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Latest ISAPP Press Releases

Evidence for the health benefits of consuming more live microbes

Quantifying the live microbes on your plate

Promising skin probiotic could be a way to reduce antibiotic treatments for acne

International group of experts publish consensus definition of ‘postbiotics’

Experts agree on new global definition of ‘fermented foods’

Can we improve our health with doses of safe, live microbes on a daily basis?

Scientists create Spanish e-book on fermented foods and their health benefits

Un grupo de científicos crea un libro electrónico en español sobre alimentos fermentados y sus potenciales beneficios para la salud

Group of international scientists align on a definition for ‘synbiotic’

Which bacteria truly qualify as probiotics?

New review helps translate probiotic science into practical primary care recommendations

The importance of probiotic names — and why some of them have changed

ISAPP in the Media

Myth vs. Fact: Fermented Foods

Fermented foods focus: Experts tout benefits of “consuming live microbes”

NutraIngredients: ISAPP’s Mary Ellen Sanders on the importance of definitions for -biotics

The Seattle Times: Making sense of probiotics, prebiotics and postbiotics

FoodNavigator-USA: Feeding the gut microbiome webinar: ‘I look at products that say ‘contains probiotics’ and I’d say the vast majority of the time, they’re incorrectly named’

The Washington Post: Scientists are still studying ‘postbiotics.’ Supplement companies are pushing them anyway.

CosmeticsDesign: Skin probiotic may offer anti-acne options: Study

National Law Review: New Definition for “Postbiotics”

NutraIngredients USA: Fermented foods are ancient answer for gut health support

The Seattle Times: Here’s what you need to know about probiotics and their ability to boost immune health

NutraIngredients USA: AGA issues guidelines for probiotics for sick, at-risk populations

Cereal Foods World: The Science of Prebiotics (pdf version originally published in Cereal Foods World, Vol. 65, No. 3,  2020; Cereals & Grains Association, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.)