A step ahead for TWK10® Produced by Synbiotech (Taiwan) and distributed under license by the Lonza Group on the North American market, TWK10® is a strain of Lactobacillus plantarum isolated from naturally fermented kimchi. Its originality? It is the first probiotic to have shown a positive effect on the endurance of athletes... Vaughn DuBow, Product Manager, Capsules & Health Ingredients, at Lonza, reveals all its potential. Actif’s Mag: Lonza is launching a new ingredient for options, capsules as a delivery form work well for the TWK10® sports nutrition, TWK10®. Why was it important for ingredient. With proven benefits at just 30 billion CFU or a Lonza to distribute a probiotic for sports nutrition? And small 100 mg dose, it’s the perfect way to meet consumers’ this one in particular? functional and value-driven needs. And finally, the TWK10® Vaughn DuBow: As a customer-centric company, what’s ingredient is the perfect use case for designed release and always important for us is to address our customers’ needs. capsule-in-capsule delivery technologies. By using capsule In this instance, we were seeing a gap in the sports nutri- technology like acid-resistant DRcaps® or liquid-filled cap- tion market. Consumers are actively looking for science- sule-in-capsule technology, the powerful benefits of the backed solutions to support their exercise endurance and TWK10® ingredient can be delivered right past the harsh aci- they’re increasingly looking for more and more natural so- dic environment of the stomach straight to the gut where it lutions. Unlike lab-synthesized Beta-Alanine or non-natu- can survive and thrive. rally occurring options, TWK10® sports ingredient, original- ly sourced from Taiwanese kimchi, is the obvious choice for Actif’s Mag: Few probiotics are described for their any health-conscious athlete. mood and antistress activities. Could they be added to TWK10® sports ingredient is the perfect solution to the your portfolio ? consumer need for more natural sports nutrition solutions Vaughn DuBow: There’s no limit to the potential benefits and hitting the continually trending market of probiotics. of probiotics, and the science is expanding to show impact in TWK10® sports ingredient is the first probiotic clinically pro- sought-after benefit categories like mood and stress. Science ven to increase exercise endurance by up to 75%, reduce fa- is still growing in this space, and the majority of these strains tigue, and improve athletic performance while being non- are still in their infancy in terms of proven efficacy. We are GMO, vegan friendly, and effective with only a small 100mg excited to continue to watch this space and see how the dose (see note). science unfolds to explore how they could play within our portfolio. • Actif’s Mag: What claims and/or keywords could be used by your customers with this probiotic? Huang, W. C., Hsu, Y. J., Li, H., Kan, N. W., Chen, Y. M., Lin, J. S., Hsu, T. K., Tsai, Vaughn DuBow: TWK10® sports probiotic provides nutra- T. Y., Chiu, Y. S., & Huang, C. C. (2018). Effect of Lactobacillus Plantarum TWK10 ceutical innovators in the USA (where it’s already been re- on Improving Endurance Performance in Humans. The Chinese journal of leased) with some extremely powerful claims, such as its physiology, 61(3), 163–170. ability to increase exercise endurance by up to 75%. As the TWK10® ingredient begins to expand, it will continue to en- Comments collected by Philippe Millet able athletes to run farther, last longer, perform better, and improve their body composition by losing more fat and gai- ning more muscle. « There’s no limit to the potential benefits Actif’s Mag: What kind of applications and/or solutions of probiotics, and the science is expanding has Lonza developed for this probiotic in sports to show impact in sought-after benefit nutrition? categories like mood and stress» Vaughn DuBow: Our TWK10® product is not only unique in its proven athletic benefits and clean label attributes, but Vaughn DuBow also in its flexibility to be used across a wide range of appli- Product Manager - Lonza cations. For convenience in consumer dosing, ease of swal- lowability, and a wide range of vegan/vegetarian polymer stneidergnI — stneidérgnI- 29 -