Improve resistance
See if your products have the potential to carry a health claim on gut health or immune defense.
Together with a NIZO expert, you will test one of the following benefits for your ingredient:
- Bactericidal or pathogen binding properties of your product (inactivate foodborne pathogen)
- Stimulation of gut microbiota or binding of lytic factors in the gut (strengthen gut barrier integrity)
Deliverables:
- Know whether your ingredient or product can improve immune defense by inactivating common foodborne pathogens or strengthening gut barrier integrity.
- At the end of the day we will discuss your options for further health claim substantiation.
Prepare your visit by filling in the form (button [Start now]). Your host will contact you to agree with you on the program of the day.
Want something more?
If the Quick scan doesn't meet your needs, we can offer you a Full scan.
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Full scan expert
Sandra ten Bruggencate
Product manager Gut Health, Immune Defense, Biomarkers & Randomised controlles trials
The path to an EFSA-approved health claim
The results of the quick scan give you a first indication of the potential of your product to improve immune defense and what mechanism might be involved. In follow-up studies we can use our in-vivo models to determine whether your product increases resistance to common foodborne infections.
To take the next level in health claim substantiation, NIZO offers a unique travellers diarrhea model to verify the obtained results in humans!
Deliverables:
You will know whether your product strengthens immune defense in-vivo. Example biomarkers include:
- Basic infection parameters (growth, food intake, diarrhea)
- Pathogen survival and invasiveness (fecal and organ pathogen counts)
- Immune function (antibodies and cytokines)
To take the next level in health claim substantiation, NIZO offers a unique travellers diarrhea model to verify the obtained results in humans.
