Clasado
| Prebiotic manufacturers | |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | Jersey, Channel Islands UK |
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Key people
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CEO Graham Waters |
| Website | http://www.clasado.com/ |
Clasado BioSciences is an international biotechnology company based in Jersey, UK. Clasado BioSciences specializes in research and development of world’s most advanced Galactooligosaccharide (GOS) products. Clasado provides solutions for Food, Healthcare and Pharmaceutical companies across the global wellness market.
Clasado are continually developing galacto-oligosaccharide (GOS) technology through a programme of research and innovation. Their solutions are clinically proven. Clasado are rapidly establishing themselves as the leading experts in the field of gut mediated wellness. Clasado Biosciences is currently working on developing and substantiating the health benefits of dietary ingredients for the prevention management, and treatment of human disease. Bimuno® is Clasado’s patented 2nd generation Prebiotic (nutrition) (B-GOS). A number of in vitro models, animal models and human intervention studies in healthy, overweight and ageing populations have confirmed the efficacy of Bimuno® to positively modulate the colonic Microbiota.
Second Generation Prebiotics
Bifidobacteria represent one of the most numerous Probiotic groups found in the Digestive tract. Using glycobiotechnology and taking the physiological properties of bifidobacteria into consideration, Clasado has used enzymes from B. bifidum NCIMB 41171 to develop second generation prebiotic Oligosaccharides. Unlike other forms of prebiotics, second generation prebiotics have been developed with specific functional properties that are efficient at stimulating bifidobacteria at Genus level.
Partnership with the University of Reading, UK
The concept of prebiotics was first described by Glenn Gibson, (then at the Institute of Food Research, Reading) and Marcel Roberfroid (at the Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium) in 1995. Clasado approached Professor Glenn Gibson, at the University of Reading where, using a laboratory model of the human gut and In vivo studies, they researched Substrates for ‘positive bacteria’ of the gut. Together they created a new prebiotic product which was subjected to a rigorous series of scientific tests, trials and studies, including human studies in collaboration with the University of Reading’s Agriculture Department. The research has facilitated collaborations with other leading researchers and institutions. Clasado has sponsored the career progression of several postdoctoral scientists and PhD students.
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