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Development of consumer probiotics for the US market

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2019

Mary E. Sanders
Mary E. Sanders*
Affiliation:
Dairy and Food Culture Technologies, Littleton, CO 80122, USA California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407, USA
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Abstract

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Curiosity about probiotic bacteria is high. This is not surprising given the rapid growth of the natural products market in the USA, which was 22% in 1995 (New Hope Natural Media, Boulder, CO). Although probiotic cultures are only one component of that market, this trend shows that consumers in the USA are increasingly taking a pro-active stance towards their health and are purchasing products not only to eliminate what is perceived as dietary negatives but to increase the levels of dietary positives (Wrick, 1995). This shift in consumer attitude bodes well for the development of the American probiotic market. This article describes the composition, promotion and labelling of probiotic-containing products, discusses attributes of commercial probiotic bacteria, and estimates the size of the probiotic market in the USA. This market information was obtained from several published (Anon, 1996a,b)and unpublished but commercially available (SPINS Information Services, San Francisco, CA and New Hope Natural Media, Boulder, CO) sources.

Keywords

ProbioticLactobacilliFunctional foods
Type
Research Article
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 80 , supplement S2: Pre- and Probiotics: Where are We Today? , October 1998 , pp. S213 - S218
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1998

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