The Next Food Fad Is Coming: Feed Your Microbiome

In the coming years, we may find miles and miles of food aisles with products that promote our microbiome.
The Next Food Fad Is Coming: Feed Your Microbiome
A woman shops for yogurt, a food commonly associated with good gut bacteria known as probiotics. Olga Maltseva/AFP/Getty Images
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The food industry may be sitting on its next product goldmine—and most of us probably haven’t heard about it yet.

Microbiologists employed by the world’s largest food companies are still busy working on the research and development (R&D), so we can only guess what some of these new product creations will look like. What we do know is that there are going to be many, many.

“In the coming years, you will be hard-pressed not to find miles and miles of food aisles with products that promote our microbiome,” said Jeff Leach, founder of the Human Food Project, and a pioneer in the rapidly advancing field of research involving the human microbiome.

Jeff Leach, founder of the Human Food Project. (Courtesy of Jeff Leach)
Jeff Leach, founder of the Human Food Project. Courtesy of Jeff Leach
Andrea Hayley
Andrea Hayley
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Reporting on the business of food, food tech, and Silicon Alley, I studied the Humanities as an undergraduate, and obtained a Master of Arts in business journalism from Columbia University. I love covering the people, and the passion, that animates innovation in America. Email me at andrea dot hayley at epochtimes.com
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