KeVita Inc., Oxnard, Calif., used Natural Products Expo West to showcase three new KeVita® Sparkling Probiotic Drinks. New flavors include Blueberry Cherry, Tangerine, and Hibiscus Berry Daily Cleanse™.

Ganeden Biotech and Tipton Mills’ Probiotic Coffee received the inaugural SupplySide Insights Award for Probiotic Coffee at the recent SupplySide MarketPlace in New York.

The Laboratory Department for Probiotics Research at the Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine (Nagata Satoru, Yamashiro Yuichiro et al.) studied supplementation of probiotic fermented milk containing Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota (LcS) in elderly individuals living at a nursing home and confirmed reduced fever associated with acute norovirus gastroenteritis.