A new study has found that supplements marketed for weight loss and sports applications that contain the ingredient higenamine had widely varying and unpredictable dosages of this stimulant.
The European Commission (EC) has given the go-ahead to rename the carotenoid zeaxanthin currently listed in the novel foods register after an application by DSM Europe.
Much has been made of potential benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) for the discovery and development of new products and ever-growing interest in personalisation. However, AI has other benefits, says Cédric Bourges, founder and CEO of Nutraveris...
The confused picture on New Dietary Ingredients became a bit clearer this week when FDA updated the public docket on filings and said it does not expect there to be a significant change in how many companies are choosing to go through the process.
A new research partnership between Canadian CRO Nutrasource and a Florida medical clinic will aid the formulators of CBD products by providing baseline data that at the moment is lacking, an executive said.
Long-awaited guidance from the FDA spelling out which isolated or synthetic non-digestible carbohydrates it believes should be classified as ‘dietary fiber’ on the Nutrition Facts panel brings to an end a period of extended uncertainty for companies supplying...
Algatechnologies has launched Fucovital, a fucoxanthin oleoresin produced and extracted from microalgae, available in the US and Japan with launches in other markets to follow.
Nootropics is an area of the dietary supplement industry burgeoning with new ingredients. But at the ragged fringe of the category are drug-like substances that just won’t go away.
A recent sharp drop in the number of NDI Notifications filed with FDA has industry stakeholders scratching their heads and serves to shine a spotlight on the continuing uncertainty surrounding the present system for bringing new ingredients to market.
The Natural Products Association said that members had more than 200 meetings with members of Congress and their staffs at the organization’s recent advocacy event.
Does CBD belong in dietary supplements? FDA says no, and many industry stakeholders who sounded off at a recent industry meeting were inclined to agree.
A Florida court has dismissed a class action lawsuit predicated on the presence of an illegal ingredient—DMBA—in weight loss products. The court didn’t buy the argument that the plaintiffs had been harmed by not knowing the ingredient’s impaired regulatory...
A new study on ChromaDex Corp.’s Niagen ingredient confirms that supplementation with the vitamin B3 form boosts NAD+ levels in human tissue and suggests future avenues of research in blood pressure and arterial stiffness endpoints.
