The Probiotics Resource Centre is a dedicated knowledge hub, organised in association with the International Probiotics Association (IPA), that offers visitors the opportunity to engage fully with the sector and understand everything there is to know about probiotics in one place.
Visit this attraction to explore and discuss the key issues affecting Europe’s probiotics market; discover the latest innovation and cutting-edge probiotic technology; be the first to learn about novel applications; get inspiration for new product development; access the latest probiotics research, consumer insight and market trends; and connect with the companies that are driving the industry in 2021.
For close to 18 months, we have been challenged; both physically and mentally. The ‘microphobia’ mindset brought on by a pandemic created an array of difficult circumstances to navigate. From one perspective we needed to protect ourselves from exposure to the virus which created this fear of all microbes and the flip side to that depriving our bodies from organisms which are beneficial for overall health. Not exposing ourselves to microbes, good and bad weakens our body’s natural defences, as it forgets on how to deal with them. More than 70% of the body’s immune system is in the intestines, so digestive health is paramount. Based on hundreds of studies in humans, probiotics can be a great tool to support immunity, from helping individual cells to modulating the entire system.
In a study which IPA funded and looking at only 2 specific data bases out of the many which exist, we found over 1,600 clinical studies registered in these clinical trial registries with over 700 different areas of study and indications for probiotics.
A quick overview of this body of clinical science outlines two probiotic areas that we saw emerge from the study - the gastrointestinal tract and immunity.
More than 70% of the body’s immune system is in the intestines, so digestive health is paramount
We also took note of studies performed in areas such as the gut-brain axis, women’s health, children’s health, oral health, allergy applications and beyond. The IPA’s extension to this study ‘Part two’ will be an analysis of some of the outcomes which we saw.
With so much research and science tied to probiotics and immune support and with an increasing public looking towards prevention, the market for probiotic supplements went up globally. IPA with its data partners conducted market research updates earlier this year, and from a global scale the probiotic supplement industry grew a little over 8%. IPA numbers also saw the US which incidentally is the largest dietary supplement market for probiotics reported growth of almost 10%.
This was a big difference from previous forecasts. China surpassed Italy as the number 2 market and APAC as a region continues to grow and is now more than 50% of the entire probiotic global category.
This is but a small snippet of what our members received as information from the market data research we organized. Other areas of interest were the e-commerce and online channels.
Conservative numbers have shown continued global growth at almost 14% and probiotics sold on Amazon were the largest VMS category.
“HAVE A VOICE.”
If your company wants to join the global community of probiotic companies which make up the IPA’s membership, and help shape the IPA’s mission of promoting the safe and efficacious use of probiotics throughout the world, then visit our website to learn more on how IPA is making a difference in the probiotic world and how you and your organization can join the unified “Global Voice of Probiotics” in doing so as well.
George Paraskevakos, MBAExecutive Director - International Probiotics Association
BIOCC LLC - STAND H250J
BIOGAIA AB - STAND H250N
ENZYMEDICA INC - STAND H250K
GLAC BIOTECH CO., LTD.- STAND H250E
NUTRASOURCE - STAND H250B
SYMBIOPHARM GMBH - STAND H250A