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Probiotics in transition: novel strategies

Daniel RamónLuis Gosálbez

subject

Consumption (economics)Natural resource economicsbusiness.industryMicrobiotaProbioticsBioengineeringBiologyBiotechnologyGenetically modified organismHealth claims on food labelsHumansLimit (mathematics)businessBiotechnology

description

Regulations regarding health claims made for probiotics demand their proven effectiveness and limit the array of microbial species regarded as safe for live consumption. Novel strategies such as moving to postbiotics and genetically modified probiotics may be necessary to increase the effectiveness of microbial products.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2015.01.006