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How to scientifically and regulatory validate a probiotic or postbiotic Strain (EFSA, FDA)?
What are the requirements for marketing a probiotic or postbiotic strain? Developing supplements or functional foods containing a biotic strain involves much more than simply demonstrating their effectiveness. This process is essential for obtaining regulatory approvals from authorities such as the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) :
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From prebiotic to LBP: Measuring functional effects in the gut microbiome
An imbalanced microbiome is not only characterized by a lack of diversity or abundance of species. What truly matters are the functions expressed:
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How to prove the efficacy of a probiotic or postbiotic using genomics?
Biotics — whether prebiotics, probiotics, or postbiotics — are at the core of nutritional and therapeutic strategies aimed at preserving or restoring gut microbiota balance. However, with increasing regulatory requirements (EFSA, FDA) and growing market competition, it is crucial to demonstrate their efficacy through robust scientific evidence.
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Microbial communities
Consisting in bacteria, archaea, protists, fungi and/or viruses previously unknown, microbial or microbial communities are now recognized as key actors in the proper functioning of our organism and our environment. Since 2008, GenoScreen has a particular focus on the study of these microbial communities and its R&D team has developed, optimized and standardized various methodologies mandatory for their study (Metabiote®, WHORMSS® etc), starting with the extraction of gDNA adapted to different samples of human/animal microbiotes (faeces, skin samples, oral, sputum, intestinal biopsies etc.) or environmental microbiotes (agricultural/polluted soils, rhizospheres, filtered air etc.) to the final metadata analysis.