The need for prebiotics — as well as probiotics and postbiotics — continues to grow in the dairy marketplace.

Springfield Creamery, the maker of Nancy’s Probiotic Foods, unveiled a first-ever line of Organic Whole Milk Yogurt Pouches that will exclusively be available at Whole Foods Market before expanding to other retailers, the Eugene, Ore.-based company says.

Danone North America announced the recipients of the 2022-2023 Annual Gut Microbiome, Yogurt and Probiotic Fellowship Program. Madison Adamthwaite of Harvard University and Nam Than of The University of Texas at Austin have been awarded $25,000 each to conduct research to help further the understanding of the gut microbiome, yogurt and probiotics.

Higher diversity is the hallmark of a healthy gut microbiome.