01 Oct Digestive health gains ground in new product development
Gut health is increasingly establishing itself within the food industry. An update on this trend from Innova Market Insights....
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08 Mar What your microbiome really needs is fibre, not kombucha
In recent years, we’ve begun to learn that most everything we eat — from probiotic yogurt to a serving of asparagus to a fatty pork chop — has an effect on the microbes that live in our bodies, which, in turn, have an effect on us. And rapidly.
30 Nov Kellogg debuts Hi! Happy Inside cereal brand
Leveraging the massive trend of digestive wellness, the Kellogg Co has introduced Hi! Happy Inside, a new brand geared toward consumers in search of better health.
18 Nov Whole Foods’ Top 10 Food Trends for 2019
Phil Lempert, known as 'The SupermarketGuru', is one of America’s leading food and consumer trend-watchers and analysts. Here's his report on what trend-setting US retailer, Whole Foods - now owned by Amazon - predicts for the F&B development in 2019.
21 Oct US: Unilever launches probiotic ice cream brand
Unilever has launched a new probiotic ice cream brand in the US called Culture Republick, which the company claims is the first premium ice cream containing probiotics.
10 Oct New study: Probiotics are mostly useless and can actually hurt you
Probiotics are living micro-organisms that are taken by millions of people to boost their microbiome or to restore their gut ecosystem after a dose of antibiotics. Yet questions remain about whether they actually work.
23 Nov Reckitt Benckiser-Schiff: Another giant jumps into nutra space
UK-based consumer goods giant, Reckitt Benckiser, has clinched an £882-million (€1.09bn) deal, and outbid German pharma firm, Bayer, for the US’s second-biggest dietary supplements firm, Schiff Nutrition International, giving it a foothold in the £18-billion vitamins and nutrition pills market....
02 Aug It’s alive! Probiotics are growing for food processors
"As more consumers learn about the various health benefits of daily probiotic consumption, we'll continue to see strong demand for probiotic-fortified products across all categories," says Peggy Steele, global business director for Danisco US. This article in Food Processing (with an American focus)...
13 Feb EU: “Probiotics category could disappear,” Danone spokesman
Preparing for the worst under the European Union’s uber-strict health claims regime, a Danone spokesman says the company may have to concede defeat and that the world’s highest-selling functional food category could disappear altogether....
09 Jun EFSA rejects 86-study strong Valio probiotic gut health claim
In what may be the most contentious rejection yet, EFSA’s health claims panel has refused Valio’s gut health dossier based on the Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) strain (used in products such as Valio's Gefilus, the first clinically-backed probiotic consumer product on the
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