Cocoa powder can serve as an effective and cheaper material for encapsulating Lactobacillus casei and Lactobacillus acidophilus, researchers have found.
Ganeden Biotech has teamed up with Italian firm Agostoni Chocolate for the launch of Chocolate Plus Private Label, combining the GanedenBC30 probiotic with premium Italian dark chocolate.
The headlines are sensationalist: twenty-four people have died in a
probiotic trial. Therefore, probiotics may be fatal. Throw those
yoghurt shots away!
Consumers with the greatest need could be missing out on the health
benefits of probiotics since they are not 'streetwise' about health
issues and may not be able to afford them, says a nutrition
scientist.
Probiotics, unheard of a year ago, are now being added to more and
more products in China, and look set to see rapid growth in demand,
according to key supplier Chr Hansen.
Probiotics, the bacteria thought to help gut health disorders,
allergies and even some forms of cancer, contain immune
system-stimulating DNA, which makes them just as effective when
inactivated as when consumed as live microorganisms...
