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Arla to transform Volac’s Wales site into global production hub

22-Apr-2024 By Bethan Grylls

Arla Food Ingredients has acquired Volac’s Whey Nutrition business, with big plans to turn its Felinfach site in Wales into global centre for performance, health and food offerings.

Aligning consumer intentions with behaviors to achieve health goals

08-Apr-2024 By Olivia Brown

While many consumers want to improve their health by opting for healthier product choices, key barriers include a lack of trust in retailers, understanding of the nutritional information provided, and perceived availability of convenient options.

Gisele Bündchen joins Gaia Herbs as wellness ambassador

20-Sep-2023 By Asia Sherman

Herbal supplement manufacturer Gaia Herbs has partnered with supermodel Gisele Bündchen to inspire and teach consumers about how to kickstart a healthier lifestyle.

Nutrition experts highlight biomarkers, resilience and precision for optimal health

14-Jun-2023 By Asia Sherman

Biomarkers, resilience and precision nutrition would put humans on the path towards optimal health, according to a recent review of the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) Science in Session symposium “Optimizing Health with Nutrition – Opportunities,...

Researchers explore the pathways to berry health benefits

06-Feb-2023 By Asia Sherman

Berry researchers from around the world gathered last week at the 9th Biennial Berry Health Benefits Symposium in Tampa, FL to take a deep dive along the metabolic pathways in search of the microbes and metabolites that contribute to human health.

Mystic Meg for the market: Top 10 Trends for 2021

09-Dec-2020 By Nikki Hancocks

FMCG Gurus has revealed its predictions for the top 10 consumer trends that will impact food and drink brands in 2021.

Editor's Spotlight: Startup Focus

Interactive nutrition app to put consumers in the driving seat

28-Sep-2020 By Nikki Hancocks

An 'interactive nutrition' startup is being launched in the Netherlands which aims to pull together supermarkets, caterers and services in one highly personalised and future-friendly nutrition platform.

Self reported health: Who can we trust?

14-Oct-2019 By Nikki Hancocks

Self-reported health bias varies drastically from one person to the next and a recent study has gone some way to showing which participants are more likely to misreport.

Study: Omega-3 in mussels may help reduce the risk of cardiac arrest

08-Oct-2019 By Nikki Hancocks

Eating mussels three times per week may help bring about significant health benefits such as reducing the risk of cardiac arrest thanks to their omega-3 fatty acid properties, according to researchers from the University of Stirling.

Meta-analysis: Omega-3 supplements reduce risk of heart attack and cardiovascular disease

02-Oct-2019 By Nikki Hancocks

People taking omega-3 supplements are at lower risks of heart attack and other cardiovascular disease (CVD) events but gain no benefit for stroke, according to a new meta-analysis.

Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop under scrutiny over pregnancy supplement claims

01-Nov-2018 By Will Chu

A pregnancy supplement regimen offered by Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle brand Goop is the subject of alleged multiple breaches to UK advertising and trading standards.

People on the move: GOED, Amin Talati, Nature’s Bounty, AHPA, CRN, and more

21-Feb-2018 By Stephen Daniells

We’ve had a few notable hires since the start of 2018, with big news at AHPA, Amin Talati, CRN, GOED, Health Wright Products, Maker's Nutrition, NSF AuthenTechnologies, Rousselot, and The Nature’s Bounty Company.

Alcyon Health co-founder: ‘We want to be mass, we want to have national distribution’

Start-up Alcyon Health wants to fill gap in reproductive health space

15-Jan-2018 By Adi Menayang

With stark branding design and claims printed boldly on its minimalist packages, co-founder of Ohio-based startup Alcyon Health believes his company is filling in a gap in the reproductive health supplement category.

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DanoneWave opens applications for $50K grant in yogurt, probiotics, and gut microbiome research

13-Dec-2017 By Adi Menayang

Food and beverage giant Dannon, as a part of DanoneWave Public Benefit Corporation, announced it 6th Annual Yogurt, Probiotics, and the Gut Microbiome Fellowship Grant, which awards two $25,000 research grants for use in 2018.

Nestlé buys Atrium for $2.3 billion

05-Dec-2017 By Hank Schultz

Food giant Nestlé has agreed to acquire Canadian supplement maker Atrium Innovations for $2.3 billion.

Herbalife: 'Direct-selling model is aiding our contribution to UN's Sustainability Goals'

28-Nov-2017 By Gary Scattergood

Herbalife's direct-selling model is aiding its contribution towards the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals by enabling action to be taken at the grassroots level, according to one of its senior APAC leaders.

BASF teams up with InsideTracker for personalized nutrition & supplementation recommendations

18-Sep-2017 By Stephen Daniells

BASF and Segterra have announced a collaboration for BASF’s health ingredients brand, Newtrition, to provide personalized nutrition and dietary supplementation recommendations and scientific support for Segterra’s InsideTracker.

Nutrition program could save hospitals up to $3,800 per patient

17-Aug-2017 By Stephen Daniells

Tackling malnutrition in American hospitals could help save millions of dollars by shortening hospital stays and lowering readmission rates, says a new study conducted in four Chicago area hospitals.

13 personalized nutrition companies on the market today

15-Aug-2017 By Adi Menayang

As more studies on human nutrition suggest 'one-size-fits-all' isn't the way of the future, more companies are springing up peddling personalized nutrition solutions. We collected 13 personalized nutrition services and products that are...

