Proteins, peptides, amino acids

Vitamin Shoppe debuts new store concept, integrating technology, personalization

14-Oct-2019 By Danielle Masterson

Vitamin Shoppe recently unveiled a new store concept with the hope to boost sagging revenues by engaging consumers with technology-driven personalization.

Taiyo study supports L-Theanine for cognitive benefits

14-Oct-2019 By Stephen Daniells

Supplements containing L-theanine from tea my boost measures of cognitive function such as verbal fluency and executive function, compared to placebo in healthy adults, suggests a new study from Taiyo.

Insights from Lumina Intelligence

Sports Nutrition – key trends for 2020

14-Oct-2019 By Shane Starling

The mainstreaming of sports nutrition backed by the ever-rising importance of online reviews and ratings and social media validation, are key findings from a 6-pack of sports nutrition sub-sector reports published by Lumina Intelligence.

Trump exec orders will affect guidances from FDA and FTC, expert says

11-Oct-2019 By Hank Schultz

New Trump Administration executive orders on guidance documents from regulatory agencies likely will affect the dietary supplement industry, an attorney says.

The big dog: Sci-MX boss in the hot seat

10-Oct-2019 By Nikki Hancocks

We get up close and personal with Robert Walker, CEO of Sci-MX (owned by Samworth Brothers), to discover what lead him to become the boss of a leading sports nutrition brand and hear his insights into the industry he has lived and breathed for nearly...

Health and wellness sphere is “heading in a very positive direction”: GNC executives state

03-Oct-2019 By Natasha Spencer

We talk to John Learish, SVP of Marketing and Carl Seletz, Chief Global Officer, at GNC, to find out how regulations, condition-specific products, innovative formulas and purchasing power in Brazil are helping to push the sector forward. Yet, how the...

SupplySide West Education: The sessions our editors will be keeping an eye on…

03-Oct-2019 By Stephen Daniells

With barely two weeks left before the industry makes it annual pilgrimage to Las Vegas for SupplySide West, we look ahead to the events educational workshop program.

Savoury and female-friendly: Sports nutrition expert’s tips for new protein supplement product innovation

02-Oct-2019 By Tingmin Koe

Protein supplement manufacturers should explore the current gap in the market for more savoury and female-friendly options when developing new products, according to a leading nutrition consultant.

Supplement survey underscores key trends, need for consumer education

01-Oct-2019 By Danielle Masterson

The Trust Transparency Center (TTC) released their findings from the 2nd Annual National Supplement Consumer Survey on Emerging Ingredient Categories.

Swisse marks return to US market with launch of ‘jelly’ supplements

01-Oct-2019 By Hank Schultz

Swisse Wellness has capped its return to North America with a line of ‘jelly’ dietary supplements that are specific to the US market.

Dietary supplement use more popular than ever: CRN study

30-Sep-2019 By Danielle Masterson

The widespread use of dietary supplements among adults of all ages is on the rise.

Herbalife pays $20 million fine over how it pays commissions within China

27-Sep-2019 By Hank Schultz

Herbalife Nutrition has agreed to pay a $20 million fine levied by the US Securities and Exchange Commission to settle a claim that the company has misled investors on its business in China.

Physicians receive inadequate nutrition education, study calls for policy changes

27-Sep-2019 By Danielle Masterson

Poor diet is the leading risk factor for early death worldwide. Yet nutrition is insufficiently incorporated into medical education, according to a new report from the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC).

Female athletic consumers: An untapped opportunity in sports nutrition

27-Sep-2019 By Stephen Daniells

The dietary supplements industry is missing the opportunity of developing a brand focused on female athletic consumers that is supported by science and speaks with the voice that female athletes want to hear, say experts.

Herbalife Nutrition: 'We’ve gotten to the point where we’ve demonized carbohydrates without adequate education'

26-Sep-2019 By Mary Ellen Shoup

You don’t need to be an elite athlete to benefit from the basic principles of sports nutrition, says Dr Dana Ryan, Herbalife Nutrition’s director of sports performance and education.

FI Asia 2019

From yeast to protein: Lesaffre embarks on new research amid booming interest in plant-based protein

25-Sep-2019 By Tingmin Koe

Lesaffre is embarking on a research to develop yeast-based protein, in line with the growing interest in plant-based protein.

Webinar: White Spaces and Influencers: Winning in a crowded sports nutrition marketplace

23-Sep-2019 By Stephen Daniells

There is still time to register for this week's NutraIngredients-USA Sports Nutrition Webinar, which will feature experts from BodyBuilding.com, Nutrabolt, Vitargo, and Lumina Intelligence.

