Probiotics, Prebiotics & Postbiotics

Multispecies probiotics may have preventive effect on postmenopausal osteoporosis and fractures – Thai RCT

27-Feb-2024 By Hui Ling Dang

A Thai study has found that multispecies probiotic supplementation is protective against postmenopausal bone loss and that its potential as an adjunct treatment for osteoporosis should be further explored.

Studies show gut microbiome influences ovarian aging

26-Feb-2024 By Claudia Adrien

Mounting evidence suggests a bidirectional relationship between the gut and ovarian aging, according to Chinese researchers who reviewed studies linking the gut microbiota to ovarian function.

Probiotics may improve vaginal microbiota in postmenopausal women

26-Feb-2024 By Olivia Haslam

A specific combination of probiotic strains may restore vaginal microbiota and relieve vaginal distress in postmenopausal women, according to a new study from Italian probiotic manufacturer SynBalance.

The Gut Stuff on using the ‘shock factor’ in the right way

21-Feb-2024 By Olivia Brown

The Gut Stuff, an education brand founded by sisters from the Zoe TwinsUK microbiome study cohort, is working to spread microbiome science knowledge by cutting through the noise on and offline with an ethical approach to shock factor tactics.

'Gut conditioning' an important consideration in biotic efficacy

21-Feb-2024 By Olivia Haslam

Biotic supplements might not be enough without ‘gut conditioning’, Dr. Wilbert Sybesma, founder of consultancy firm Microbiome Solutions told the audience at NutraIngredients' Probiota event earlier this month.

Probiotics increase stool frequency in adults suffering from constipation – meta-analysis

20-Feb-2024 By Tingmin Koe

Probiotic supplementation has been shown to increase stool frequency in adults suffering from constipation, new findings from a meta-analysis conducted by Chinese researchers have shown.

Lumina Intelligence insights: What works in the world of biotics?

19-Feb-2024 By Olivia Haslam

The biotics industry is undergoing a transformation, largely directed by customer reviews, proprietary and generic ingredients, synbiotics, and personalisation, according to ecommerce insights service Lumina Intelligence.

Study outlines potential new probiotic strain with anti-inflammatory action

16-Feb-2024 By Stephen Daniells

A potential probiotic isolated from the rumen of grazing lamb may protect against damage of colon cells and reduce markers of inflammation, says a new study.

Marketing advice: Promote long-term gut health goals to improve results and retention

16-Feb-2024 By Olivia Brown

Gut health brands should invest in educating consumers about the influence of diet and lifestyle on microbiome health and emphasize the importance of long-term supplement use to help them achieve results, thereby ensuring customer retention.

Review spotlights gaps in pain relief research for children

16-Feb-2024 By Olivia Brown

A new literature review has underlined the nutraceuticals with potential to provide natural pain relief for abdominal conditions in children, stressing the need for further research into potential products of interest.

Study: Combination of probiotics and enzymes aids absorption of plant-based protein

14-Feb-2024 By Olivia DeSmit

A combination of pea protein, enzymes and probiotics tended to reduce time to maximum blood absorption for all amino acids but showed only statistically significant results for alanine and glycine, according to a recent study.

Beauty with biotics: skin microbiome science must catch up with growing category

13-Feb-2024 By Olivia Brown

The market for biotics leveraging the skin microbiome and the gut-skin axis is growing in interest, yet the science still needs to catch up to the claims, according to experts at NutraIngredients' Probiota conference last week (7-9th February).

Probiotics in Asia: Bloating from dietary habits, women’s health top reasons for supplementation – Life-Space

12-Feb-2024 By Tingmin Koe

Bloating arising from dietary habits and women’s health are the top reasons for probiotic supplementation in Asian countries, according Life-Space.

Verb Biotics partners with Evogene to accelerate next-gen precision probiotics

07-Feb-2024 By Asia Sherman

U.S. microbiome health start-up Verb Biotics and Israeli computational biology company Evogene have entered a collaboration agreement to develop new probiotic strains that produce microbial metabolites with advanced properties for precision health.

NutraWomen Wednesday: Camille Binachon, Product Manager, Lallemand Health Solutions

07-Feb-2024 By Danielle Masterson

Five years ago Camille Binachon left Paris, France to move to Montreal, Canada to start her role at Lallemand Health Solutions. The product manager said her love for science and adventure were what brought her to the Great White North.

‘Quality over quantity’: Nutrition consumers prioritising value and efficacy – Nutiani data

07-Feb-2024 By Hui Ling Dang

Consumers coping with rising costs of living are showing a distinct preference for value-for-money products that not only come with an accessible price tag, but are also backed by science and multifunctional, according to latest data from Fonterra-owned...

