Supplementing a weight-loss lifestyle with CLA (conjugated linoleic acid) may help preserve muscle mass, says a new study that adds to the science supporting the potential body composition benefits of the ingredient.
Entrepreneur Oliver Cookson has embarked on a new venture – a personalised protein-based nutrition service designed to “unravel the maze of protein by giving each consumer exactly what they need”.
The recent negative opinion from EFSA for CLA and weight management is “frustrating” and questions raised over the safety of the ingredient “contradict the science supporting the biological activities of CLA”, a leading researcher tells NutraIngredients-USA.
Supplement giant GNC - which put its head above the parapet in April to defend DMAA while the rest of the trade kept silent - says it has since “made a very concerted effort to move away from DMAA products in our stores”.
The opportunity to drive sales of CoQ10 to the healthcare practitioner market is “huge” and largely untapped, according to the boss of one leading supplier of dietary supplements to this market.
A Wisconsin start-up has launched the first Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA)-fortified chocolate milk in the US, making it the third localized release, CLA food or drink product to hit the market since GRAS (generally recognized as safe) approval was achieved...
A small study published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology has confirmed links between the herbal weight loss supplement Hydroxycut, and liver problems.
Daily intake of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) does not affect kidney and liver function, says a new study with humans that adds compelling support to the safety of the ingredient.
More than four years after it first applied for a product license under Canada’s then-new Natural Health Products Directorate (NHPD), CLA player, Lipid Nutrition, is one company set to benefit from a monograph issued by the Canadian regulator that should...
The market for foods and beverages that claim to address weight management is set for a shift in focus – from the omission of certain ‘bad’ ingredients to the addition of other ‘good’ ones, suggests Euromonitor.
Combining conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) with calcium may enhance bone mass, and explain inconsistencies from earlier studies, says new research from the US.
Isomers of conjugated linoleic acids (CLA) may stop the spread of
colon cancer, suggests a new study from Korea that adds important
new data to our understanding of the ingredient.
Cognis is using a new study, linking CLA to positively altering fat
oxidation and energy burning during sleep, to back-up up marketing
behind branded its Tonalin.
The breast milk of mothers consuming organic meat and dairy
contains higher levels of beneficial fatty acids, and has an
overall improved quality, suggests new research.
Norwegian biotech Natural and ArkoPharma have reached a settlement
in a patent infringement lawsuit relating to Natural's patents on
conjugated linoleic acid (CLA).
Cognis is tailoring some of its branded health ingredients around
an immunity platform directed at the cold and flu season
specifically, the company announced at Supply Side West in Las
Vegas.
Supplementation with conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) prevented
age-related bone loss in mice, says a new study that could offer a
dietary therapy for protecting against the ever-growing threat of
osteoporosis.
Cognis and WILD are joining forces to form a powerhouse of food and
beverage product innovation, combining Cognis' store of ingredients
with Wild's formulation expertise.
IOI-Loders Croklaan division Lipid Nutrition has strengthened its
position in the world CLA market with the acquisition of
PharmaNutrients' CLA One business.
Growing consumer demand for nutritional foods will always be
tempered by demands for taste, said ingredients firm Cognis at last
week's IFT exhibition, reports Anthony Fletcher.
Cognis Health and Nutrition is whetting the industry's appetite in
advance of the IFT exhibition, taking place in New Orleans July 16
to 20, where it will be seeking to build awareness for its sterol
and sterol ester ingredients.
A report recommending measures to reduce trans fat consumption in
France raises questions about the safety of conjugated linoleic
acid (CLA), currently being marketed for its weight loss benefits,
and also considered a trans fat...
German group Cognis, the supplier of plant sterols and CLA, is
considering the issue of a €500 million bond to fund a dividend
payment to its private equity owners, it said last week.
A challenge to Lipid Nutrition's patent on the composition of its
conjugated linoleic acid has been removed after the European Patent
Office ruled that all claims should remain as granted four years
ago.
Dutch nutritional oils company Lipid Nutrition says customers
working in the US can now use two immune-boosting
structure/function claims for its Safflorin product after notifying
the Food and Drug Administration of its supporting...
Lipid Nutrition, a division of the Dutch firm Loders Croklaan, has
been given clearance by the FDA to use four health claims on its
Clarinol CLA product.
A report published last week suggested that supplement
manufacturers need to win back consumer confidence - shaken by a
spate of negative media reports. Norbert Weitkemper, director of
global marketing for Cognis Nutrition & Health,...
The first half of 2004 has brought some light relief for Cognis'
Nutrition and Health division, which suffered from adverse currency
movements last year.
Netherlands-based Lipid Nutrition has introduced a 95 per cent
concentration of its Clarinol brand conjugated linoleic acid (CLA),
said to be the highest form of CLA available to the nutraceutical
market.
Natural Organics has introduced a weight loss product under its
Nature's Plus brand containing three different slimming
ingredients, which the company claims have never been combined in
one supplement before.
Cognis Nutrition & Health, a nutritional ingredients supplier,
has responded to claims made earlier this week by Dutch rival
Loders Croklaan regarding the infringement of several of its
patents.
The speciality chemicals business has signed an agreement with
Natural, giving it worldwide marketing and manufacturing rights for
two of Natural's CLA brands.
New research from Scandinavian Clinical Research in Norway shows
that conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) can help reduce body fat in
humans. The research, published in The Journal of International
Medical Research (JIMR) is the fifth...
