.

EpiCor shows intestinal barrier benefits: Animal data

27-Aug-2019 By Stephen Daniells

Consumption of the yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) fermentate EpiCor may protect against leaky gut as a result of heat stress, according to a new study with lab rats.

New protein brand bets on plastic neutral policy

22-Aug-2019 By Hank Schultz

A new protein brand has launched in the US, which is basing its value proposition on plastic neutral packaging and grass fed and organic claims on its ingredients.

Asahi proprietary probiotic reduces fatigue and stress in university athletes – RCT

21-Aug-2019 By Tingmin Koe

Daily intake of Lactobacillus gasseri CP2305 - Asahi’s proprietary paraprobiotic - is able to relieve fatigue and stress-related symptoms in long-distance male runners.

What constitutes a healthy human gut microbiome? ILSI NA investigates…

20-Aug-2019 By Stephen Daniells

The question of what a healthy gut microbiota looks like has loomed over discussions in the microbiome realm for a long time. A new paper by experts convened by the North American branch of the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI North America)...

‘Promising’: Multi-strain probiotic may held modulate behavior in healthy people

15-Aug-2019 By Stephen Daniells

Supplementing the diet with a combination of different probiotic strains may modulate behavior in healthy volunteers, says a new RCT from Austria that supports the role of the gut-brain axis.

Editor's Spotlight

What do parents want? Baby food start-up Little Spoon boosts product portfolio with Boosters

14-Aug-2019 By Adi Menayang

In its quest to cater to a new generation of parents, New York-based Little Spoon launched a new line of nutrition Boosters—powder supplements to sprinkle into baby food.

Researchers examine performance, recovery effects of a prebiotic + protein food bar

14-Aug-2019 By Adi Menayang

Carbohydrate-loading is a popular way for athletes to energize and recover. New study suggests that different types of carbohydrates may have different effects.

WATCH: Highlights from the IPA World Congress + Probiota Americas 2019

07-Aug-2019 By Adi Menayang

This year we brought the IPA World Congress + Probiota Americas to Vancouver, where attendees explored the role of the microbiome in the US military, communicating science to consumers, and more. Here are some highlights:

‘Intriguing’: Prebiotics may protect against detrimental effects of early life stress

06-Aug-2019 By Stephen Daniells

Early life stress, such as maternal separation, may cause long-term alterations to behavior and brain neurochemistry. It also causes changes to the gut microbiome, which offers the potential to modulate these detrimental effects using interventions such...

Australian firm to launch in US with proprietary probiotics, patented delivery system for dietary ingredients

06-Aug-2019 By Hank Schultz

Medlab Clinical Ltd, an Australian firm with proprietary probiotic strains and a delivery technology for vitamins and other dietary ingredients has announced plans to launch in the US market with a partner.

Natural Grocers navigates changing retail landscape with focus on profitability, not store growth

06-Aug-2019 By Hank Schultz

Organic foods and dietary supplements retailer Natural Grocers has posted a solid earnings quarter as it takes a break from its prior mode of rapid growth in the number of stores.

Probiotics for women has scope to extend beyond core health areas, Lumina Intelligence predicts

06-Aug-2019 By Will Chu

Probiotics for women’s health are making solid inroads backed by robust science, according to a new report, which also identifies breast health and osteoporosis as potential break out areas.

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WATCH: Maternal and infant health – what can probiotics offer?

26-Jul-2019 By Tingmin Koe

Asia-Pacific is driving the growth of the global probiotics market, and two of the most in-demand areas are for infant and maternal health.

3D-printed gut pill an upgrade to faecal DNA analysis in microbiome studies, study suggests

25-Jul-2019 By Will Chu

A 3D printed pill that samples bacteria found in the gut could have important implications for the diagnosis and treatment of inflammation and recurrent infections linked to the microbial imbalance.

Prebiotic-blueberry blend uses keto diet tie in to boost awareness

24-Jul-2019 By Hank Schultz

A gut health product based on a botanical, a grain and a berry is using the popularity of ketogenic diets as a way to raise awareness of its microbiome modulating effects.

