DuPont Nutrition and Health teamed up with a Spanish company to add a probiotic formulation targeting healthy cholesterol levels to its HOWARU line of probiotics.
A health science company is positioning for launch into the calcium bone health market after coming out top in a clinical trial that put it head-to-head with Pfizer’s Caltrate brand. Reduction of constipation side-effects were the main benefits.
Research from the University of Liverpool found that including prunes in weight may control diets and even improve weight loss. But can the dried plum get past its image problem?
A response published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine by four well-known nutrition researchers takes strident issue with an editorial published in the same journal that multivitamins are not useful. The authors of the first paper “ignored decades...
The consumer desire for transparency may have originated in the food and beverage market, but it’s becoming an increasingly key part of doing business for makers of dietary supplement and functional food, according to market research firm SPINS, which...
DuPont has won official approval for probiotic-based gut health claims based on its strains in Switzerland after working with a local retailer. The company hopes the latest victory will help unlock the process of approving probiotic health claims for...
Corey Hilmas, MD, PhD, is the latest high profile recruit to the Natural Products Association, bringing ‘an unprecedented scientific perspective and regulatory expertise’ following two years as the FDA chief of dietary supplement regulation implementation.
Botanical adulteration, like doping in sports, is a problem that can be controlled but never totally resolved, but what is being done about it? Here the world’s biggest botanical players debate their attacks on the problem.
Bread fortified with quinoa leaves increases antioxidant levels, but bioavailability is lowered because of protein-phenolic interactions (PPI), say researchers.
The gradual decrease of the ulcer-causing stomach bacteria Helicobacter pylori could be linked to the global obesity endemic, according to an international research review.
A new human study confirms for the first time that glutathione levels in the body can be effectively boosted via oral supplementation. The study,which also showed immune health effects for the antioxidant, will boost the ingredient's market profile,...
DuPont-Danisco has won official approval for probiotic-based gut health claims based on its strains in Switzerland after working with a local retailer.
“It is very old. It survived 2-3 mass extinctions on Earth.”
The increasingly busy nutra-algae space has a new player in Portuguese firm Allma which has already bagged ice cream and food concept contracts but is targeting all foods, supplements, cosmetics and feed with a premium version of chlorella.
Magic bullet syndrome is something that has plagued the dietary supplement ingredient business over the years. While this is often negative for consumers, who put their faith into an overhyped (while still possibly effective) ingredient, it’s not so good...
Supplements containing extracts from maqui berries may help manage blood sugar levels and lower insulin responses, according to data from humans and lab rats.
Reps. Joe Pitts (R-PA) and Frank Pallone (D-NJ) have introduced the Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act (DASCA) of 2014 in the US House of Representatives, serving as a companion bill to S. 2012, legislation introduced in the Senate in February.
