Women Empowerment in Nutraceuticals! The IPA, in partnership with Women In Nutraceuticals (WIN), proudly presents the “Women of Wisdom” leadership podcasts. IPA acknowledges and values the significant roles women play in the probiotic, prebiotic, synbiotic, and postbiotic industry. This episode features IPA President Amy Smith. Join us as she shares career insights, wisdom, and advice, including recommendations for […]
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IPA and WIN Collaborate to Empower Women in the Probiotics Industry
The International Probiotics Association (IPA) and Women In Nutraceuticals (WIN) have announced a collaboration to highlight the contributions of women in leadership, business, and research across the probiotics industry. As part of their collaboration, IPA and WIN will feature astute podcast interviews with women in leadership roles within IPA and IPA member companies. These interviews […]
IPA ProbioCast: Expand your knowledge about synbiotics.
In this episode, the IPA’s Sandra Saville questions Dr.Huktins on synbiotics. Dr.Hutkins defines and explains the different types of synbiotics. He also fills listeners in on the history of how the definition of synbiotics came be. Dr. Bob Huktins Bob Hutkins is Cofounder of Synbiotic Health, and the Khem Shahani Distinguished Professor of Food Science, […]
Join the Movement!
IPA looks to expand probiotic success to new “biotics” categories Following last month’s Probiota meeting in Barcelona Spain, the International Probiotics Association (IPA) announced a new and expanded scope to include Prebiotics, Postbiotics, and Synbiotics. (find out more here) IPA’s expanded scope consolidates microbiome-modulating “biotics” categories under one umbrella organization. The association looks to attract new members […]
Probiotic Short Chain Fatty Acid Production and Colon Cancer
The colon microbiota is an important player in the development of colorectal cancer (CRC), which caused 935,000 deaths in 2020 (the second most deadly cancer worldwide). During carcinogenesis, the colon microbiota composition changes from a normal profile to dysbiosis, interfering with the production of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), which have anti-cancer effects. In addition […]
IPA Expands Scope to Include Prebiotics, Postbiotics and Synbiotics
Alongside Probiotics, we will now look after Postbiotics, Prebiotics and Synbiotics. The International Probiotics Association (IPA) announces a major expansion of its scope toinclude the “biotics” categories of prebiotics, postbiotics, and synbiotics within the human, infant,and companion animal segments of food and dietary supplements. The IPA Board of Directors voted to expand the association’s scope […]