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Body&Fit, Glanbia Performance Nutrition’s direct-to-consumer brand, and Lonza are collaborating to expand Body&Fit’s nutrition, supplements and dietary solutions utilizing Lonza’s Duocap capsule portfolio and specialty nutrition ingredients.

Lonza, Body&Fit collaborate on specialty supplements using Duocap capsule technology

DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences launched Howaru Calm, a probiotic aimed to support consumer’s response to stress. 

DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences launches Howaru Calm probiotic to support stress

Healright has launched healright.com, the exclusive platform to deliver its micronutrient bars directly to consumers. 

Clinically tested micronutrient bars sold by Healright through subscription platform

A recent study called the Personalised Responses to Dietary Composition Trial (PREDICT 1) study, is among the largest and most detailed on the microbiome after performing deep metagenomic sequencing of 1,203 gut microbiomes from 1,098 individuals. 

New microbiome research finds associations between microbes, diet, and metabolic health

The Council for Responsible Nutrition has launched a new video series called “4 Things to Know,” which explains complex dietary supplements industry topics for non-industry audiences. 

CRN launches video series to help educate non-industry audiences

As part of its range of organic and sustainable ingredients called inavea, Nexira has combined baobab pulp and acacia gum for their prebiotic effects on flora balance and gut comfort.

Nexira combines baobab pulp with acacia gum for synergistic prebiotic formulation

ACV’s natural and uncomplicated ingredient profile has consumers saying, “How do you like them apples?”

Apple cider vinegar: The science and the trends

Sabinsa announces five new patents pertaining to digestive health, sports nutrition, heart health, and sexual health. 

Sabinsa announces five new patents

The two new consumer product applications under Friesland's Biotis Brain Health Benefit Solutions range are built on galacto-oligosaccharide, a dairy prebiotic shown to stimulate the growth of gut bacteria that could help consumers feel less stressed and anxious.  

FrieslandCampina launches new prebiotic-based stress-support applications

. The company, headquartered in Cambridge, UK, is a pioneer in applying network science—particularly linked to the microbiome—to biology. Its award-winning, trademarked AI-augmented knowledge discovery and analytics platform, e[datascientist], helps companies looking to innovate with next-generation food, personal care, cosmetics, and agritech products, supported by science. The platform harnesses the latest graph technology and Microsoft’s advanced machine learning and cognitive services

Advances in microbiome-based data science and technology—including AI-based analytics and the mainstream accessibility of powerful computer processing—will play a key role as next-generation food producers look to accelerate our understanding of nutrition and health.

Microbiome data science’s key role in next-generation food products

Ganeden BC30, a patented spore-forming probiotic ingredient from Kerry, supports protein amino acid absorption, according to a recent clinical study. 

Ganeden BC30 supports the absorption of amino acids from protein, says recent study

Nutralliance announced that the line of 11 lactic acid-producing probiotic species manufactured by Ildong Biosciences is now self-affirmed GRAS.

Nutralliance announces GRAS status for probiotics manufactured by Ildong Biosciences

A recent study found that supplementation with Bacillus subtilis DE111 from Deerland Probiotics and Enzymes modified the microbiome composition of children attending daycare.

Supplementation with DE111 supports microbiome composition in children, says recent study

Cargill has made a $25 million anchor investment in BioGaia, a leading probiotics manufacturing.

Cargill invests in probiotics manufacturer BioGaia

The new facility is scheduled to be operational in the summer of 2022 and will produce approximately 300 metric tons of HMOs per year.

Kyowa Hakko to open new facility for industrial scale production of HMOs

DolCas Biotech Ltd. has added a highly concentrated all-natural ginger root extract called Ginfort to its portfolio of botanical ingredients. 

DolCas Biotech introduces high concentration ginger extract

In the United States, probiotics remain stuck in a murky regulatory environment, one that stifles innovation and market growth, and, at the end of the day, blocks potential health benefits for the consumer.

Will FDA ever provide a practical regulatory path for probiotics? Panel discusses at NPA’s The Big Natural conference.

Cargill has made a significant investment in the Seventure Partners’ Health for Life Capital II fund, joining Danone, Novartis, and Lesaffre in a network of strategic investors.

Cargill invests in venture capital fund aimed at transforming microbiome and life sciences R&D

A recent animal study found that supplementation with Lacidofil from Lallemand  reduced anxiety-like behavior in rats with learned aversive association from infancy.

Novel probiotic formula may protect infants from consequences of early-life stress, says animal study

A new national survey commissioned by AbbVie found 72% of U.S. adults experience at least one gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms a few times a month or more. However, more than half (56%) of them have not told their doctor because they don’t think their GI symptoms require physician attention. 