Personalised nutrition is taking off globally, and consumers are increasingly interested in tailoring their health and nutrition to their own genetics, biomarkers and diagnosed conditions. As science advances and understanding of individual microbiomes improves, an interesting new opportunity for personalised probiotics develops.

Charlotte Bastiaanse, associate editor at Vitafoods Insights, talks to Leong Jia Yan, nutritionist at Aqurate Ingredients, about the current science behind individual gut environments paving the way for personalised probiotics. An increased understanding of how digestive health impacts overall wellbeing and especially cognitive health will drive further demand for clinical research and studies that strengthen claims pertaining to the gut-brain axis.