Nutrition

Nuts for healthier hearts: Large study supports health benefits of nuts

28-Nov-2017 By Stephen Daniells

Regular consumption of walnuts, tree nuts, and peanuts (yes, we know it’s a legume and not a ‘nut’) can slash the risk of developing cardiovascular disease or coronary heart disease, says the largest study of its kind.

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.

TSG Consumer Partners completes investment in Nuun

22-Nov-2017 By Adi Menayang

Private equity firm TSG Consumer Partners announced that it has acquired a minority stake in Nuun, a company which makes sports hydration supplements, for an undisclosed sum.

Lutein is ready for a DRI, according to latest review of scientific literature

21-Nov-2017 By Adi Menayang

Studies on the carotenoid lutein has enough scientific evidence for it to have its own established dietary reference intake (DRI), according to the latest analysis published last week in the European Journal of Nutrition.

Rosewood Private Investments buys nutrition contract manufacturer ProTec Laboratory

20-Nov-2017 By Adi Menayang

Rosewood Private Investments, private equity arm of philanthropist and former hotelier Caroline Hunt’s estate, purchased ProTec Laboratory, an East Texas contract manufacturer of dietary supplements, sports nutrition, and pet care products, for an undisclosed...

Review details growing scientific backing for curcumin benefits

20-Nov-2017 By Hank Schultz

Even if one excludes the many studies on curcumin that have disease end points, the research backing for the health benefits of this potent suite of polyphenols continues to grow, the authors of a review paper assert.

RCT backs targeted medical nutrition drink for muscle-wasting benefits

14-Nov-2017 By Tim Cutcliffe

A targeted medical nutrition drink containing omega-3, vitamin D, protein and a combination of polyphenols has been found to improve symptoms of cachexia, a muscle-wasting disease that is common in COPD patients.

Vitamin Shoppe takes $106 million writedown, reports massive loss

13-Nov-2017 By Hank Schultz

Increased competition in the sports nutrition space caused dietary supplements retailer Vitamin Shoppe to report its biggest loss since going public in 2009 and sent the share price reeling.

Need for aloe methods pushed Herbalife to become quality leader, exec says

10-Nov-2017 By Hank Schultz

The need to verify one of its primary ingredients—aloe—has pushed Herbalife to become one of the industry’s leaders on identification and quality, an executive asserts.

Antioxidant rich diet linked to lower diabetes risk in women: Study

10-Nov-2017 By Tim Cutcliffe

Consuming a diet rich in antioxidant foods is associated with a reduction in risk of type-2 diabetes (T2D) in middle-aged women, reports a new study in Diabetologia.

Innophos snaps up ingredient supplier NutraGenesis

06-Nov-2017 By Hank Schultz

Innophos Holdings is continuing to execute on a strategic plan to become a major player in human nutrition with the acquisition of dietary ingredient supplier NutraGenesis.

Microbiome Therapeutics prepares to launch ‘microbiome modulator’

06-Nov-2017 By Stephen Daniells

After successfully completing a Series B financing, Microbiome Therapeutics is gearing up for the launch of a ‘microbiome modulator’ product designed to help balance the microbiome and support healthy metabolism.

More education called for after survey finds med students ‘overconfident, underprepared’ on nutrition guidelines

01-Nov-2017 By Adi Menayang

A study by Ohio University researchers found that out of 257 medical students surveyed, more than 55% were confident they could give nutrition recommendations, but half did not achieve the passing score on a nutrition quiz.

Blood sugar management drink Good Idea, backed by Swedish research, launches in the US

01-Nov-2017 By Adi Menayang

A canned liquid supplement called Good Idea, formulated to be a ‘sugar buster,’ just hit the market. Its blood sugar management properties are backed by research out of the Food for Health Science Center at Lund University in Sweden.

Enzymotec on board in Frutarom’s $168m natural and infant nutrition investment

30-Oct-2017 By Will Chu

Israeli flavour and fine ingredients firm Frutarom are now the owners of nutritional ingredients specialists Enzymotec in a €144m ($168m) deal for the remaining 81% of company shares.

Consumer health and personalisation concepts to drive nutra-pharma integration?

26-Oct-2017 By Nathan Gray

The convergence of nutrition and pharmaceutical industries sits with growing consumer health companies and in the development of new technologies for personalised nutrition and medicine, according to the senior vice president of consumer health and nutrition...

Good nutrition throughout adulthood promotes strength and fitness in old age, suggests study

25-Oct-2017 By Tim Cutcliffe

Individuals who eat healthily throughout adulthood improve their likelihood of enjoying better physical fitness later in life, reports a recent study in The Journals of Gerontology: Series A.