Another personalized nutrition testing firm attracts investment capital

18-Jul-2017 By Hank Schultz

Investment capital continues to flow into the personalized nutrition space with the announcement of another infusion of cash into Orig3n, a company that offers genetic testing kits.

NSF International voices support for Supplement OWL

20-Jun-2017 By Stephen Daniells

The Supplement OWL will be a “valuable tool for regulators, retailers and consumers”, said Lori Bestervelt, executive VP and chief technical officer of NSF International, following her organization’s endorsement of the initiative.

Valensa joins Algae Biomass Organization, eyes next gen microalgae nutraceuticals

14-Jun-2017

Florida-based Valensa International has joined the Algae Biomass Organization (ABO), as the company recognizes algae as a source of sustainable and innovative nutraceuticals.

Balchem expands nutrition & health business with Innovative Food Processors, Inc. acquisition

12-Jun-2017

Balchem Corporation has acquired Innovative Food Processors (IFP), Inc., a privately held manufacturer of agglomerated and microencapsulated food and nutrition ingredients.

AIDP appointed licensed distributor for HP Ingredients’ Tongkat Ali extract

18-Apr-2017

HP Ingredients has announced that AIDP is now a licensed distributor for its patented ingredient, LJ100, a proprietary Tongkat ali extract (Eurycoma Longifolia).

Elwood Richard: September 17, 1931 – April 7, 2017

Industry pays tribute to NOW founder Elwood Richard

11-Apr-2017 By Stephen Daniells

Tributes are flowing in for the late Elwood Richard, founder of natural products industry leader NOW Foods, for his significant impact on the health food channel through the decades. Elwood passed away last week after a lengthy battle with cancer.

Entries close Friday January 15th

5-day count down: Last chance to enter the NutraIngredients Awards

11-Jan-2016 By Staff writer

It’s not too late to show the nutrition industry what you're made of by entering NutraIngredients’ 2016 Awards. But hurry, entries close Friday January 15th.

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The state of the health and wellness market in 2015

13-Nov-2015 By Ewa Hudson, head of health and wellness research at Euromonitor International

Is organic still selling? Does the 'natural' trend mean fortified/functional food is now passé? And why are consumers turning their noses up at better for you (BFY) offerings? Ewa Hudson, head of health and wellness research at Euromonitor International,...

Digitek is creeping onto the nutrition scene - and it's bringing big potential with it

26-Mar-2015 By Annie-Rose Harrison-Dunn at the University Medical Centre Groningen, the Netherlands

Health apps, home tests and other digitek are the future of nutrition research and public health strategies, according to top researchers in the field.

Special edition: Healthy Aging

Quality of life, aging with grace, and sleep: Experts give insights into ‘healthy aging’

23-Oct-2014 By Stephen Daniells

Healthy aging, anti-aging, the quest for a fountain of youth: The desire to stay young for as long as possible has accompanied humans throughout history, but what does healthy aging look like in a modern sense?

Special edition: Healthy Aging

Weight management, cognition, and joints: The key conditions driving healthy aging

23-Oct-2014 By Stephen Daniells

Healthy aging is all about living a healthier life for longer, a catch all for physical and mental health. But which are the health conditions really driving the category and how do key players see the sector?

What I Learned from Oz

07-Jul-2014 By Steve Mister, President & CEO, CRN

Two weeks ago, I had the responsibility of representing the dietary supplement industry at a hearing about weight loss scams before the Consumer Protection Subcommittee of the Commerce Committee in the U.S. Senate. Sitting at the witness table, two seats...

Chloramphenicol debacle points out need to have recall procedures at the ready

20-Nov-2013 By Hank Schultz

The recent massive recall of products containing enzymes contaminated with an antibiotic points out the need for companies to think out recall procedures in advance, experts say.

Ingredients by Nature enters strategic partnership for food-grade nutritional yeast

14-Nov-2013 By Maggie Hennessy

Ingredients by Nature has entered into a strategic partnership with ICC Brazil and Angel Yeast Co. to supply food-grade nutritional yeast ingredients for the US supplement and nutritional foods market.

Quality of Life launches weight loss and immune support supplements

07-Oct-2013

Quality of Life Labs have launched three new products targeting “two of America’s leading health concerns”, weight management and healthy immunity.

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Global healthcare systems are failing; nutrition policy needs to change now, says leading academic

16-May-2013 By Shane Starling

Nations and populations are in peril of being swamped by the cost of their healthcare systems unless a severe nutrition policy rethink can occur, says a leading academic.

Danone Institute teams up with nutrition bodies to examine health effects of yogurt

24-Apr-2013 By Mark ASTLEY

The Danone Institute International, the American Society for Nutrition (ASN), and the UK-based Nutrition Society (NS) have joined forces to evaluate the state of science surrounding the relationship between yogurt consumption and health.

AHPA expands staff with program development position

12-Mar-2013 By Hank Schultz

To go with an expanding membership, the American Herbal Products Association has expanded its staff with the addition of Jane Wilson in the newly created role of director of program development.

CRN: USPSTF calcium/vitamin D report does consumers a disservice

18-Jul-2012 By Stephen Daniells

Proposed advice from US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) on calcium and vitamin D conflicts with established recommendation from the Institute of Medicine (IoM) and the dietary guidelines and does consumers a disservice, says the Council for Responsible...