The project is making no secret of its desire to provide data that can win health claims under the EU’s uber-strict new system that has blanket-rejected all probiotic health clailms.
“This research has great potential for local businesses because it will help to identify an effective probiotics delivery method and should provide substantiated evidence that probiotics are effectively delivered to the gut, which will mean that manufacturers can use this information to substantiate claims on their packaging and marketing material,” said Food and Drink iNet director Richard Worrall.
“Ultimately it may help manufacturers to add probiotics to a range of different products, which could help to improve the nation’s gut health.”
Commercial interest
The project is seeking commercial partners, which can, “add value to the project by producing food products which contain probiotics for testing via the developed device.”
“Once the initial part of the research has been carried out, a number of small and medium-sized businesses in the East Midlands will be invited to trial the use of probiotics in their products,” said Worrall.
Food and Drink iNet is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
