National Farmers and Ganeden Biotech are working together to increase awareness of the health benefits and the availability of probiotic-enhanced milk to processors.
The probiotics in milk delivers more active cultures more effectively than yogurts, for only pennies a day.
In it’s research, Cornell University reported that probiotics in general improve the health of the gastrointestinal tract, reduce the symptoms of lactose intolerance, help in the treatment of diarrhea, inflammatory bowel disease, and irritable bowel syndrome, and can help prevent colon cancer.
The Joint Food and Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization defines probiotics as “live microorganisms which, when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit on the host.
National Farmers, a marketing and price negotiation organization for the nation’s farmers has teamed up with Ganeden Biotech, Inc.
Ganeden makes the patented probiotic strain GanedenBC30.
Both groups will work to educate processors on the health benefits of probiotic enhanced milk and enter into agreements with them in the new functional foods category.
Fast Fact
The bacterial strain in GanedenBC30, Bacilus coagulans, has a 50-plus year history of safe use.