Editor's spotlight: Startup Focus

Protein power: Startup stomps out misleading messages

23-Sep-2019 By Nikki Hancocks

A startup founder who wants to banish the masculine and feminine stereotypes in protein marketing says sports nutrition products should be made more accessible by removing gender-focused health claims.

Rocket fuel: Million-dollar maths tools will help NASA keep space food vitamin-rich

20-Sep-2019 By Nathan Gray

A ground-breaking new mathematical model will help NASA to predict vitamin degradation in spaceflight food, ensuring astronauts remain fuelled on nutrient-rich diets, say researchers.

Special Edition: Sports Nutrition

Doping in sports will persist despite banned lists, certifications, observer says

18-Sep-2019 By Hank Schultz

Certification programs have helped ensure the supplements athletes take are clean. But doping problems will remain, an expert believes.

From the Editor's Desk

A.I. and its promise for ingredient innovation

13-Sep-2019 By Stephen Daniells

Talk with product formulators and one of the big frustrations is that there are not many novel ingredients coming onto the market. Could AI crack open this bottle neck?

Sports Nutrition Summit 2019

Muscle in on the market: How to build the best protein bar

12-Sep-2019 By Nikki Hancocks

A burly 18 per cent of the sports nutrition market is new products and the industry continues to deliver new and exciting solutions for its innovation-inspired audience. But what products really stick?

Sustainable Bioproducts gears up for 2020 launch of consumer brand built around new-to-the-world protein source

11-Sep-2019 By Elaine Watson

Sustainable Bioproducts - which is developing new-to-the-world protein-packed whole food ingredients from microbes - plans to launch a consumer brand to help familiarize Americans with a new fungal food source that could be used in everything from meat...

FDA data: Dietary supplement recalls relatively infrequent

11-Sep-2019 By Danielle Masterson

Less than 2% of over 800 recalls initiated in 2019 involved dietary supplement products, says a new report from AHPA that supports “overall safety of the dietary supplements”.

Vitamin Shoppe gets competing bid

10-Sep-2019 By Danielle Masterson

A new player has entered into Vitamin Shoppe negotiations.

RCT supports shrimp protein hydrolysate’s blood pressure benefits

10-Sep-2019 By Stephen Daniells

Dietary supplementation with protein hydrolysate from Coldwater Shrimp may improve both systolic and diastolic blood pressure, compared to placebo, says a new study.

From the Editor's Desk

'Edgy' sports nutrition formulas cast a long and deep ethical shadow

06-Sep-2019 By Hank Schultz

Temptation is a fact of human nature, and is an element in the sports nutrition game as well. Some sports products seem ever to edge toward an ethical line, spurred on by the demand from their consumer constituencies for ‘edgy’ formulations.

BioCell’s collagen ingredient improves skin health in women

30-Aug-2019 By Hank Schultz

BioCell Technology has published a new study that shows its branded form of collagen can significantly reduce skin wrinkles after 12 weeks of daily use.

New study supports muscle benefits of GABA supplementation

28-Aug-2019 By Stephen Daniells

Oral gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) supplementation may enhance the benefits of whey protein for building lean mass, suggests a new study from Japan.

PURIS receives $75m investment from Cargill to double pea protein output: 'This is the future of food'

28-Aug-2019 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Cargill has invested an additional $75m in North American pea protein producer, PURIS, which will double production of its proprietary pea proteins, starches, and fibers for the food and beverage industry.

Not all proteins are equal: Leucine triggers muscle protein synthesis more effectively than others – study

27-Aug-2019 By Tingmin Koe

Protein supplements containing high amounts of leucine are more effective than others in triggering muscle building synthesis, a kinesiology professor has argued, citing a number of scientific studies.

Longtime sports nutrition player Ultimate Nutrition vanishes overnight

23-Aug-2019 By Hank Schultz

A sports nutrition company called Ultimate Nutrition has abruptly ceased operation. Employees were greeted this week with locked doors at the company’s headquarters in Connecticut.

New protein brand bets on plastic neutral policy

22-Aug-2019 By Hank Schultz

A new protein brand has launched in the US, which is basing its value proposition on plastic neutral packaging and grass fed and organic claims on its ingredients.

IAAF updates statement with sports nutrition-focused information resource

20-Aug-2019 By Will Chu

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) makes available an updated guide containing to sports nutrition as part of its consensus statement designed for athletes.

How the changing retail landscape is changing sports nutrition product development

16-Aug-2019 By Adi Menayang

This week, two sports nutrition brands announced new mass retail partners—Optimum Nutrition goes to a club store, while Redcon1 partners with an outdoor and sporting goods store.

