Digestive Health

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Digestive health has long been one of the major drivers of the functional foods market, globally.

Older adults commonly develop a reduced ability to digest lactose, the primary sugar found in dairy.

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

Wellmune WGP, the natural immune- boosting ingredient for foods, beverages and supplements, is now available along with a prebiotic in a functional freezer pop.

Understanding how to manage stress and its effect on the gut are keys to helping support the digestive systems

Evidence supplied by DuPont Nutrition & Health has supported Health Canada’s approval of polydextrose as a source of dietary fiber in food and beverage products.

Health Canada has approved Taiyo’s Sunfiber as a dietary fiber source, based on clearly demonstrated safety and clinical evidence that the addition of Sunfiber (partially hydrolyzed guar gum) to foods results in more than 20% reduction in postprandial blood glucose levels.

Diets severely low in fiber and health-promoting microbes have been proven to contribute to the decline of gastrointestinal microflora and the associated increase in digestive ailments during the last two decades.

According to the CDC, obesity has more than doubled in children, and tripled in adolescents, during the past 30 years.

A new line of functional confectionery and fortified confectionery products for specific health indications has been developed by Carmit Candy Industries Ltd.