Botanicals

Roquette opens 4-5000 tonne chlorella processing facility in France

Roquette opens 4-5000 tonne chlorella processing facility in France

By Shane STARLING

French supplier Roquette has advanced its commitment to the chlorella and algae extract market by inaugurating a 4-5000 tonne a year chlorella facility at its HQ near Lille in northern France, as chlorella continues to move from the shadow of spirulina.

Herb shows gastro benefits: Study

Herb shows gastro benefits: Study

By Nicola Cottam

Supplementation with Vital Solutions’ proprietary Benegut perilla frutescens leaf extract offers substantial relief from gastrointestinal (GI) discomfort, say researchers.

Knowledge base of herbal products sector is waning, pioneer fears

Knowledge base of herbal products sector is waning, pioneer fears

By Hank Schultz

As the herbal products industry develops the question arises of whether some of the knowledge that drove the initial spate of creativity in the pre- and post-DSHEA period is being lost as founders retire. At least one industry pioneer fears that is the...

Keeping it clean: 3 botanical chiefs pull adulteration weeds

Dispatches from Vitafoods Europe 2014

Keeping it clean: 3 botanical chiefs pull adulteration weeds

By Shane STARLING

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.

NutraIngredients-USA Cognitive Health Forum: Today!

NutraIngredients-USA Cognitive Health Forum: Today!

By Stephen DANIELLS

Experts from Abbott Nutrition, Standard Process, Nawgan, and Euromonitor will join NutraIngredients-USA for a discussion of the cognitive health sector, from science and claim substantiation, to market sizing and key consumer demographics.

FTC files suit against marketers of green coffee bean product

FTC files suit against marketers of green coffee bean product

By Hank Schultz

The Federal Trade Commission has a false advertising case against the marketers of a green coffee bean diet product. The case shows the potential dark side of the so-called ‘Dr Oz effect’ and, in the words of one observer, offers a roadmap of what not...

NutraGenesis lauds Sensoril’s double digit growth

NutraGenesis lauds Sensoril’s double digit growth

By Stephen DANIELLS

Demand for ashwagandha in the US continues to grow, with one supplier, NutraGenesis, reporting that sales for its Sensoril ingredient in the first quarter of 2014 are up significantly over the same period in 2013.

Flowens targets ‘huge category' of men with LUTS

Flowens targets ‘huge category' of men with LUTS

By Maggie Hennessy

French botanicals firm Naturex launched a cranberry powder extract aimed at older men with the lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) often associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). 

Vemma makes changes to business model in response to Italian ruling

Vemma makes changes to business model in response to Italian ruling

By Hank Schultz

The network marketing sector has come under renewed scrutiny with the news that Vemma Nutrition, a multilevel marketing comany that markets beverages based in part on mangosteen juice, has been sanctioned by an Italian regulatory body for being a pyramid...

Former steroids seller finds scant integrity in supplements marketplace

Special edition: Sports nutrition

Former steroids seller finds scant integrity in supplements marketplace

By Hank Schultz

Kirk Radomski came through the fire of the performance enhancing drug scandal of Major League Baseball to a new life as the founder of a supplement company specializing in sports nutrition. The experience has given him a unique perspective on the business,...

Yohimbe limbo reveals cracks in EU risk management and regulatory processes, says ESSNA

Special edition: Sports Nutrition

Ban yohimbe just like ephedra, says EU sports nutrition sector

By Dr Adam Carey

EFSA last year concluded the safety profile of herbal stimulant yohimbe is inconclusive. Ban it anyway, says the chair of the European Specialist Sports Nutrition Alliance (ESSNA) in this guest article.

Ashwagandha interest spilling into mainstream market

Ashwagandha interest spilling into mainstream market

By Maggie Hennessy

The so-called flagship herb of Ayurveda, ashwagandha is gaining traction in the mainstream US market as consumers embrace its wide-ranging body of health benefits on the heels of strong clinical support and a few celebrity health practitioner endorsements.

Herb Pharm rollouts aim for 'transitional natural consumers'

Herb Pharm rollouts aim for 'transitional natural consumers'

By Maggie Hennessy

With the launch of three new herbal supplements headlined by such widely appealing ingredients as turmeric and ginger, Herb Pharm looks to broaden its consumer base beyond the so-called “lifestyles of health & sustainability” (LOHAS) consumer to the...

HEPI looking at pet market to fund nutraceutical development

HEPI looking at pet market to fund nutraceutical development

By Hank Schultz

Health Enhancement Products Inc., a Michgan-based development stage company with potential markets in nutraceutical products derived from algae as well as a personalized health measurement testing platform, has settled on animal nutrition as its closest-to-market...

Algatchnologies' southern Israel astaxanthin facility is set for expansion and cost reductions, the company says

Algatech: Functional food on astaxanthin horizon

By Annie Harrison-Dunn

Israeli firm Algatechnologies will work towards gaining approval for its astaxanthin as a novel food and beverage ingredient in Europe, but first it must meet existing demands and cut prices, it said.

Keep a weather eye on regs when deciding on new delivery modes, experts say

Special edition: Innovations in delivery systems

Keep a weather eye on regs when deciding on new delivery modes, experts say

By Hank Schultz

Product developers are in constant search mode for ways to differentiate their products, and that search has always included delivery system innovation.  But without keeping a weather eye on US regulations, they may end up being too smart for their own...

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MOROSIL:INGREDIENT OF THE YEAR

MOROSIL:INGREDIENT OF THE YEAR

MOROSIL™ has won as Ingredient of the Year in the category Weight Management at 2023 Nutraingredient USA. MOROSIL ™ is a standardized extract derived from...

Consumers' growing demand for Omegas

Consumers' growing demand for Omegas

Consumers are increasingly interested in the benefits of omegas supplements. According to forecasts for 2023–2030, the global omega-3 market is expected...