Expert panel calls for increased transparency so consumers can identify quality probiotics

(International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics) Probiotics are increasingly being researched and marketed as functional ingredients to enhance health. With the aim of bringing consumers certainty about what's in their probiotic product, an expert opinion paper was recently published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology that provides recommendations to the probiotics industry on standards and ways to communicate quality to end-users.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news