A synergistic combination of butyric-acid-producing prebiotics and probiotics, which is used in the fields of foods, dietary supplements and drugs. Specifically, a composition containing probiotics and prebiotics, a food, dietary supplement or pharmaceutical preparation including the composition, and the use of the composition for alleviating and improving a disease or a discomfort, or reducing the occurrence of a disease or a discomfort, wherein the disease or discomfort is related to insufficient butyric acid in the intestine, or to insufficient butyric-acid-producing microorganisms in the intestine. A method for promoting Bifidobacterium lactis HNO19 to produce butyric acid, the method including using a galactooligosaccharide and lactulose as carbon sources for the cultivation of Bifidobacterium lactis HNO19, wherein the weight ratio of the galactooligosaccharide to lactulose is 1:1 to 4:1.

A method for treating metabolic disorders in non-infant includes administering to an obese non-infant human during a treatment period an effective amount of a mixture of two or more synthetic neutral human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) selected from 2′-fucosyllactose (2′FL), 3-fucosyllactose (3-FL), difucosyllactose (DFL), lacto-N-fucopentaose I (LNFP-I), lacto-N-tetraose (LNT), and lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT), and optionally one or more excipients. The method further includes increasing in the gastrointestinal microbiota of the non-infant human during the treatment period, the relative abundance of Bifidobacterium adolescentis and reducing in the non-infant human during the treatment period, a precursor condition for a metabolic disorder associated with development of one or more of obesity-induced pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes, the precursor condition selected from gut permeability, metabolic endotoxemia, low-grade metabolic inflammation, and body fat percentage.

A method for treating metabolic disorders in non-infant includes administering to an obese non-infant human during a treatment period an effective amount of a mixture of two or more synthetic neutral human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) selected from 2′-fucosyllactose (2′FL), 3-fucosyllactose (3-FL), difucosyllactose (DFL), lacto-N-fucopentaose I (LNFP-I), lacto-N-tetraose (LNT), and lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT), and optionally one or more excipients. The method further includes increasing in the gastrointestinal microbiota of the non-infant human during the treatment period, the relative abundance of Bifidobacterium adolescentis and reducing in the non-infant human during the treatment period, a precursor condition for a metabolic disorder associated with development of one or more of obesity-induced pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes, the precursor condition selected from gut permeability, metabolic endotoxemia, low-grade metabolic inflammation, and body fat percentage.

A method and composition including an effective amount of one or more synthetic neutral HMOs are disclosed for modulating the microbiota in the gastro-intestinal tracts of non-infant humans who are carriers of the human fucosyltransferase 2 (FUT2) genetic mutation and for improving one or more gastrointestinal conditions.

A method and composition including an effective amount of one or more synthetic neutral HMOs are disclosed for modulating the microbiota in the gastro-intestinal tracts of non-infant humans who are carriers of the human fucosyltransferase 2 (FUT2) genetic mutation and for improving one or more gastrointestinal conditions.

Nutritional supplements and methods of nutritional supplementation that affect focus and mental performance while supporting mood in subjects, including children, are provided. The supplements and methods of supplementation improve focus and/or mental performance by supporting both brain and gut health. In some instances, the nutritional supplements and methods of nutritional supplementation described affect both mood and focus in children simultaneously.

Nutritional supplements and methods of nutritional supplementation that affect focus and mental performance while supporting mood in subjects, including children, are provided. The supplements and methods of supplementation improve focus and/or mental performance by supporting both brain and gut health. In some instances, the nutritional supplements and methods of nutritional supplementation described affect both mood and focus in children simultaneously.

Compositions comprising microbiome regulators are provided, as well as methods of using the same for the modulation of the human microbiota and to treat or prevent related diseases, disorders, or conditions.

Compositions comprising microbiome regulators are provided, as well as methods of using the same for the modulation of the human microbiota and to treat or prevent related diseases, disorders, or conditions.

The present invention relates to a method for drying human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs). More specifically, the present invention is related to a method of roller drying or drum drying of human milk oligosaccharides in a simple and economical way.