Nordic Biotic probiotic strains show potential respiratory health benefits

06-Feb-2024 By Olivia Brown

A new randomised controlled trial revealed that supplementation with Nordic Biotic probiotic strains significantly improved immunity and respiratory symptoms.

IPA paper outlines landscape for probiotics as food, supplements and live biotherapeutics

05-Feb-2024 By Stephen Daniells

Probiotics can be used in a variety of products, including foods, dietary supplements and pharmaceuticals (live biotherapeutics), each of which is regulated differently. A new review explores the implications of the intended use on regulatory, product...

NutraCast: Exploring trends and tapping biotic opportunities

02-Feb-2024 By Danielle Masterson

Comet recently conducted research that revealed four biotics macro market trends that highlight major opportunities in food, beverage and supplement development for the year ahead.

Novonesis is born of Novozymes and Chr. Hansen merger

01-Feb-2024 By Olivia Haslam

Novozymes and Chr. Hansen have completed their merger, giving rise to a new global biosolutions company called Novonesis.

NutraIngredients Awards: Entries closing Feb 5

01-Feb-2024 By Nikki Hancocks

There's still some time to enter the prestigious NutraIngredients Awards but hurry! The entry deadline is Monday, Feb 5.

Unlocking the secrets of the skin microbiome with Gallinee skincare

31-Jan-2024 By Olivia Brown

Microbiome-focused skincare brand Gallinée is harnessing the latest research into the skin-gut axis to combine pre-, pro- and postbiotics for an innovative approach to skin health.

NutraIngredients Awards 2024: What the judges are looking for

26-Jan-2024 By Nikki Hancocks

The NutraIngredients Awards are back for 2024 and celebrating a decade of honouring the best and brightest in the industry, but what are our judges looking for?

Pairing aspirin with a probiotic may reduce stomach lining damage

25-Jan-2024 By Olivia Brown

Co-ingestion of aspirin with probiotic strain Bifidobacterium breve Bif195 in a group of healthy adults significantly reduced damage to the stomach lining associated with prolonged or high-dose aspirin consumption, according to a recent study.

Pasteurised Akkermansia shows gut and mood benefits: Mouse study

24-Jan-2024 By Stephen Daniells

Supplementation with pasteurized Akkermansia may reduce gut permeability, anxiety-like behaviour and memory impairment in animal models of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), says a new study.

Research reveals potential role of microbiome in fertility

22-Jan-2024 By Olivia Brown

The dominance of bacteria Lactobacillus spp. in the female reproductive tract is associated with improved pregnancy outcomes while vaginal and endometrial dysbiosis may reduce the chances of successful embryonic implantation, according to a new review.

Probiotic and eczema: GenieBiome launching synbiotics clinically tested on young kids to Singapore market

22-Jan-2024 By Tingmin Koe

Hong Kong Biotechnology firm GenieBiome has set sights on expanding its probiotics range in Singapore, including one that has been clinically studied to improve eczema in young children.

Timeline raises CHF 56M from L’Oréal and Nestlé in Series D financing

19-Jan-2024 By Stephen Daniells

Swiss longevity biotech company Timeline (parent company Amazentis) announced that it has raised CHF 56 million (US$ 66 million) in an oversubscribed Series D financing round that included strategic investments by L’Oréal and Nestlé.

UK supermarkets match Danone’s Aptamil baby formula price cuts

19-Jan-2024 By Olivia Brown

Following a recent investigation into soaring infant formula prices, global food company Danone has reduced the wholesale price of its Aptamil infant formula by 7%, and major UK retailers have passed the cost savings on to consumers.

Study: Probiotic improves symptoms of allergic rhinitis in four weeks

17-Jan-2024 By Olivia Haslam

A probiotic supplement designed to increase immune response to the Covid-19 vaccine is effective against allergic rhinitis symptoms such as itching, sneezing and tearing, according to new research.

Top reasons to enter the NutraIngredients Awards!

17-Jan-2024 By Nikki Hancocks

The NutraIngredients Awards are back for 2024 and celebrating a decade of honouring the best and brightest in the nutraceuticals industry

A combination of oral and vaginal probiotics may hinder recurrent UTIs

15-Jan-2024 By Claudia Adrien

Vaginal probiotics in combination with oral probiotics may help combat urinary tract infections (UTIs), according to a recent study.

PODCAST: APC Microbiome Ireland celebrates 20 years of transformative science

15-Jan-2024 By Nikki Hancocks

Pioneering microbiome research institute APC Microbiome Ireland is celebrating 20 years of research addressing some of the biggest global challenges to face mankind.

