Grape Seed Extract

Study shows grape seed extract speeds oxygen delivery to working muscles

06-Jan-2022 By Hank Schultz

A new study suggests grape seed extract may improve the delivery of oxygen to working muscles which could lead to performance benefits down the road.

Review backs role of grape polyphenols in sports performance

11-Jan-2021 By Hank Schultz

Back in the day the beverage of choice for Tour de France riders famously used to be a bottle of red wine. They may have been on to something, a recent review suggests.

Grape seed extract constituents directly stimulate gut hormone release, study finds

22-Jun-2020 By Hank Schultz

Spanish researchers using a novel intestinal model have shed light on how some of the many compounds found in grape seed extract cause the release of hormones by the cells that line the gut. The findings could help in the development of more effective...

GNC award recognizes Shrikhande's work on grape seed extract

10-Aug-2016 By Hank Schultz

Supplement retailing giant GNC recently gave former Polyphenolics president Anil Shrikhande a retirement present, a career award for his work on grape seed extracts.

Attention given to preventing adulteration on the rise, but has that curbed the problem?

24-Jun-2016 By Hank Schultz

Is the dietary supplement industry getting a handle on the adulteration issue?  The baseline data does not exist to be able to say one way or another. But sources agree that in the one thing you can measure—the attention the issue is getting—the situation...

Upcoming trade show session to focus on adulteration, including cranberry

01-Apr-2015 By Hank Schultz

The NYAG affair has put the simmering pot of adulteration of herbal ingredients back on the front burner. A session at the upcoming Ingredient Marketplace trade show in Orlando will focus on the scope of the issue, on methods of detection and on new adulteration...

Study finds widespread adulteration of grape seed extract

01-Dec-2014 By Hank Schultz

Grape seed extracts have been showing up in increasing numbers in the dietary supplements marketplace driven by their connection with blood pressure support and other health benefits. But are all of these extracts what they seem to be? A recent paper...

Grape seed extract in beverages shows promise in blood pressure reduction: Study

18-Oct-2013 By Maggie Hennessy

With two recent studies showing the potential of grape seed extract dispensed in capsules to help reduce blood pressure in people at risk of hypertension, researchers are investigating the effects of that Polyphenolics MegaNatural BP ingredient in beverage...

Grape seed extract shows cardiovascular and cholesterol benefits

04-Mar-2013 By Stephen DANIELLS

Supplements containing grape seed extracts may help reduce blood pressure in people at risk of hypertension, and improve cholesterol levels in people with metabolic syndrome, according to two new studies.

New US firm brings African plant extracts to market

19-Feb-2009 By Lorraine Heller

South African plant extract firm Afrinatural is introducing its ingredients to the North American supplement and functional foods markets, following the establishment of a subsidiary in the United States.

Grape seed extract may stop colorectal cancer spread

18-Oct-2006 By Stephen Daniells

Extracts from grape seeds, a rich source of proanthocyanidins,
stopped the spread of colorectal cancer cells in lab mice, suggests
new research funded by the US National Cancer Institute (NCI).

Grapeseed extract may stop arteries from hardening

23-Jun-2005

Adding grape seed extract to the diet may prevent atherosclerosis,
a condition responsible for more than half the deaths in developed
countries, suggests new animal research.

Grape seed extract in juice, but no health claims

10-Aug-2004

Old Orchard beverage company has begun to add grape seed extract to
its purple grape juice, on the understanding that grape seed
extract can play an important part in helping to prevent
cardiovascular disease, but the company will...

Polyphenolics gets GRAS for food applications

12-Nov-2003

Canandaigua subsidiary Polyphenolics has expanded the GRAS
affirmation for its MegaNatural Gold grape seed extract and
MegaNatural Gold pomace extract to include food items,
significantly expanding its use in functional foods.

Polyphenolics' patented process

09-May-2003

The US Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to
Polyphenolics for its new manufacturing extraction process,
designed to give its grape seed extract greater bioavailability and
solubility.

GRAS approved nutraceutical for mass-market beverages

07-Dec-2001

Polyphenolics Inc., receives GRAS affirmation for grape seed and
grape skin extract,purified concentrated phenolic/flavanoid
compounds.