Postbiotic
A Lactobacillus acidophilus Postbiotic for Allergy, Skin Health & Immune Health Support
Regular readers of my “Supplement Science” column may notice that this is the third postbiotic article I’ve written for Vitamin Retailer over the past few years—the other two being “Akkermansia muciniphila: A GLP-1 Promoting Postbiotic for Weight Loss” and “A Lactobacillus plantarum postbiotic for Immunity.” Considering that the market for postbiotics, the newest of the ...
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[Extra! Extra!] EpiCor Shown to Help Support Children’s Immune Health
New research published in the journal Pediatric Research found EpiCor postbiotic from Cargill (Minneapolis, MN) may support immune health in children aged 4-12. Cargill partnered with KGK Science Inc, a leader in natural product research, to conduct the study. “Immune health is so important to families,” said Najla Guthrie, CEO at KGK Science. “The statistically ...
A Lot to Digest
The biotics and enzyme category continues to grow and expand as consumers learn more about their benefits. The biotics and enzyme category has come a long way. In 2007, Jamie Lee Curtis touted the benefits of probiotics in a series of commercials for Activia yogurt, causing consumers to become more aware of the health of ...
Akkermansia muciniphila: A GLP-1 Promoting Postbiotic for Weight Loss
Biotics are a significant category of interest in the dietary supplement industry, with postbiotics being the most recent inductee to join the ranks of pre- and probiotics. Although their introduction to the industry was only about a decade or so ago, the postbiotic supplements market was valued at $1.6 billion in 2021,1 and estimated to ...
A Lactobacillus plantarum Postbiotic for Immunity
Most people in the natural products industry are familiar with probiotics and prebiotics, but not everyone is familiar with postbiotics. This focus of this article is on one particular postbiotic derived from Lactobacillus plantarum. Before getting into it, however, let’s first answer the following question. What Is a Postbiotic? Probiotics are friendly bacteria that confer ...
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