Prebiotics
Any nondigestible food component that stimulates the growth and/or activity of gut bacteria in ways claimed to be beneficial to health.
LUX TAKE:
Ingredients that enhance the health of the human gut microflora, namely prebiotics and probiotics, will become further integrated into diversified food and beverage formats. As this occurs, ingredient manufacturers and CPGs should look to capitalize on three major trends occuring within the prebiotics space: 1) Effectiveness at lower doses is a key differentiator, 2) prebiotics with inherent ...
News Commentaries
GlycoSyn strikes $14 million deal with Ginkgo Bioworks to broaden the reach of its human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) platform (November 8, 2018)
Waste-to- wealth startup "ReGrained" closes seed funding (September 25, 2018)