Description

This Industrial Bioprocessing Alert features innovations that enable the use of probiotics in nutraceuticals. This corresponds to the current market interest in probiotics as a nutraceutical ingredient, especially in functional foods. The innovations profiled in this Alert feature probiotics microencapsulation technology, highly stable strains, probiotic controlled-release technology, and an optimized probiotic production system.

The Industrial Bioprocessing Alert provides intelligence on technologies, processes and strategic insights of industries involving bioprocessing, including innovations in the development and production of chemicals, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, alternative fuels, chemical feedstocks, food and beverages, and consumer products.

The Materials and Coatings cluster tracks research & innovation trends and developments across specialty chemicals, plastics, polymers, chemicals, bio-chemicals, metals, coatings, thinfilms, surface treatments, composites, alloys, oil and gas, fuel additives, fibers and several other related technologies and its impact and application across industries.

Keywords: Probiotics, nutraceuticals, microencapsulation