CRN moves to derail state bill that attacks weight loss, muscle building supplements

24-Oct-2017 By Hank Schultz

CRN moves to derail state bill that attacks weight loss, muscle building supplements

CRN board expects members to be 'substantially compliant with the OWL' by start of 2018

24-Oct-2017 By Stephen Daniells

Members of the Council for Responsible Nutrition must demonstrate a “unified commitment” to the Supplement OWL, with the organization’s Board of Directors indicating that all members must be substantially compliant by the beginning of the year.

Usage and confidence in supplements up, trust stays high: CRN data

20-Oct-2017 By Stephen Daniells

Seventy-six percent of US adults are using dietary supplements, an increase of 5% on 2016 values, according to results of the 2017 CRN Consumer Survey on Dietary Supplements.

Protein: A tale of two cities

20-Oct-2017 By Hank Schultz

Two companies are taking opposite roads toward protein delivery innovation—one a whole food and the other a reductionist line of ingredients—and each having success in their own way.

Sea buckthorn-whey protein encapsulation: A boon for sports nutrition?

20-Oct-2017 By Will Chu

Sea buckthorn extract microencapsulated in whey protein isolate, demonstrates an antioxidant activity that suggests a role in sports nutrition and other various nutraceutical applications

Expanding to convenience stores, Glanbia Performance Nutrition ramps up grab-and-go sports nutrition portfolio

20-Oct-2017 By Adi Menayang

There was a time when sports drinks at convenience stores meant electrolyte drinks like Gatorade… and that was about it. Soon, products from specialty sports nutrition staples like Optimum Nutrition, BSN, and Isopure will also be available at convenience...

CRN workshop to define issues surrounding medical foods

19-Oct-2017 By Hank Schultz

An industry meeting next month may help dispel some of the uncertainty continues to swirl around the medical foods category, according to a speaker at CRN’s annual conference.

DuPont explores ‘untapped opportunity’ in fermented plant-based beverage whitespace

19-Oct-2017 By Stephen Daniells

Interest in plant-based beverages and fermented beverages separately is intense and growing, but a combination of the two – fermented plant-based beverages – is an untapped opportunity for industry, says DuPont Nutrition & Health.

D-allulose may enhance energy metabolism, aiding weight loss, in healthy humans

16-Oct-2017 By Adi Menayang

In addition to its sweetening properties, d-allulose may also aid in weight management by enhancing post-meal fat oxidation and decreasing carbohydrate oxidation, according to researchers in Japan.

Enzyme-made seaweed compounds show much prebiotic and nutraceutical potential

16-Oct-2017 By Will Chu

Seaweed-derived bioactive compounds produced using enzymes present a wealth of opportunities in the development of novel prebiotic and nutraceutical food applications.

As curcumin demand increases, Sabinsa parent company opens new extraction facility

12-Oct-2017 By Adi Menayang

Sami Labs, parent company of botanical specialist Sabinsa, inaugurated a second ‘Continuous Extraction Plant’ to meet demand for its Curcumin C3 Complex ingredient.

Clinical and market research should go hand-in-hand for delivery format innovation, say industry R&D specialists

11-Oct-2017 By Adi Menayang

Delivering nutrients to different age groups isn’t just about market research on format preferences—clinical studies should also be involved, according to R&D and brand specialists at ingredient giant Kerry.

Alpha-GPC supplementation linked to improved strength in new clinical study

10-Oct-2017 By Adi Menayang

Results from a 48-person, placebo-controlled clinical trial led sports nutrition researchers to conclude that alpha glycerylphosphorycholine (A-GPC for short), “should be considered as an emerging ergogenic supplement.”

Microbiome sampling could predict weight loss success – help to drive personalised diet plans

09-Oct-2017 By Nathan Gray

The make-up of our gut bacteria environment may play a key role in personalised nutrition approaches to fight obesity, according to new research.

Death of the pill? To bulk of consumers, 'dietary supplement' means powder or beverage

04-Oct-2017 By Adi Menayang

Consumers today associate the word ‘supplement’ with powders or beverages, more so than capsules, pills, tablets, and so forth, according to analyses of social media chatter by one marketing firm.

Egg protein ingredient developer capitalizes on high choline content for cognition play

02-Oct-2017 By Hank Schultz

A new egg protein ingredient featuring high levels of choline is being promoted for its potential benefits in cognitive health, a unique tack in the protein space.

When formulating probiotics for children, functional foods might not be the best delivery format, expert argues

28-Sep-2017 By Adi Menayang

As more brands incorporate nutritional ingredients into foods and beverages to meet consumer demand for functional foods, one probiotic expert discourages the practice for brands formulating for children and teenagers.

