A holistic approach on probiotics in the EU for informed consumers and a sustainable food industry The European probiotic sector needs to become again the driving force for innovative products that add value to human wellbeing, and to contribute to the growth of the European economy. The “Manifesto for the probiotic food and food supplements ...
For IPA Europe, creating a favourable environment for probiotics, with clear information on the label, will benefit EU citizens and contribute to cost savings at a societal level. We welcome the objective of improving the information on food In the EC “Farm to Fork” strategy. There is growing evidence supporting the use of probiotics in prevention. ...
On April 3rd 2020, IPA Europe President Esben Laulund, in the video statement is calling for “a viable probiotic industry” in the European Union. In fact, most of European consumers know what probiotics are, and they are looking for it, but they can find only the products from outside Europe that are offered on e-commerce. ...
On March 17th 2020, the second edition of the Gut Health Summit will take place in Brussels (Belgium). The market situation for Pre- and Probiotics is drastically changing worldwide. The growing knowledge and understanding of the gut microbiome creates many new opportunities. At the same time, Pre- and Probiotics are confronted with legislative restrictions and ...
On 18th February, Rosanna Pecere, Executive Director of IPA Europe, attended the event “Healthier citizens and a stronger economy in the EU”, organised by EHPM in the European Parliament, hosted by Belgian MEP Pascal Arimont and Italian MEP Simona Bonafè. After the keynote speech of the MEP Pascal Arimont (EPP; Belgium), Ms Livia Menichetti, EHPM’s ...
On 18 January 2019, IPA Europe met with the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in Parma, Italy, for a scientific discussion. This enabled IPA Europe scientific experts to gain a better understanding of the EFSA role and remit, particularly with regard to scientific substantiation of health claims made on food. A debate also took place ...
On Monday 9th September 2019, Esbend Laulund, President IPA Europe, opened the session “THE GLOBAL VOICE OF PROBIOTICS IPA/IPA EUROPE SESSION: How to define a comprehensive approach for the definition of the probiotic category (nutrition relevance and scientific requirements)”. With the help of the experts, we gathered to discuss issues pertaining to the interplay between ...
The International Scientific Association of Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP), immediately reacted to the recent papers by Zmora, et al and Suez, et al, with scientific arguments to counter the inaccurate information on probiotics: Hundreds of human trials have demonstrated clinical benefits of probiotics and several evidence-based recommendations have been issued by medical organizations. This irresponsible ...
It is regrettable that, although the authors themselves state that the microbiota is influenced by very many factors and is extremely diverse, their ‘study group” consists of only 8 people, which is too small to be able to reliably evaluate so many parameters or to draw any far-reaching conclusions. Read the Press Release ...
With regard to a publication alleging a link between ‘brain fogginess’ and probiotics use, IPA Europe cautions that scientists and clinical researchers – both academic and from industry – must remain diligent in their assessment and reporting of safety concerns that may arise from probiotics use and in science communication to non-expert audiences. Read ...