Food and beverage firms in Europe are discovering exciting new options for prebiotics in infant formula products, dairy and beverages and expanding prebiotic ingredients into new application sectors such...

The American Dietetic Association has suggested functional foods can benefit a person’s health when consumed as part of a varied diet, encouraged further research and urged continued efforts to educate...

A new study could present food manufacturers companies around the world with a way to cater to an ageing population and increased interest in health and wellbeing products. A team of researchers at Danisco...

Nestlé’s research team has developed nutrients which assist in dealing with a major problem associated with probiotics – their fragility. Probiotic fragility Probiotics are living bacteria,...

Following the global agreement with Tetra Pak announced recently, Unistraw granted Danisco the worldwide exclusivity for the sales and marketing of its internationally-patented straw concept for use with...

Australian company Unistraw is continuing to expand their offering of straws to focus on the booming functional sector of the beverage market. Unistraw International Ltd. first came to prominence with...

A probiotic, or “good bacteria”, isolated by Fonterra, has been found to be effective in reducing the occurrence of eczema in young children by almost 50 per cent.A two-year trial of probiotic...

Manufacturers are continuing to embrace the health trend, with healthy ingredients such as omega-3 and probiotics featuring in an array of foodstuffs. This month, Productscan, the world’s largest...

Prebiotics, known for their ability to improve intestinal regularity, appear to be slowly stepping out of the shadow of probiotics as more options become available to manufacturers. Buoyed by positive...