Probiotics

Probiotics are waking up old categories across grocery aisles

Probiotics are waking up old categories across grocery aisles

By Mary Ellen Shoup

Consumers may not always be on the lookout for food products fortified with probiotics (outside of a yogurt purchase), but that hasn’t stopped manufacturers from developing new items that contain these living and active culture strains including oatmeal,...

 Kaneka has concluded a license agreement with ABB to give Kaneka the rights for production and sales of ABB's products in the US, Canada and Japan.

Kaneka invests in AB-Biotics SA biotech company

By Jim Cornall

Japanese company Kaneka Corporation has acquired a 34.8% share of AB-Biotics (ABB), a Spanish biotech company focusing on research, development and distribution of its own products using lactic acid bacteria.

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Experts react to ‘waste of money’ headlines against probiotics

By Adi Menayang

A recent article posted on The Daily Beast went with the headline “Probiotics Are a Waste of Money for Healthy Adults.” The story itself is based on findings from a Danish study. We reached out to some people in the industry and academia for a second...

Chr. Hansen says its new liquid probiotic is a more child- and elderly- friendly dosage form than tablets

Chr. Hansen takes first shot at liquid probiotics

By Annie-Rose Harrison-Dunn

Chr. Hansen has announced the launch of its first liquid form probiotic with a broad target audience, available in a shot dosage which has already proved popular in Italy.

Probiotics to star in new TV documentary series

Probiotics to star in new TV documentary series

By Mike Stones

Probiotics are to take centre stage in a new series of TV documentaries, the first of which will be screened next Fall on major TV channels in the United States, including Public Service Broadcasting outlets, National Geographic and Discovery, along with...