Vitamin E tocotrienols may improve markers of metabolic syndrome: Rat data

27-Sep-2017 By Stephen Daniells

Lab rats with metabolic syndrome fed a diet supplemented with a full spectrum palm tocotrienol complex showed improvements in blood pressure, blood lipids and liver health, says a new study from Monash University Malaysia.

AI, chat bots and e-commerce taking APAC's nutrition industry to the next level

27-Sep-2017 By Cheryl Tay

Technological advances are having a big impact on the APAC supplement and functional food industry, with the most innovative firms enjoying "a major boon” as more consumers go online for advice and to make purchases.

Kemin, Valensa team up for marketing of algal beta-glucans for immune support

26-Sep-2017 By Hank Schultz

Valensa International has signed a supply and marketing deal with Kemin in the US for its line of immune-supporting beta-glucans sourced from a proprietary strain of algae.

ADM gets personal with new microbiome collaboration with Mayo Clinic

21-Sep-2017 By Stephen Daniells

Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has announced a collaboration with the Mayo Clinic on personalized nutrition solutions to healthy body weight through probiotics, prebiotics, and other nutrients.

Even with high omega-3s awareness almost no one hits optimum intake, study suggests

19-Sep-2017 By Hank Schultz

Public awareness of the importance of omega-3 fatty acids has grown. But a new study suggests that almost all adults in Western countries still fall far below optimal blood levels of these important nutrients.

innoVactiv self-affirms GRAS status for InSea2 ingredient

18-Sep-2017

Canada-based innoVactic has announced that its InSea2 ingredient obtained self-affirmed Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) status following a comprehensive evaluation by an independent panel of experts.

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.

Burt’s Bees Natural Launchpad grants baobab powder brand Kaibae cash, mentorship

14-Sep-2017 By Adi Menayang

California-based baobab powder brand Kaibae was selected to be part of the second cohort of Clorox-owned Burt’s Bees Natural Launchpad, which awards grantees with $10,000 in cash and several days of mentorship with Burt’s Bees executives.

ChromaDex partners with Watsons to launch healthy ageing supplement in Asia

12-Sep-2017 By Cheryl Tay

Botanical ingredient and analytics firm ChromaDex has partnered with Hong Kong-based retailer AS Watson to launch its US-made dietary supplement TRU NIAGEN in Asia.

Multivitamins, vitamin D & omega-3s most popular supplements for older Americans: Survey

08-Sep-2017 By Stephen Daniells

Dietary supplement use among older Americans is high, with women twice as likely as men to use the products, says a new analysis of the 2011-2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).

Review: Co-supplementation of vitamins D, K may lead to stronger bones in children

08-Sep-2017 By Adi Menayang

There has been a ‘disturbing growth’ in the incidence of low-energy bone fractures in healthy children and adolescents, a group of researchers wrote in a new review, arguing that insufficiency of vitamin D, vitamin K, and calcium are among leading considerations.

Special Edition: Personalized Nutrition

Dr Jeff Bland: ‘Gene-based information is re-writing nutrition science in a way that is inconsistent with the current regulations’

07-Sep-2017 By Stephen Daniells

We live in an era where the regulatory framework, which manages labeling and claims, is an artifact of the pre-genomic era, says functional medicine and personalized nutrition expert Jeffrey Bland, PhD.

Special Edition: Personalized Nutrition

Habit rolls out nationwide: The timing was right for us, says CSO

07-Sep-2017 By Stephen Daniells

After a successful beta program in the Bay Area, Habit is going nationwide. Josh Anthony, PhD, Habit’s founding Chief Scientific Officer tells us why the timing was right for the personalized nutrition trailblazer.

Vitafoods Asia 2017

APAC's fastest growing functional and fortified food markets revealed

07-Sep-2017 By Cheryl Tay

Hong Kong, China, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia are tipped to be among the fastest growing functional food and fortified product markets in APAC to 2021, while Japan is witnessing a wave of product innovation on the back of its new Food with Function...

VITAFOODS ASIA 2017

Personalised nutrition in Asia Pacific: 'Industry is now at a tipping point'

06-Sep-2017 By Gary Scattergood

New players in the market and groundbreaking technology will lead to a wave of personalised nutrition innovation across Asia, according to a panel of experts at Vitafoods Asia.

Hurricane Harvey: Industry steps up to provide aid during recovery

01-Sep-2017 By Adi Menayang

From donating nutritious, ready-to-eat meals and drinks to increasing pledged corporate donation amounts to partner charities, here are different ways industry players are contributing to Hurricane Harvey Relief efforts.