Gut Health: Prebiotics and Probiotics
There is a growing interest, recognition and acceptance of Prebiotics and Probiotics amongst consumers, which is driving demand from industry benefiting from a rapidly expanding commercial potential. However, all health claims relating to pre- and pro-biotics need to be scientifically substantiated.
At Leatherhead we employ a multi-disciplinary approach (Regulatory/Process Optimisation/Nutrition/Microbiology) to cover all aspects of pre- and probiotic research – a veritable ‘one-stop-shop’ for investigating gut health.
Key Service Features:
- Support for Health claims substantiation
- Screening for prebiotic functionality
- Effect on composition of gut microflora using fluorescent in situ hybridisation (FISH)
- Short chain fatty acid production
- Gas generation
- Evaluating prebiotic functionality in gut model systems
- Investigating probiotic survival in the GI tract(both in-vivo and in-vitro)
- Developing methods for probiotic analysis
- Investigating the effects of processing treatments and formulation factors (to include acids, salts) on prebiotics and probiotics in food systems
- Product development and shelf life
- Human intervention studies
- Measurement of changes in sensory profile and consumer acceptability
- Developing functional food structure
Case Studies
- Understanding Prebiotics – Benchmarking of prebiotic properties of different compounds
- Evaluate the survival of different probiotics, encapsulated and non-encapsulated in the GI tract
- Method validation for the selective enumeration of probiotics in dairy products
To learn more about our Gut Health services please contact us.
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