Postbiotics: The Next Evolution in Immune and Gut Health 15 MAR 2021 Monday
Consumers have heard that probiotics and prebiotics are good for your gut. They’re also understanding that the gut is linked to many other aspects of your health, especially immune health. The gut health space is packed with pre- and pro-biotic products, making it hard to standout but now there’s a new a player in the game: postbiotics.
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Postbiotics… an emerging trend in functional foods and beverages? In conversation with ADM Postbiotics is a term we’ll likely be hearing a lot more of in 2021, predicts ADM, which says the fermentation byproducts - which don’t require refrigeration or special processing conditions to maintain their viability - make an attractive addition to the food and beverage formulator’s toolbox.
Probiotics are live microorganisms that confer a health benefit, and prebiotics are food for probiotics (often fibers selectively utilized by host microorganisms). So what are postbiotics?
There’s no official definition, yet (references to postbiotics start appearing in the scientific literature more regularly from around 2014), and the average consumer is likely nonplussed by the term right now. However, postbiotics are sometimes described as the ‘waste’ or byproducts of fermentation, and could include metabolites such as short-chain fatty acids, proteins a
Postbiotics… an emerging trend in functional foods and beverages? In conversation with ADM Postbiotics is a term we’ll likely be hearing a lot more of in 2021, predicts ADM, which says the fermentation byproducts - which don’t require refrigeration or special processing conditions to maintain their viability - make an attractive addition to the food and beverage formulator’s toolbox.
Probiotics are live microorganisms that confer a health benefit, and prebiotics are food for probiotics (often fibers selectively utilized by host microorganisms). So what are postbiotics?
There’s no official definition, yet (references to postbiotics start appearing in the scientific literature more regularly from around 2014), and the average consumer is likely nonplussed by the term right now. However, postbiotics are sometimes described as the ‘waste’ or byproducts of fermentation, and could include metabolites such as short-chain fatty acids, proteins a