Items Tagged with 'gut health'

Products are designed to support key areas of growth and development for little ones aged 1 to 3 years old.

Julie Smolyansky will appear with Katie Couric at the SXSW conference to discuss the company's history, innovations in microbiome research and the importance of gut healthy foods and habits.

The Global Burden of Disease Study by the World Health Organization in 2019 identified there were 7.32 billion incidents and 2.86 billion prevalent cases of digestive diseases around the world, resulting in 8 million deaths and 277 million disability-adjusted life years lost. 

The words “fermented” and “dairy” have strong links to nutrition and health that have stood the test of time. But like many foods, we continue to discover nutritional properties found in fermented dairy products that benefit our health throughout life.

Like a powerful blizzard blasting the landscape, health and wellness is socking it to the dairy ingredients’ sector. But rather than snow, ice, and high winds pelting consumers, shoppers are facing a deluge of such positive elements as products that are low in sugar, high in protein, and those that contain prebiotics and probiotics.

On Sept. 23, Danone offered to pay some $283 million — $25 per share — to purchase the 76.6% of Lifeway Foods it didn't own. The plan was rejected.CEO Julie Smolyansky talks about the company's history and success with Dairy Foods.

The need for prebiotics — as well as probiotics and postbiotics — continues to grow in the dairy marketplace.

According to the American Institute of Stress, Americans are one of the most stressed-out people in the world. The current stress level experienced by Americans is 20 percentage points higher than the global average. 

The Danone Fellowship Grant was established in 2010 to provide funding for novel studies of yogurt, probiotics, and the gut microbiome.

The COVID-19 pandemic increased consumer interest in immune health and sales of probiotic foods and beverages. Circana (previously IRI and NPD) reports that probiotic beverages have increased both dollar and unit sales for the past three years, and probiotics were found in over 30 beverage subcategories.