PharmaBiome and Roquette develop new dietary fibres

PharmaBiome and Roquette are working together on the development of customised dietary fibres. These are intended to ensure optimal interaction with the intestinal flora and thus contribute to a healthy diet.

PharmaBiome, a biotechnology company based in Schlierem, Switzerland, is collaborating with Roquette, a French food specialist based in Lestrem, to develop new dietary fibres. According to a media release, this partnership aims to develop novel nutritional and health ingredients that act in the gut microbiota or intestinal flora and thus contribute to a healthy diet. The two companies have already been working together since 2017.

PharmaBiome's proprietary microbiome technology, NicheMap, for the production of innovative prebiotic solutions will use soluble dietary fibres produced by Roquette. Roquette has been working on the Nutriose range of soluble dietary fibres for several years. They help to selectively change the gut microbiota towards a healthier composition.

"This project with PharmaBiome will allow Roquette to offer new microbiome-tailored dietary fibres with scientifically proven health benefits," Laetitia Guérin-Deremaux, head of research and development at Roquette, is quoted as saying. Dr Tomas de Wouters, CEO of PharmaBiome, calls the joint project an important milestone in the long-standing collaboration with Roquette, "where we have made the leap from understanding the effect of fibres to developing and optimising fibre products". gba/Café Europe

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