Green Coffee Bean

Multi-ingredient supplement shows 'significant' weight management potential

25-Oct-2023 By Olivia DeSmit

A seven-ingredient supplement resulted in significant weight and fat mass losses for overweight and/or obese participants. The clinical trial also found improvements in molecular markers of liver health and metabolism.

NY Assembly passes bill targeting weight loss, muscle building supps

02-Jun-2023 By Stephen Daniells

Efforts to restrict the sale of some dietary supplements to minors in New York State took a step forward this week as the State’s Assembly passed AB 5610-D, a bill that limits access to some dietary supplements for weight loss or muscle building for people...

Special edition: Weight Management

Poor science, overblown marketing cause ingredients to fall by wayside

18-Jan-2018 By Hank Schultz

A number of ingredients have fared well in the weight management game, generating solid sales over the years. Others have burned brightly and then flamed out fast.

FTC levies $3.5 million fine against green coffee bean extract supplier

10-Sep-2014 By Hank Schultz

Applied Food Sciences, a Texas-based ingredient supplier, has agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle a complaint brought by the Federal Trade Commission over what the FTC said was a flawed study used to support the weight loss claims of its Green Coffee...

FTC files suit against marketers of green coffee bean product

19-May-2014 By Hank Schultz

The Federal Trade Commission has a false advertising case against the marketers of a green coffee bean diet product. The case shows the potential dark side of the so-called ‘Dr Oz effect’ and, in the words of one observer, offers a roadmap of what not...

Naturex gets Canadian NPN number for green coffee bean extract benefits

28-Feb-2014

The Canadian Natural Health Product Directorate (NHPD) has granted a Natural Product Number (NPN) for Naturex’s Svetol green coffee bean extract for its benefits on weight management and cardiovascular health.

Tests turn up adulterated green coffee bean extracts

07-Dec-2012 By Hank Schultz

Research conducted by ingredient developer Futureceuticals has demonstrated the existence of adulterated green coffee bean extract in the marketplace and has also teased out the probable adulterants.

Green coffee bean more than a fad

15-Oct-2012 By Hank Schultz

Green coffee bean extract seems to be the weight management flavor of the moment, but there is solid science behind the ingredient, an expert says, adding that’s why it landed on the Dr. Oz Show recently.

‘Special’ coffee may protect against DNA damage: Study

04-Apr-2011 By Stephen Daniells

Three to four cups of a ‘special’ coffee rich in green coffee bean compounds and roast products may protect oxidative damage to DNA and help reduce body fat, say new results published today.