Consumers of all ages cite immune health as a top benefit driving their purchases, along with improving gut/digestive health. Worldwide, specific health goals drive purchase of fortified and functional beverages (71%) and supplements (60%).
Most of the men over the age of 40 face common lifestyle issues like sleep disturbance, increased urination, irritability, anxiety etc. Most of these issues are related to enlarged prostate gland – a male reproductive organ.
Ingredion Incorporated (NYSE: INGR) headquartered in the suburbs of Chicago, is a leading global ingredient solutions provider serving customers in more than 120 countries. With 2021 annual net sales of nearly $7 billion, the Company turns grains, fruits, vegetables and other plant-based materials into value-added ingredient solutions for the food, beverage, animal nutrition, brewing and industrial markets.
Ambient drink opportunities emerge for probiotics with encapsulation advance Ireland’s AnaBio Technologies has launched a range of encapsulated probiotic strains including well-established Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus species that can survive temperature stresses associated with UHT processing.
AnaBio, a micro encapsulation specialist based in Cork, was built on work done by founder Sinéad Bleiel, PhD. Dr Bleiel founded the company in 2011 after studying at the Irish national dairy research center in Moorepark, in Cork. She has also studied at University College Dublin and Michigan State University.
Dr Bleiel told NutraIngredients-USA that the company has now launched a range of probiotic strains including