A combination of cranberry powder and probiotic bacteria for the management of urinary tract infections (UTI) has been released by Lallemand Health Ingredients and Institut Rosell-Lallemand with guaranteed extended shelf life. Combining probiotics with cranberry poses formulation challenges, most notably ensuring the bacteria survival throughout the product shelf-life in presence of cranberry.

The survival of lactic bacteria is normally limited to a couple of months in the presence of cranberry powder, said Julie Rosenborg, business development manager at LHI.

The Cysbiotic-branded formulation is not the only product associating cranberry and probiotics, said Rosenborg, but it is the “first one to offer a guaranteed delivery of live bacteria (0.5 billion live bacteria) after 24 months storage at room temperature,” she said.

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