Probiotics - Articles - Page 5

Promoting probiotics’ health benefits

September 7, 2014

The human health benefits of probiotics merit consideration by public health policy makers. Dairy processors need to keep up with the research on this important ingredient.

Live long and prosper with probiotics

Prebiotic and probiotic ingredients have the potential to improve quality and length of life.

Karen Giles-Smith MS, RD

June 9, 2014

Someday, science may show that particular prebiotic, probiotic, and synbiotic ingredients help prevent certain age-related disorders and lengthen lives. Although the anti-aging effects of pre- and probiotics are plausible, supporting science is scant and inconclusive to date. However, scientists have developed several hypotheses about how aging may alter the intestinal microbiome and how certain pre- and probiotics may help prevent or reverse these changes.

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Chr. Hansen to show a probiotic shot with fiber at German fair

BB-12 is Chr. Hansen’s flagship probiotic strain (Bifidobacterium) with fiber in the form of fructo-oligosaccharides

October 16, 2013

Chr. Hansen develops a drinkable probiotic shot beverage and is named by Dannon a supplier of the year.

Ganeden Biotech's safe probiotic ingredients for functional foods

September 28, 2013

Ganeden Biotech provides safe, superior probiotic ingredients to the functional food and beverage markets.

Science is progressing on probiotics and health

Karen Giles-Smith MS, RD

September 15, 2013

The study of probiotics takes guts — real or manufactured. A British outfit created a computer-controlled, mechanical simulator of gastric digestion. The study of the gut might lead to glory.

Ingredients

Ganeden launches 6 new partner products at IFT

July 23, 2013

Ganeden Biotech introduced six new partner products at last week’s IFT Show in Chicago.

Dairy products and probiotics make the perfect match

Dairy is a perfect vehicle for the delivery of probiotics into the American diet. Celebrate the synergy.

Karen Giles-Smith MS, RD

September 14, 2012

Innovations in probiotic dairy products are on the rise. This is a reflection of the increasing demand for probiotics due to consumers’ interest in health and wellbeing. Dairy was the third most commonly named “functional food” in the 2011 Functional Foods Survey conducted by the International Food Information Council.

Protecting probiotics’ positive image

Do all probiotics in dairy products deliver on their promises? Find out more.

Karen Giles-Smith MS, RD

August 22, 2012

Probiotic-containing dairy products are gaining in popularity; but do all these products deliver on their promises? Find out more.

Prebiotics and health: a compelling story

As scientists learn more about prebiotics, dairy’s prospects increase. For the present time, look to plants if you want to add prebiotics. But for the future, prebiotics could come from the oligosaccharides in whey permeate.

Karen Giles-Smith MS, RD

August 16, 2012

Although 72% of Americans are aware of prebiotics’ association with digestive health, according to the International Food Information Council’s 2011 functional foods survey, most would be hard-pressed to describe prebiotics and their functions. That’s understandable. The story of prebiotics and health is not simple. But as scientists learn more, the story becomes more compelling and worth the telling.

Build a better dairy product

Dairy is naturally good. But when you add certain functional ingredients, you can make dairy foods and beverages even better.

May 15, 2012

Not for nothing, but those of us in the dairy business know a thing or two about functional foods. After all, if Mother Nature herself could have formulated the prototypical functional food …Well, she did formulate the prototypical functional food, and she called it “milk.”