All news articles for January 2018

Popular diets could create opportunity for fiber ingredients

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Popular diets could create opportunity for fiber ingredients

By Hank Schultz

The explosion of new diet plans that demonize carbohydrates offer a unique opportunity for fiber ingredients that can be added to foods or be offered as standalone dietary ingredients.

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Confusion abounds for adaptogens, says expert

By Stephen Daniells

Industry and consumer interest in adaptogens is on the rise, but the list of actual adaptogens may be a lot smaller than many think, says a leading expert.

Start-up Birdnip launches nootropic supplement… for dogs

Start-up Birdnip launches nootropic supplement… for dogs

By Adi Menayang

With powdered Bacopa monneri, Rhodiola rosea, shiitake mushroom, kelp, carrot and beet, start-up Birdnip wants to improve cognitive function in dogs with its debut product Nootrodog. But will a nootropic supplement for our four-legged friends have legs?

Start-up Alcyon Health wants to fill gap in reproductive health space

Alcyon Health co-founder: ‘We want to be mass, we want to have national distribution’

Start-up Alcyon Health wants to fill gap in reproductive health space

By Adi Menayang

With stark branding design and claims printed boldly on its minimalist packages, co-founder of Ohio-based startup Alcyon Health believes his company is filling in a gap in the reproductive health supplement category.

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Depression: A new role for probiotics in nutritional psychiatry?

By Tim Cutcliffe

The possibility that probiotics could be a new tool in fighting depression is gaining increasing attention in nutritional psychiatry, says Caroline Wallace ahead of her talk at the IPA World Congress + Probiota 2018 next month.

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"This study provides new insight on the potential contribution of adequate iodine intake to fertility"

NIH study finds link between iodine levels and pregnancy chances

By Adi Menayang

Iodine deficiency may reduce pregnancy chances, according to a recently published study by National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers, who crunched data from 501 US couples planning pregnancy between 2005 and 2009.

Usana signs on as ‘official supplement supplier’ of USA Nordic athletes

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Usana signs on as ‘official supplement supplier’ of USA Nordic athletes

By Adi Menayang

Multi-level marketing company Usana announced that it landed a deal with USA Nordic, an organization representing US athletes in ski jumping and Nordic Combine, as its official supplement supplier—in time for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South...

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Will 2018 be the year that low FODMAP diets explode?

By Stephen Daniells

The US market for low FODMAP foods aimed at helping IBS sufferers is still small and consumer awareness is low, but companies large and small are targeting a category that could be bigger than gluten-free.

Ismail to step down as GOED leader

Ismail to step down as GOED leader

By Hank Schultz

After more than 10 years guiding the most successful organization of its type within the supplements industry, Adam Ismail has announced he will step down as the executive director of GOED at the end of February.

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Benexia introduces new 'low moisture' chia ingredient

By Adi Menayang

Chilean chia company Benexia announced a new specification for its chia products, called Benexia Chia Low Moisture, which involves a proprietary kill-step recently validated by third-party lab Covance.

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