PR and nutrition science expert giving scientists a voice in the mainstream press

11-Jan-2024 By Nikki Hancocks

Communicating science and supplement benefits is particularly tricky within the microbiome health arena, but there are some companies and individuals who have achieved great success after mastering how to simplify this science and jargon-laden space.

New Zoe Gut Shot a 'big step forward' for gut health market

10-Jan-2024 By Nikki Hancocks

A probiotic kefir shot developed by the personalised nutrition scientists at Zoe has been hailed “a big step forward for the gut-health macro trend”, with industry pundits applauding the science-first product development approach.

Enter now! Join the 10th anniversary celebration of the NutraIngredients Awards

10-Jan-2024 By Nikki Hancocks

The NutraIngredients Awards are back with a bang in 2024 as we celebrate our 10th year honouring the best and brightest in ingredients, products, companies, people and projects across the dietary supplements industry.

Synbiotic supplementation may ease long COVID: RCT

05-Jan-2024 By Stephen Daniells

Supplementation with a prebiotic-probiotic combination may help with some long COVID problems such as fatigue, memory, concentration and gastrointestinal upset, says a new large study from Hong Kong.

Study spotlights link between gut microbiota and social anxiety disorder

04-Jan-2024 By Nikki Hancocks

New research suggests that gut microbiota play a role in the heightened social fear response tied to social anxiety disorder (SAD), representing a potential therapeutic target for reducing the growing behavioural issue of social fear.

Probiota Day 2: State of the market, next-gen probiotics, gut-lung axis and personalisation

04-Jan-2024 By Stephen Daniells

The second day of Probiota will feature presentations from representatives from Holland & Barrett, ResBiotic Nutrition, Thorne Healthtech, BIOHM Health and many more.

L-carnitine and synbiotic co-supplementation could help combat obesity in women

04-Jan-2024 By Cheryl Marie Tay

Supplementation that combines L-carnitine and synbiotics could result in synergistic anti-obesity effects in women, according to researchers.

Yeast mannan prebiotic improves sleep quality, study suggests

03-Jan-2024 By Olivia Brown

A new randomised controlled trial reveals that administration of the prebiotic yeast mannan (YM) leads to more time spent in bed (TIB) and increased deep sleep in healthy adults.

Probiota Day 1: First 1,000 Days & Skin Health

03-Jan-2024 By Stephen Daniells

With just five weeks to go before the start of Probiota in Milan, NutraIngredients previews what attendees can expect each day of this three-day microbiome extravaganza.

Prebiotics boost iron absorption for at-risk infants: RCT

03-Jan-2024 By Stephen Daniells

Adding prebiotic galacto-oligosaccharides/fructo-oligosaccharides (GOS/FOS) to iron-fortified infant cereal may boost absorption of the mineral by 60%, says a new study.

Study: Probiotics aid gum inflammation recovery

02-Jan-2024 By Olivia Haslam

Probiotic supplementation can support oral microbiota recovery from gingivitis, according to findings from a recent study.

NI Awards "helped put Pharmako Biotechnologies on the map”

21-Dec-2023 By Nikki Hancocks

With the NutraIngredients Awards celebrating its 10 year anniversary in 2024, we speak to winners from the last decade and find out how their award win has impacted their business.

Bened Life extends psychobiotic benefits to boost mood in general public

20-Dec-2023 By Asia Sherman

After finding success with its medical probiotic Neuralli for neurodivergent communities, Bened Life is broadening the reach of its psychobiotic strain to a wider audience in the new year.

NPD Launchpad: From collagen drinks to mindful mushrooms

20-Dec-2023 By Olivia Brown

December new product launches have featured an array of collagen-based innovation and the demand for functional mushrooms continues to generate NPD.

Probiotic strain may sustain performance levels in office workers: RCT

19-Dec-2023 By Olivia Brown

A new RCT observes that the probiotic Lacticaseibacillus paracasei Strain Shirota (LcS) improves attention scores in healthy adults suffering from sleep complaints, when compared to a placebo group.

ProBioEtna: Pioneering probiotics for women's health

18-Dec-2023 By Olivia Haslam

ProBioEtna, founded in 2021, is “bridging the gap between research and business” through the creation of probiotic strains for women's health.

Guest Article

IPA in 2023: A significant strategic shift to embrace the biotic world

15-Dec-2023 By George Paraskevakos, MBA, IPA Executive Director

Life is like a box of chocolates, or is it? Not to challenge the expression made famous in the blockbuster hit “Forrest Gump” and reused often, but I feel once a plan is put in place with proper structure and frameworks to follow, you can have more visibility...