Healthy Ageing APAC Summit 2019

Watch: The sarcopenia challenge in APAC and its untapped functional beverage potential

14-Aug-2019 By Gary Scattergood

AstaReal is seeking to tap into demand for products that protect against sarcopenia, with the astaxanthin firm hopeful that it will lead to significant opportunities in the functional beverage space.

Keto diet claims vs reality: What the science says

13-Aug-2019 By Nikki Cutler

The keto diet is often not the performance boosting mechanism it is claimed to be, according to an expert who plans to set the record straight at NutraIngredients’ Sports Nutrition Summit next month.

Supplement sales help Clorox tread water, but probiotics still lag behind

08-Aug-2019 By Hank Schultz

The Clorox Company is yet another CPG giant that has found a salve for sore earnings in the nutritional products sector. Recent investments in the dietary supplment category provided bright spots in an otherwise flaccid year end report.

Zeek kids’ protein bar founder: 'The first thing moms look for on the label is sugar'

08-Aug-2019 By Elaine Watson

The inspiration for Zeek – a line of protein bars for children - was less of a Eureka moment than a dawning realization that for sporty kids, pre-game options were basically granola bars “that were not much better than candy,” or adult-oriented nutrition...

Aussie doping saga: Industry association cautions against online purchase of overseas supplements

07-Aug-2019 By Tingmin Koe

Trade body Complementary Medicines Australia (CMA) has reassured the safety of Australian made supplements but cautioned against the online purchase of overseas products, amid ongoing doping saga involving national swimmer Shayna Jack.

SPORTS NUTRITION SUMMIT 2019

Meet the Trailblazers: Affinity Nutrition taps into microbiome with gut-friendly protein bars

07-Aug-2019 By Will Chu

The Trailblazers session at this year’s Sports Nutrition Summit is an opportunity for a selection of start-ups to showcase their innovations to an expert judging panel. Affinity Nutrition, led by its director and founder Tom Skyrme is due to take the...

Natural Grocers navigates changing retail landscape with focus on profitability, not store growth

06-Aug-2019 By Hank Schultz

Organic foods and dietary supplements retailer Natural Grocers has posted a solid earnings quarter as it takes a break from its prior mode of rapid growth in the number of stores.

Duckweed potential: Israeli RCT backs protein-packed strain as ‘superfood’ for GI control

06-Aug-2019 By Nathan Gray

Mankai duckweed could find a spot as a top healthy and sustainable food ingredient, say researchers who suggest the protein-rich plant has serious potential in the health and wellness market.

Herbalife’s stock plunges as China review continues to dampen sales, hurts full year outlook

05-Aug-2019 By Hank Schultz

Herbalife’s share price plunged after the company reported disappointing second quarter earnings and reduced its future outlook that foresees sales possibly falling for the full year results.

From the Editor's Desk

Responsible companies should have a mission to help weed out noncompliant claims

02-Aug-2019 By Hank Schultz

Making unsubstantiated disease claims is not only illegal, but as they can prey upon vulnerable populations, they should be considered highly immoral to boot.

Glanbia Nutritionals launches new heat-stable creatine for use in RTD beverages

02-Aug-2019 By Adi Menayang

Responding to increased consumer demand for ready-to-drink sports nutrition products, global ingredients giant Glanbia launches heat-stable creatine monohydrate called CreaBev.

Plant-based protein brand uses Crohn’s tie in to boost clean image

01-Aug-2019 By Hank Schultz

Plant-based protein brand OWYN has committed to donating sales proceeds of a new product launch to benefit Crohn’s disease sufferers.

Mimicking mother’s milk: Morinaga Milk Industry to focus on probiotic applications in infant formula

01-Aug-2019 By Guan Yu Lim

Japanese dairy giant Morinaga Milk Industry, a probiotic strains supplier, has plans in the upcoming year around to expand the application of its functional proprietary probiotic strain into infant formula, to aid with gut health and immune protection.

Lumina Intelligence report finds wide range of prices for protein powders in sports nutrition

31-Jul-2019 By Hank Schultz

The price of protein powders has been declining, driven mostly by the increasing prevalence of the direct-to-consumer, a new report has found.

Candy for sport? MusclePharm’s latest launch is a protein-filled M&M-like treat

31-Jul-2019 By Adi Menayang

The latest product launch from legacy sports nutrition brand MusclePharm is called Protein Candies—little gems of protein-packed chocolate reminiscent of Mars’ M&Ms or Nestlé’s Smarties.