NEWS IN BRIEF

Herbalife Nutrition appoints new lead board director

23-Jul-2019 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Herbalife Nutrition's board of directors has elected James Nelson (former CEO of the publicly-traded real estate investment trust Global Net Lease Inc.) as its new lead director, effective immediately.

July new product launches: Performance gummies, CBD sports drink, eye vitamins, and more

19-Jul-2019 By Adi Menayang

Energy drink for e-sports, prebiotic powder by an iconic coffee company, and an entirely new brand specializing in performance gummies, here’s a quick round-up of recent product launches:

French fruit specialist bets on probiotic to fuel Americas launch

18-Jul-2019 By Hank Schultz

French firm Charles & Alice is making its first foray into North America and markets beyond based on the benefits of a well-known probiotic: BC-30, which was developed by Ganeden, now part of Irish ingredients giant Kerry.

Bulletproof 360 enters microbiome modulation space with prebiotic launch

18-Jul-2019 By Adi Menayang

Seattle-based Bulletproof 360 made a name for itself in the nutrition space with MCT-infused coffee. It has since established an empire of functional food, beverage and supplement products. Its latest launch is a prebiotic powder called InnerFuel.

Study boosts microbiome fitness and diet quality link

18-Jul-2019 By Will Chu

Researchers continue to link diet with gut health as a US team find fruit, vegetable and whole grain consumption results in higher beneficial bacteria whilst diets that include fat, alcohol, and added sugar result in higher harmful bacteria numbers.

Probiotic shows promising fat loss in pilot study

17-Jul-2019 By Hank Schultz

A pilot study on a probiotic distributed by A&B Ingredients shows that it could have weight management potential, the company maintains.

Study: Lifestyle, demographic factors account for some of the variations in skin, oral microbiomes

16-Jul-2019 By Hank Schultz

Network marketing giant Amway has deepened its partnership with biological research firm Microbiome Insights with the release of the largest study yet to look at factors influencing skin and oral microbiome diversity.

DuPont opens new probiotics facility as part of $100 million investment

15-Jul-2019 By Hank Schultz

DuPont has opened its new probiotics facility in Rochester, NY, part of the company’s $100 million investment into the category.

USP Director hopeful that expert panel’s recent paper spurs interest in quality certifications

12-Jul-2019 By Stephen Daniells

A recent paper by the USP Expert Panel on probiotics has attracted some good attention, and that will hopefully translate into more stakeholders looking to get third-part quality certifications for their products, says USP’s Dr Kit Goldman.

IPA chief on new manufacturing guidelines, progress in Brazil, and China

12-Jul-2019 By Stephen Daniells

After several years of work, the International Probiotics Association (IPA) has unveiled its guidelines for contract manufacturing organizations.

Could eating fibre during pregnancy help tackle autoimmune disease burden?

11-Jul-2019 By Nikki Cutler

A lack of fibre during pregnancy could be contributing to the burden of the serious condition preeclampsia, according to researchers who also argue the lack of fibre in Western diets may explain the rapid increase of allergies and autoimmune conditions.

‘A landmark trial’: DuPont supports Gates Foundation with ‘unique’ probiotic for infant sepsis treatment

10-Jul-2019 By Stephen Daniells

Working with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, DuPont is providing a “unique” probiotic strain to help treat sepsis in infants in Bangladesh, but the strain may also have commercial applications closer to home.

Functional foods, beverages seen as biggest growth areas for probiotics, prebiotics

10-Jul-2019 By Hank Schultz

Pill fatigue is a major factor in the slowdown in the sales of probiotic supplements, according to a longtime industry insider.

Wakunaga expands multistrain probiotics line to serve consumers at all stages of life

09-Jul-2019 By Hank Schultz

Wakunaga is betting hard on the multistrain side of the probiotics realm with the planned launch of three new products.

Probiota Americas 2019

Data shows probiotic supplement sales entering slow growth phase

08-Jul-2019 By Hank Schultz

Euromonitor has seen a definite softening of the market for probiotic supplements, according to data presented at the recent Probiota Americas 2019 meeting.

