Minerals

Hydration specialist NUUN expands product line into recovery phase

21-Feb-2019 By Hank Schultz

Hydration specialist NUUN is expanding its line with a product aimed at recovery and relaxation after exercise.

Shilajit may help maintain muscle strength for longer during exercise

19-Feb-2019 By Stephen Daniells

Daily supplements of purified Shilajit, an Ayurvedic ingredient, may help maintain muscle strength for longer, and support muscle and connective tissue adaptations, says a new study.

Recovery and education offer opportunities and challenges for DS brands for US military personnel

05-Feb-2019 By Stephen Daniells

US military personnel are big consumers of dietary supplements, with surveys showing over 60% regularly use the products, but dietary supplement brands have a big challenge when it comes to building loyalty: Education.

NIU’s Global Round-up: CBD in Europe, LATAM’s exploding sports nutrition market, Kerry’s probiotic plans for APAC, and more

04-Feb-2019 By Stephen Daniells

It’s a global industry and there’s a lot happening. We know it’s not always easy keeping up with everything that’s happening around the world that could impact the US dietary supplements industry. The answer? Our weekly round-up of key news from across...

Bodybuilding.com uses customer data to build out personalized sports nutrition platform

31-Jan-2019 By Hank Schultz

Data—not gravity—makes the world go round. In the sports nutrition realm, retailer bodybuilding.com says it is using the reams of data it gets from customers to build a better personalized nutrition platform.

Editor's Spotlight

Pills no more: Rootine turns packets of pellets into hyper-personalized multivitamins

30-Jan-2019 By Adi Menayang

With single-serve multivitamin sachets filled with colorful pellets fortified with nutrients, start-up Rootine wants to revolutionize the multivitamin and personalized nutrition space.

Herbalife highlights quality initiatives, favorable long term trends at annual event

22-Jan-2019 By Hank Schultz

Long term trends favor Herbalife’s business model and product suite, according to speakers at an annual meeting put on by the company that focused on the supply chain and quality initiatives.

Experts find no validity in osteopathic group's use of survey to make claim that supplements are of no use

18-Jan-2019 By Hank Schultz

A recent poll conducted for the American Osteopathic Association reached some surprising conclusions, which a spokesman for the group used to justify the view that supplement users are wasting their money. Industry stakeholders said some of the poll’s...

2019 Trends: The ingredients and categories to watch this year

14-Jan-2019 By Stephen Daniells

As an avid industry watcher, I like to keep a close eye on what’s hot and what’s not in the market. Here’s my list of the top 10 categories and ingredients to keep an eye on for 2019…

Nutrition could cut the number of premature deaths from cardiovascular disease, study finds

14-Jan-2019 By Nikki Cutler

At least half of all premature cardiovascular disease (CVD) deaths could be prevented by better nutrition such as by increasing consumption of whole grains and omega-3 fatty acids, according to an international study.

Laird Superfood seals $32m funding led by tech firm WeWork: 'We intend to have products in every aisle of the grocery store,' says CEO

11-Jan-2019 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Laird Superfood, maker of fortified non-dairy coffee creamers containing a full range of MCTs, has closed $32m in a private funding round led by co-working tech company WeWork, which the company intends to use for product development and to make small...

January new product launches: Probiotic fruit bar, organic protein milk, and more

10-Jan-2019 By Adi Menayang

In this round-up of the latest product launches from the end of last year and beginning of this new year, we have fruit bars with probiotics, a pre-workout that ‘tastes like college,’ and organic high protein milk.

New report supports chromium picolinate’s weight management benefits

02-Jan-2019 By Adi Menayang

A new review of published studies argues that the trace mineral chromium picolinate may have an edge over other popular weight management ingredients because it helps users preserve lean body mass.

FSSAI issues guidelines for fortification ingredients in children's supplements

02-Jan-2019 By Cheryl Tay

Indian regulator FSSAI has issued a gazette notification of its amendments to the standards for children's supplements in the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011.

GlaxoSmithKline diversifies supplements portfolio through joint venture with Pfizer

19-Dec-2018 By Adi Menayang

Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline are merging their consumer health units, bringing the two pharma giants’ dietary supplement and over-the-counter brands into what analysts are calling “the world’s largest consumer health company.”