Cosmax tech boosts probiotic intestinal survival rate “1000 times” compared to freeze-dried strains
14 Jun 2022 --- Cosmax Nbt is unveiling its latest commercialized technology Zeta Probiotics, which purports to increase probiotics intestinal survival rate and adhesion ability.
Zeta Probiotics – a technology that restores surface changes and cell walls of damaged probiotics in lactic acid bacteria caused by freeze-drying processes and increasing the survival rate of the probiotics by 1000 times compared to freeze-dried techniques, the company says.
Probiotics need a high rate of adhesion ability and survival to function as immune control in the intestines. The company states that “the dietary supplement industry regards probiotics reactivation technology as the key to increasing a survival rate.”
The new technology aims to provide a higher survival rate for lactic acid bacteria in probiotics.Probiotic innovation
The product shows a “66.7% increase of intestinal adhesion” in probiotics’ intestinal survival rate and adhesion ability. The high survival rate refers to the probiotic when passing the gastrointestinal tract.
“Normally, probiotic products are distributed in freeze-dried conditions to increase the expiry date. Probiotics damage the cell walls during freeze-drying. For this reason, consumers are taking probiotics which lower the vitality and survival rate,” the company argues.
Freeze-drying is a commonly used technique when it comes to manufacturing probiotics. When producing the dry powders, the probiotics are exposed to freezing temperatures and dehydration, which prevents the supplements from deteriorating over time.
Like probiotics, Zeta Probiotics technology aims to provide a state of freeze-dried lactic acid bacteria as consumers receive from probiotics, but through technology. Adding water with reactivation substances to probiotics compared to the freeze-dried strains.
Prospects for industry
The COVID-19 pandemic raised interest in gut microbiome due to overall health aspects.
After the COVID-19 pandemic consumer interest in probiotics has risen due to increased health awareness. “In the health functional food market, probiotics are showing a rapid increase every year,” says Yoon Won-il, CEO of Cosmax Nbt.
Studies have shown 50% of consumers have a high understanding of the gut microbiome – microbes, bacterias and fungi in the gut controlling digestion. Overall, consumers recognize gut health and the digestion system as crucial for the immune system and overall health.
Previously, researchers have claimed that prebiotics may overtake probiotics in the market due to their preventive rather than solution-oriented effect. Probiotics are beneficial for the gut when the issue of what bacteria is lacking has been identified. In comparison, prebiotics create a healthy environment for all bacteria to grow as it is “non-specific.”
Edited by Beatrice Wihlander