Active approach: NZMP establishes dedicated sports nutrition and lifestyle unit to drive APAC growth

08-Jul-2019 By Cheryl Tay

NZMP has its eye on sports nutrition success in APAC — with its recently established Sport and Active Lifestyle business unit tasked with driving growth in the market — as it assesses regional opportunities for its new probiotics range.

IPA World Congress + Probiota Americas 2019

Keys to communicating scientific messages: A conversational tone and soundbites

05-Jul-2019 By Adi Menayang

In an age of information overload, how can scientists and researchers in the nutrition space make sure they’re communicating scientific findings and messages effectively to the public?

HI / FI China

Evidence of efficacy: China’s regulator urges firms to contribute ingredient data to health food registry

04-Jul-2019 By Tingmin Koe

China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) is encouraging health food firms to contribute to the expansion of the Health Food Raw Materials Directory by presenting evidence to support the functional efficacy of ingredients to the unit.

Watch: China now contributing more than half of APAC’s US$19bn probiotic sales

02-Jul-2019 By Gary Scattergood

China is now accounting for around 53% of the APAC probiotics business, with one expert telling us ‘this is only the beginning’.

Ferring join Intralytix and the Eliava Foundation in vaginal microbiome R&D pact

01-Jul-2019 By Will Chu

Ferring Pharmaceuticals, the Eliava Foundation and Intralytix are to form a research collaboration that focuses on developing bacteriophage-based products, which target the vaginal microbiome.

Personalised nutrition firm DayTwo secures €27.2m in latest microbiome funding round

27-Jun-2019 By Will Chu

Microbiome research firm DayTwo has secured an extra €27.2m ($31m) investment from existing investors Seventure Partners and Johnson & Johnson, as part of a series B round of fundraising.

New data identifies specific bacterial strain to boost athletic performance

24-Jun-2019 By Stephen Daniells

A strain of Veillonella atypica isolated from marathon runners may boost endurance and running performance – for mice at least – according to a new study by scientists from Harvard University and Fitbiomics.

Probi’s ‘pregnancy probiotic’ proves potent in preventing anaemia

24-Jun-2019 By Will Chu

Swedish bioengineering company Probi reveals its probiotic-focused product improves iron status in pregnant women in a study that highlights this gut-related approach in tackling a growing problem

Gut-brain axis may be bridge linking chronic pain with microbiome changes

21-Jun-2019 By Will Chu

A Canadian study reveals the gut bacteria’s relationship with chronic pain in findings that identify changes in the gut microbiome in people with fibromyalgia.

High protein, low diversity? Athletes' protein-rich diets may compromise gut health: Korean study

21-Jun-2019 By Cheryl Tay

Diets high in protein may be detrimental to gut microbiota diversity in athletes, and for resistance athletes in particular, high-protein and low-carbohydrate diets may reduce commensal bacteria that produce short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs).

Probiotic alternative? Fermented milk postbiotics hold immunity and disease promise

17-Jun-2019 By Kacey Culliney

Postbiotics from fermented milk have shown immunomodulatory properties and protective capacity against Salmonella in mice, opening up promise for probiotic alternatives, say Argentinian researchers.

NIU’s Global Round-up: Tracking the health benefits of prebiotics, DSM’s brain health efforts across APAC, and more

17-Jun-2019 By Stephen Daniells

What's happened this week around the Nutra-Verse? Stay on top of things with our weekly round-up of key news from across the globe.

IPA World Congress + Probiota Americas: The US Army, A.I., communicating with consumers, and more

12-Jun-2019 By Stephen Daniells

The IPA World Congress + Probiota Americas 2019 in Vancouver is less than two weeks away, but there’s still time to register to hear from must-see speakers from the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, the US Army, Danone, Pharmavite, and many...

Nutrasource merges certification programs to boost consumer experience

12-Jun-2019 By Stephen Daniells

Nutrasource Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Services (Nutrasource) has merged its third-party certifications into a new brand called Certifications by Nutrasource.