All news articles for December 2022

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Bunge invests $550 million in new protein concentrate facility

Agribusiness giant Bunge has announced it will invest approximately $550 million to build a new soy protein concentrate (SPC) and textured soy protein concentrate (TSPC) facility to meet rising customer demand for plant-based ingredients.

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Guest Article: ‘Responsible’ has been our middle name for 50 years

By Steve Mister, President & CEO, Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN)

As the year’s end approaches, I find even more reason than usual to contemplate the state of things. December is always a time for reflection--the end of one year, the end of the 117th Congress, and most state legislative sessions. It’s also a time for...

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Guest Article: Supporting Broad-Spectrum Self-Care through a Consumer-Driven Mindset

By Duffy MacKay, SVP, Dietary Supplements & Larisa Pavlick, Sr. Director, Product Quality & Technical Affairs, Consumer Healthcare Products Association

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic nearly three years ago, we’ve seen the self-care industry rapidly evolve from an emphasis on treatment to an emphasis on prevention.

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Year end review IPA 2022

Guest Article: The Year of Transition; securing the winds of change responsibly.

By George Paraskevakos, MBA, IPA Executive Director

As an observer of the dietary supplement industry for close to 20 years, it always felt we are shifting to accommodate “Winds of Change". There are always new concepts and ingredients which capture our attention even if it is for a small moment in...

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Trends for 2023: Caring for mental, physical and sexual health

By Olivia Brown

A sense of overwhelm shapes Mintel’s predicted food and drink trends for 2023 following climate and economic fears, yet “consumers are absolutely unwilling to compromise on health and nutrition”, the market analysts say.

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Women's Health

How are sports nutrition brands catering to the female athlete?

By Nikki Hancocks

Female focused sports nutrition (SN) brands are successfully bringing taboo health challenges out from under the table but those looking to cater to female athletes should harness technology to provide the power of knowledge, says an industry expert....

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Mediating pre-diabetes with synbiotics: study

By Nicola Gordon-Seymour

Research suggests that a novel synbiotic supplement comprising Bacillus subtilis and L-alanyl-L-glutamine (Ala-Gln) can improve glucose parameters and generate weight loss in individuals with pre-diabetes.

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MusclePharm assets to be sold at auction

By Hank Schultz

The intellectual property of MusclePharm, a sports nutrition brand that had a meteoric rise and an equally spectacular fall, will be sold at an auction on Thursday, Dec. 15.

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Guest Article: Issues and challenges for omega-3s in 2022

By Ellen Schutt, Executive Director, GOED

While 2022 may be categorized as the year the world returned to somewhat normalcy, the last 12 months still held their share of challenges, and for omega-3s, questions remain about how the market will change in 2023.

Ritual on traceability efforts

NutraCast: Ritual takes traceability to the next level

By Danielle Masterson

Ritual is combining health with technology to double down on its commitment to traceability. The company wants consumers to have the ability to track the journey of a single nutrient from its source.

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