Probiotics manufacturer Ganeden has announced a new collaboration with Georgia Nut, one of North America’s largest contract snacks and confectionery manufacturers, in the development of new probiotics products.
In a press release, the two companies said they were well positioned to take advantage of the growing healthy snacks trend. It claimed that sales of snack foods increased by nearly 30% between 2007 and 2012, adding that perceptions and attitudes towards snacking had changed significantly.
“Global consumers spent $374bn annually on snack foods between 2013 and 2014”, with year-on-year sector growth of 2%, it added.
Ganeden sales director Joe Bradley said: “We are thrilled to embark on this journey with Georgia Nut. With a shared commitment to innovative product development, Georgia Nut and Ganeden will be working together by leveraging the processing and packaging capability of Georgia Nut, and the significant probiotic expertise of Ganeden, to create fresh, on-trend probiotic product concepts by means of novel delivery systems.”
Kurt Thorsen, vice president of sales and marketing at Georgia Nut, said: “Georgia Nut is truly excited to unite with such a preeminent player in the probiotics industry. We see this alignment as a real value to the industry and our mutual customer base as we collaborate to create innovative, delicious and functional snacks and confections.”
Ganeden is one of North America’s leading probiotic research and product development companies, with an extensive library of published studies and more than 100 patents for probiotic technologies across the food and beverage industries.
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