For the fourth consecutive year, digestive health is the top trend in the health and nutrition segment, said Gregory Leyer, global business development director of consumer healthcare for Danisco, now a part of Wilmington, Del.-based DuPont, during the Pre & Probiotics 2012 Virtual Conference on Feb. 1.
Leyer also noted that about half of U.S. households are currently managing some type of digestive health issue. Ten to 20 percent of adults worldwide suffer from intestinal functional disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and nearly 40 percent of older adults have one or more digestive disorders, he said.