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Synbiotics in the mainstream? Danone boosts Activia Probiotic Dailies line with prebiotic fibers

Danone is adding two new flavors to it’s popular Activia Probiotic Dailies line, launched last year in the US; this time fortified with prebiotic fibers. Served up in a convenient “daily shot” format, the yogurt-based dose promises to deliver billions of live and active probiotics, and on-trend flavors: Lemon & Ginger and Honey & Ginger. […]

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Study Finds Shortcomings in Reported Safety Data for Probiotics

A review found harms-related data for probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics were not sufficiently reported. A new review published in the Annals of Internal Medicine sought to examine how harms-related information was reported in publications of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) for probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics, and found correlating data to be significantly lacking.  Researched utilized RCTS […]