Lallemand Health Solutions and FrieslandCampina Ingredients have successfully advanced their established partnership on the synbiotic concept Natural PRO-Digest. Recent developments have provided comprehensive evidence supporting the synergistic benefits of pre- and probiotics, demonstrating significant positive mechanistic effects on gut health and recognised overall by real-life consumers.
The Natural PRO-Digest solution combines FrieslandCampina Ingredients prebiotic Biotis® GOS-OP High Purity and Lallemand Health Solutions probiotic B. lactis Lafti® B94 to create synergistic benefits that supports gut comfort.
Sophie Zillinger, Global Marketing Lead at FrieslandCampina Ingredients explains: “Prebiotic Biotis® GOS-OP High Purity is a high-purity galacto-oligosaccharide (GOS) which increases Bifidobacterium in the gut, promotes gut comfort and has a positive influence on occasional constipation in adults by increasing defecation frequency and easing defecation. This prebiotic also reduces gastrointestinal symptoms such as bloating, and flatulence.”
Romane Maillet, Marketing Group Manager at Lallemand Health Solutions adds: “Selected from among 40 bifidobacteria strains for its good synergy with prebiotics, probiotic B. lactis Lafti® B94 has been studied in nine clinical studies on gut health from infancy to adulthood8. It supports a healthy microbiota, reinforces gut barrier integrity, increases the production of short-chain fatty acids, and helps support abdominal comfort when experiencing occasional bloating or constipation.”
A synergistic synbiotic solution tested by over 100 consumers for gut comfort support
Simulation of the colon using SIFR® technology assessed the impact of Biotis® GOS High Purity and Lafti® B94, individually and as a synbiotic, on gut microbiota composition and activity. The synbiotic Lafti® B94 and Biotis® GOS-OP High Purity work synergistically to boost gut microbiota and promote short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) production.
A new consumer study tested the synbiotic Natural Pro-Digest for gut comfort support with 107 participants aged 18 to 65 years old. Participants dissolved one sachet containing 1.3g High-Purity Biotis® GOS and 5B Lafti® B94, per day for 28 days. They filled in self-affirmed questionnaires about their experience and gut comfort.
Easy and tasty product: 4-week consumer compliance
The study shows that on average, 85% of consumers recognised this product as easy to use and easy to integrate into their daily routine and 97% of consumers appreciated the product’s taste from the first date and it continued throughout the study.
Significant improvement in self-reported gut comfort after just 1 week and throughout the study
The study showed significant improvement in self-reported gut comfort after just one week, with continued improvement throughout the study. More than half of the consumers experienced a positive effect on gastrointestinal health after just 1 week.
In addition, significant improvement in gastrointestinal health-related quality of life were observed specifically on improvement of daily activities and enhancement of peacefulness as people were overall less worried because of their gastrointestinal symptoms.
This partnership between the leading prebiotics and probiotics companies brings the best-in-class ingredients together in a single gut focused solution for the consumers’ gut health benefits. For more information, please visit the dedicated page.
