SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has lent credence to the notion that probiotics, including lactic acid bacteria that produce useful effects in the human body, have the potential to cure inflammatory allergic skin diseases. A joint research team of scientists from Yonsei University and the Pohang University of Science and Technology [...]
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Sun Genomics, the direct-to-consumer custom probiotics and gut health company, announced today the close of $9.25 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Pangaea Ventures with new investments from Orion Fund, managed by K3 Ventures, and Emerging Technologies Partners. Additional investors include Danone Manifesto Ventures, SOSV, Human Longevity, and Nascita Ventures. “Among the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean food authorities have announced that probiotics extracted from traditional South Korean food can help prevent diabetes complications. The Korea Food Research Institute made the announcement on Tuesday along with an update on its research into the commercialization of diabetes complication-preventing probiotics, which are extracted from traditional Korean food [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – A team of scientists from the Korea Food Research Institute found doenjang, a traditional Korean fermented sauce made from soybeans, to contain lactobacillus that can help boost the immune system. According to the team, lactobacillus is most effective when it’s consumed in viable form, often leading to high costs [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Lotte Confectionery Co., the largest confectionery manufacturer in South Korea, revealed on July 20 two new chocolate products made with lactic acid bacteria (LAB) strains obtained from kimchi – the first commercialization of such a product in the food industry. Since the successful launch of a lactobacillus-containing snack called Yo-Hi [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Increased consumer awareness about health is boosting the health functional food industry, and is now pushing the food industry to set its sights on probiotics. Probiotics are showing noticeable growth among health functional foods, and since the domestic market is still in its nascent stage, competition to take the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Probiotic foods are leading the functional health food market as South Korea society is rapidly aging. On August 6, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) announced that the total output of functional health foods last year amounted to 1,482 billion won, up 5 percent compared with 2012. The [...]
Selangor, Malaysia, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) – In a study published in the Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, the research team reported that all three strains – which belong to the species Lactobacillus salivarius - would probably be able to survive and colonize the gastrointestinal (GI) tract of chickens: they exhibited good tolerance to acid, bile [...]