The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has rejected three article 13.5 probiotic and prebiotic health claims and one article 14 claim linking prebiotics with a range of benefits from immunity to diarrhoea for failing to demonstrate causality.
EFSA’s Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (NDA) rejected one emerging science, article 13.5 claim from Sunstar Suisse [...]

According to FAO/WHO probiotics are “Live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host”.
Yes, microorganisms do not always hurt people. Some microorganisms defense our buddy against pathogens. Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are the most common bacteria that are used as probiotics. Most common strains are Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium and [...]