All news articles for November 2011

Nano-resveratrol may boost gut absorption: Study

Nano-resveratrol may boost gut absorption: Study

By Stephen Daniells

Nano-scale emulsions may protect resveratrol from being metabolized in the gut and enhance the absorption of the compound in the intestine, suggests new research.

CSPI calls for St John’s Wort warning labels

CSPI calls for St John’s Wort warning labels

By Stephen Daniells

Supplements containing St John’s wort should carry warning labels because of potential interactions with drugs and OTC products, says the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI).

Multivitamins may boost memory: RCT data

Multivitamins may boost memory: RCT data

By Stephen Daniells

A daily multivitamin and mineral supplement with added herbal ingredients may boost memory in older women, but no effects were seen for other mental processes, suggest data from a randomized controlled trial from Australia.

Weight Management 2011: Diet is out, zero is in …

Weight Management 2011: Diet is out, zero is in …

By Elaine Watson

The number of new products launched in the US market featuring the term ‘diet’ in the brand or product name has plummeted in the last five years as weight conscious shoppers seek out more positive messages, according to market researchers.

Reformulating for weight management success: Panel Discussion

Reformulating for weight management success: Panel Discussion

As the world takes a long, hard look at waistlines and decides to do something about them, the food and beverage industry is under pressure to slash the fat and sugar content in products, and provide accessible information about what’s in a pack. This...

Are weight management claims properly regulated? Find out on Wednesday...

Which weight management ingredients really work?

By Elaine Watson

Is the weight management supplements market properly regulated? Was satiety a flash in the pan? Where does the truth really lie on hoodia? Which hunger-busting ingredients really work?

ProCaps Laboratories: 'We have been offering our encapsulated non-esterified phytosterol product for over seven years'

ProCaps Laboratories: FDA is wrong about free phytosterols

By Elaine Watson

Supplement maker ProCaps Laboratories has weighed into the row over whether dietary supplements containing ‘free’ non-esterified phytosterols should be allowed to make coronary heart disease risk reduction claims.

Salmon: Reduce your lead times

Welcome to the GastroLab: IFN introduces the model gut

By Elaine Watson

A model gut designed to help manufacturers more rapidly determine which ingredients will survive the rigors of the digestive tract before spending a fortune on clinical tests has been launched by product development firm International Food Network (IFN).

Nonprofits join forces to tackle botanical adulteration

Nonprofits join forces to tackle botanical adulteration

By Elaine Watson

Three leading not-for-profit organizations have joined forces to create an education program to help the dietary supplements trade wise up to the tricks used by unscrupulous suppliers to adulterate botanicals.

Squid: High in DHA, the omega-3 fatty acid associated with brain development and eye health

Squid gains traction in omega-3 market

By Elaine Watson

The Norwegian entrepreneurs behind Pharma Marine - a new business set up to commercialize long chain omega-3s from the trimmings of food-grade calamari - have struck deals with a clutch of leading players in the US supplements industry just two years...

An 8oz glass of Californian mandarin orange juice may contain up to 35 mg of p-synephrine (USDA). A sweet orange typically contains 6 mg p-synephrine.

Health Canada eases guidelines on p-synephrine from bitter orange

By Stephen Daniells

Guidelines for us of p-synephrine, the predominant alkaloid in bitter orange, has been redefined by Health Canada, with 1 to 50 mg per day of the compound now classified as not ‘likely to cause any adverse health consequences’.

The new Herbalife24 sports nutrition range is helping the firm attract a new breed of customers and distributors

Herbalife boss: We are the original social network…

By Elaine Watson

Direct sales nutritional supplement giant Herbalife is rolling out iChange - a new social networking tool to improve compliance with weight loss and other nutritional regimes - across a broader test region this year in a bid to get even closer to its...

Martek is star performer in DSM's nutrition division in Q3

Martek is star performer in DSM's nutrition division in Q3

By Elaine Watson

Martek “clearly exceeded expectations” in the third quarter for new owner DSM within a nutrition division that continued to deliver “robust” results despite the negative impact of currency translation.

Special Edition: SupplySide West

Special Edition: SupplySide West

By Stephen Daniells

NDI draft guidance, market opportunities, adulteration, a perceived lack of innovation, and the specter of ‘dry labbing’ all got people talking at this year’s SupplySide West show in Las Vegas.

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