Insights gained from developments in microbiome science could have huge potential to boost sports performance through nutrition — with recent findings showing the make-up of our gut bacteria can help shape elite athletic performance and sports recovery.
Prebiotics are riding a wave of consumer interest in microbiome health, a sales executive says. The ingredients themselves are still poorly understood but continue to ride the coattails of probiotics, he said.
What’s new in the botanical supplements and functional foods this year? We caught up with some botanical-focused companies at the Natural Products Expo West show in Anaheim, CA, earlier this month to get the scoop.
Viva 5 will be the exclusive worldwide distributor of a new synbiotic ingredient—a combination of probiotic and prebiotic—after signing a licensing agreement with NUtech Ventures, the technology commercialization affiliate for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Postbiotics—the metabolites and/or cell-wall components released by probiotics—have been touted to play a more active, upgraded role, surpassing probiotics as a way to enhance functional food.
Allergy and eczema risk in infants and toddlers may be reduced if mothers take probiotics and fish oil supplements during pregnancy, suggest researchers.
Efforts to mine for hugely beneficial new strains of probiotics are gaining momentum across the globe, but the food industry is its own worst enemy when it comes to aiding consumer acceptance of new technologies, according to experts at the recent IPA...
Seasonal Affective Disorder is a surprisingly common complaint, and might provide another avenue for probiotic manufacturers to market their products, a nutritionist has said.
A daily dose of Bacillus subtilis DE111 may help improve occasional constipation and / or diarrhea in healthy individuals, says a new study by Deerland Enzymes and Probiotics.
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The possibility that probiotics could be a new tool in fighting depression is gaining increasing attention in nutritional psychiatry, says Caroline Wallace ahead of her talk at the IPA World Congress + Probiota 2018 next month.
Global nutritional ingredients player DSM has acquired BioCare Copenhagen A/S in a deal that will see it expand its probiotic and gut health portfolio.
Israel-based microbiome firm BiomX says the acquisition of RondinX will fortify the company’s bacterial target discovery capabilities and supports its product development pipeline.
'Live cultures are not all probiotic, although all probiotics are live cultures...'
US consumers are increasingly interested in the relationship between intestinal bacteria and overall health, says CHR Hansen, but there is some confusion about which foods and beverages contain probiotics: live microorganisms that, when administered in...
Gut bacteria appears to thrive with regular physical contact, suggests new animal data that shows ‘huddling’ actions lead to a synchronised microbiome.
Will compiling an official list of Old Dietary Ingredients ultimately be worth the effort? Maybe, but the resulting list must be expansive rather than restrictive to be of much use, most stakeholders agree.
Altering the gut microbiome to remove bacteria that possess the bacterial enzyme urease, and increase the population of 'good' bacteria that do not contain the enzyme, may be an effective approach to battling Crohn's disease, say researchers.
Probiotics and prebiotics—the names themselves are a claim, something that companies need always to be aware of. This is one of the topics that will be covered in tomorrow’s Online Digest Health Conference sponsored by NutraIngredients-USA.
What’s the latest evidence for the effects of probiotics? What about prebiotics? What are the current market trends? The answers to these and other questions can be heard in an online conference scheduled for this Wednesday.
Synbiotics, or the pairing of a probiotic organism with a compatible prebiotic, remains an alluring concept, but one that still needs more data support, experts say.
Researchers agree that a more diverse gut microbiome is a healthier one. But beyond that, they don’t have the basis to agree on much else surrounding the concept of diversity.
Probiotics are distinct types of bacteria that have been clearly defined by health authorities around the world, trade associations, as well as the World Health Organization. However, this definition may have not yet entered mainstream consciousness.
In a new review of existing studies, researchers in France argue that the bacteria Streptococcus thermophilus, used in making yogurt and cheese, has building evidence supporting its probiotic status.
Probiotic strains found in yoghurts may help prevent complications associated with lupus, according to new mouse data that reports female mice given Lactobacillus have an altered microbiome and reduced symptoms.
To meet consumer demand for innovative, non-pill probiotic supplements, Swedish maker Probi developed Probi Fast Melt, a powder stick that melts on the mouth with no water needed.
Supplement retailer The Vitamin Shoppe is expanding its store-brand ProBioCare line with six new probiotics that feature DUOCAP technology, which seals two supplements in one pill.
People with Parkinson’s Disease (PD) appear to have a different gut bacteria composition to healthy individuals, suggests a new study in Movement Disorders.
Seasonal variation in hunter-gatherer diet drives gut bacteria shifts
Seasonal changes in gut bacteria make-up of a small African community strengthens the evidence that diet strongly influences our gut microbiota, finds a new study in Science.
Quebec-based probiotic maker Lallemand will announce a new range of probiotics designed for children and teenagers at the upcoming SupplySide West show in Las Vegas, September 26 to 29.
‘Surprising’ impact of gut bacteria on gene expression in the brain
The trillions of microbes in our gut can have a dramatic influence on microRNAs that regulate gene expression in parts of the brain including those related to fear and anxiety, new data suggests.
The stress hormone cortisol appears to mediate the link between a common type of gut bacteria and the levels of an abundant brain metabolite, according to a recent animal study in Gut Microbes.
The study of prebiotics — a term used to describe the ‘food’ beneficial gut bacteria feed on — is still in its infancy. Researchers in Brazil synthesized existing studies of dark blue flavonoids called anthocyanins and found that more and more studies...
DuPont Nutrition & Health upgraded its probiotics pilot facility in Madison, WI, a project that costs around $10 million and aims to increase pace of new product development.
A new Health Canada ‘no objections letter’ expands manufacturers’ flexibility to formulate and market products with Ganeden’s branded Bacillus cogulans GBI-30, 6086 (or GanedenBC30 for short) in Canada. This includes leeway to use less than 1 billion...
Different strains of probiotics induced beneficial effects in chronic constipation among the elderly, researchers from the University of Valencia found.
Herbalife has announced a new probiotic product featuring Ganeden’s BC30 strain that will be marketed as an adjunct for its existing meal replacement shakes and wellness drinks.
People with heart failure have been found to have less gut bacteria diversity and lack certain important species groups. So are changes in our microbiome causing heart disease, or visa-versa?
A more holistic, environmental view of the human gut microbiome is taking shape among researchers, but confounding factors complicate the task of fully elucidating this via tenable study designs.
Is there a goal to shoot for when trying to alter consumers’ microbiomes? Researcher Jeff Leach is trying to answer that question with work he is doing among hunter gather groups in Africa.
Analyzing and identifying probiotic strains in a finished product is becoming increasingly crucial as probiotic-infused food, beverages, and supplements climb further into consumer interest.
More studies looking at the link between a human’s microbiome and depression are underway. It’s not entirely a novel connection, according to Dr. Thomas Tompkins, research director at Lallemand Health Solutions, and there’s opportunity for probiotics...
