Food Supplements

Inflationary pressures have created a 'perfect storm' for the supplements industry

23-Aug-2022 By Nicola Gordon-Seymour

Economic pressures have thrown the supplements industry a curveball with inflation fuelling “a perfect storm” as lower productivity and increased prices spill into the global supply chain. This has created a domino effect all the way to consumers, says...

ANH: UK Court gives MHRA 'firm rap across the knuckles'

UK court ruling spells trouble for glucosamine

20-Jun-2016 By Shane STARLING

The UK Court of Appeal has ruled that glucosamine products above 1500 mg can be sold as food supplements, but has urged the UK medicines agency to look at the matter.

50%+ weight loss botanicals laced with pharma: French research

18-Mar-2016 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

Over half of so-called 100% natural botanical slimming supplements are adulterated with unlabelled pharmaceuticals, according to French tests of 164 products.

Online retailers can help stop doping and questionable supplements: Consultant

06-Mar-2014 By Luca Bucchini, PhD

If the nutritional supplements sector is to ever cast off its reputation for ‘dangerous’ and unlabelled contaminants then big online retails must embrace and enforce stricter anti-doping policies, argues Luca Bucchini, PhD.

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‘Play it again, Sochi’: DMAA food supplements stimulate ongoing Olympic dopiness

24-Feb-2014 By Shane STARLING

For 12 days the 22nd Winter Olympiad in Sochi, Russia, had escaped the scourge of doping. It may not have escaped the scourge of homophobic ranting from its paragon-of-progress president, Vladimir Putin, but it had been drug-free.

Finland warns against synephrine and caffeine combo fat burners

09-Sep-2013

Fat burning food supplements containing a combination of caffeine and synephrine are dangerous, according to Finnish authorities which have called for their removal from shelves.

Dutch ban Dexaprine fat burner after hospitalisations

20-Aug-2013 By Shane STARLING

Dutch authorities have issued a warning against a US fat burning food supplement called Dexaprine after 11 adverse reactions including hospitalisations and severe heart problems.

Slate magazine tells athletes: “Stop taking supplements”

02-Aug-2012 By Shane Starling

Athletes should avoid taking food supplements because they are overpriced, don’t boost performance and could provoke doping violations, an article in online daily news site, Slate, has said.

RDAs on the agenda at global food supplements summit

30-Aug-2011

Recommended Daily Allowances (RDA) and upper safe limits for nutrients in food supplements will be on the agenda this week at a congress in Buenos Aires organised by The International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplement Associations (IADSA).

Food supplements proving recession-proof

14-Apr-2009

The ongoing slide of global capitalism is decimating industries, but the food supplements industry is not one of them as fraught consumers turn to its potential low-cost, anti-medical, wellness promise.

Fytexia pushes into Chinese market

07-Apr-2008 By Shane Starling

French supplier Fytexia has launched three specialty ingredients on
the Chinese market in a bid to tap into the growing numbers
consuming food supplements in the world's fastest growing economy.

Summary of vitamin, mineral responses presented at conference

27-Nov-2006 By Jess Halliday in Brussels

The first summary of responses to the EC discussion paper on
vitamin and mineral levels was presented in Brussels last week,
said to have identified the principle problems ahead of the next
stage.

Austria censured on food supplement law

26-Jul-2002

The European Commission is asking Austria to remove its ban on the
distance selling of food supplements as it opposes legislation of
free trade in the community.

Vitamin supplement directive approved by MEPs

14-Mar-2002

Despite fierce lobbying which at one stage caused the European
Parliament's email system to crash, MEPs yesterday voted to approve
plans for a tightening of the safety controls for vitamin
supplements.

Second reading for EU food supplements directive sparks new complaints

11-Mar-2002

Tomorrow will see the second reading of the European Union's draft
proposals for a directive on food supplements, sparking a new round
of condemnation from supplement manufacturers and retailers across
the Community.