Ahannach, Sarah https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8274-5342
Van Hoyweghen, Ine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9402-2918
Verhoeven, Veronique https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3708-6501
Lebeer, Sarah https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9400-6918
Article History
Received: 28 June 2024
Accepted: 22 October 2024
First Online: 22 November 2024
Competing interests
: S.L. is a voluntary academic board member of the International Scientific Association on Probiotics and Prebiotics (), a cofounder of Yun and a scientific advisor for Freya Biosciences. She declares research funding from Yun, BioOrg, Puratos, DSM and Lesaffre–Gnosis. None of these organizations or companies were involved in the design, communication or data analysis of the Isala study, which was the inspiration for this Perspective. This work is fully funded by university, governmental and European funding, with the largest part funded by the European Research Council StG project Lacto-Be. S.A. is a voluntary academic board member of the International Scientific Association on Probiotics and Prebiotics, Students and Fellows Association (). The remaining authors declare no competing interests.