The Food and Drug Administration has issued a letter of no objection to Burcon NutraScience Corporation for its canola protein extracts, an important milestone for further development.
In the third part of our special series on nutricosmetics, we take a look at the science behind the ingredients positioned for skin health, from antioxidants to omega-3 oils.
Japanese firm Hamari Chemicals has obtained kosher certification for its functional ingredients, including its flagship gut health, PepZin GI zinc-L-Carnosine product.
Industry continues to urge the Food and Drug Administration to close the Section 912 loophole in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) that could allow nutrients such as omega-3s, L-arginine and baobab to be reclassified as drugs.
The Food and Drug Administration’s failure to deliver a verdict on a citizen’s petition seeking to switch the status of a brain health ingredient from a drug to a dietary supplement is damaging the company behind it, and fueling ambiguity in the area.
Soldiers are more likely than their civilian peers to use dietary supplements linked to performance enhancement, a survey of 990 US Army personnel has revealed.
Protein from soy or casein both benefit the synthesis of muscle protein at the same rate, suggests a new study that supports both sources for muscle health.
A new study on betaine has added to the science backing the ingredient’s sports nutrition benefits, demonstrating that supplementation for two weeks helped improve power and force.
The jellyfish protein apoaequorin improves cognitive function in people with memory problems, according to interim data from a randomized controlled trial commissioned by Quincy BioScience which recently announced a successful application for patent protection.
Ohio-based probiotics supplier Ganeden Biotech has formalized its business relationship with Glanbia Nutritionals in the supply of probiotics for the Irish company’s formulations.
The maker of a 175-year-old chicken extract that peer-reviewed research demonstrates can benefit mental function has established a brain health research centre – with a focus on anti-aging in the brain.
Omega-3, CoEnzyme Q10 and antioxidants are some of the ingredients to be studied by the US Institute of Medicine (IOM) in an examination of the benefits of nutrition on the effects of neurotrauma.
In the fourth part of NutraIngredients’ sports nutrition series, we scan a category as reliant on its elite sports roots as it is at times reviled by them and the rules that can lead to perfectly good products being called foul.
In the third part of our special series on sports nutrition, NutraIngredients looks at the reigning champions in sports ingredients and takes a look at the science behind new contenders to the crown.
Boosting energy, strength and recovery are just three ways that sports drinks are expanding a booming market, as bars, shots, and powders strain to catch up with the leaders in the field.
Ethical Naturals Inc (ENI) has received GRAS status for its L-Theanine ingredient, which the firm says will help its uptake in the world of functional beverages.
TSI Health Sciences, the Montana-based producer of supplement grade glucosamine and chondroitin, has announced self-affirmed GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) status for its joint health product Pureflex for use in conventional foods and beverages.
The wellness revolution may have done little to trim the waistlines of American men, women and children, but economic recovery should speed the process according to a new market report from Packaged Facts.
Irish supplier Carbery Ingredients has debuted a whey protein concentrate (WPC)-omega-3 combination ingredient it says is the result of “extensive development work” in the area.
A cocktail of vitamins, minerals and herbals may delay the major aspects of the ageing process and extend lifespan by 10 per cent, according to a mouse study from Canada.
The US Patent and Trademark Office has granted a patent for two of TSI Health Sciences’ fenugreek-based insulin management ingredients, Promilin and PromilinPro.
Valensa is taking the next steps in its joint health program by licensing BiovaFlex egg shell membrane ingredient for use in proprietary formulated joint health products.
A combination of milk proteins may reduce hardening of the arteries, says a new study from Valio that support the cardiovascular benefits of the dairy peptides.
Supplementation with a ‘high tech’ amino acid dipeptide may enhance fluid regulation in healthy, active individuals during endurance and high intensity exercise, says a new study.
In a world with a chronic ‘globesity’ problem spreading beyond western shores to places like India and China, products that promise to help individuals manage their weight via calorie control, fat burning, satiety, or some other mechanism, enjoy rampant...
Canadian functional protein developer, Burcon NutraScience Corporation, has taken another step to commercializing its canola protein extracts by filing for GRAS (generally recognized as safe) with the Food and Drug Administration.
Canadian biologics company Technologie Biolactis has filed a patent covering what it describes as ‘a major new discovery’ in the modulation of an obesity-related metabolic pathway.
Feedback from manufacturers is being sought on new standards being proposed for inclusion in the Food Chemcials Codex (FCC) which aim to ensure the quality and enhance the safety of key ingredients widely used in infant formulas.
The FDA has told Ovos Natural Health it needs more time to process the Canadian biotech firm’s petition to have its brain health offering, homotaurine, accepted as a new dietary ingredient (NDI).
Sports nutrition ingredient, Peak ATP, will benefit from wider market protection after its manufacturer, Missoula-based, TSI Health Sciences was awarded new, wider-ranging patent protection covering dosing rates, delivery methods and use with other compounds.
Functional renewable plant proteins company, Burcon NutraScience Corporation has received notices of allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for two separate protein ingredient patent applications.
The supplier of eggshell and eggshell membrane wellness ingredients, ESM Technologies has won Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) certification from NSF International.
A Maryland-based medical professor has told the Los Angeles Times that the energy drink staple, L-carnitine, may not in fact boost energy levels – at least among healthy populations
A new suspension-grade version of Waitaki Biosciences’ MCH-Cal bone health ingredient could help prove helpful to seniors and others who have trouble swallowing solid supplements.
Joint health is the major platform underpinning a new “technology partnership” between Novus International-owned Stratum Nutrition and egg shell extract specialist, ESM Technologies, seeking an in to a crowded market.
Solae has launched a high protein soy nugget with 90 percent protein on a dry weight basis, said to be the highest containing soy protein nugget on the market.
A patented collagen ingredient may be twice as effective as glucosamine and chondroitin for joint health, according to results of randomized, double-blind study.
New Jersey-based botanicals specialist, Sabinsa, has thrown its weight behind a citizen’s petition lodged by Canadian firm, Ovos Natural Health, that seeks to have its brain health ingredient recognized as dietary supplement ingredient after it initially...
Burcon NutraScience has spent ten years developing its canola protein isolates and is about to be granted three new patents, but its newer soy protein ingredient is closer to market.
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