Immunity has emerged as a prime interest among consumers. At a recent show, one supplier presented tasty beverages, berry-flavored chews and menthol-flavored lozenges to demonstrate the utility and functionality of its immune health ingredient.
As marketers of conventional foods, functional foods and dietary supplements pore over data looking for new product opportunities that answer consumer needs, foods and beverages that address health issues, often specific health conditions, come to the forefront.
Research findings, "Prebiotic Effects: Metabolic and Health Benefits," are discussed in a new report. According to recent research published in the The British Journal of Nutrition, "The different compartments of the gastrointestinal tract are inhabited by populations of micro-organisms.
The collagen proteins in VITARCAL, from GELITA, provide pleasure with no regrets in weight management products. Without compromising sensory profiles, the company claims to deliver convincing solutions to develop up-to-date products.
Synbiotics, a mixture of a reliable probiotic with an efficacious prebiotic in a food, beverage or supplement, is a growing concept involving the alteration of gut microbiota for improved health.
Consumers equate blueberries with antioxidant power and readily accept them incorporated into any product. Based on data from the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Boston, blueberries are among the fruits with the highest antioxidant activity.
Microorganisms have long been a part of the human diet. In particular, the Lactobacillus genus of bacteria has been consumed for centuries, after it was found the organisms were useful in increasing the shelflife of meat or milk, through fermentation.
Researchers uncover a
“digestive symbiosis” between milk oligosaccharides and Bifidobacteria .
The health benefits of other components found in milk--from CLA to whey
proteins--are being investigated and commercialized.
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