Future and Novel Applications

The prebiotics market in Europe is expected to reach 766.9 million Euros in 2015, with overall volumes of 204,895 tons and a compound annual growth rate of 14% according to Frost and Sullivan s Strategic Analysis of the European Human Food and Beverage Prebiotics Markets (http //www.food.frost.com). There is a growing list of candidate 

Despite advances in modem technology and increased understanding of both human and microbial genomes, a number of important questions remain. Large-scale microbiome-characterization efforts such as the Human Microbiome Project and American Gut, coupled with advances in both metagenomics and metabolomics are starting to reveal the importance and complex interactions of the gut microbiota. Both prebiotic 

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