R&D

NutraWomen Wednesday: Alexandra Boelrijk PhD, Global RD&A Senior Director – Proactive Health, Kerry

27-Sep-2023 By Danielle Masterson

Armed with curiosity and a passion for chemistry, this R&D maven is leading a global team to bring health solutions to the world.

ChromaDex Sr VP: ‘We’re happy for our external research program to serve as a model for industry’

25-Apr-2022 By Stephen Daniells

As the ChromaDex External Research Program passes a significant milestone with 250 material transfer agreements (MTAs), are there lessons for the rest of the industry to learn about building out R&D programs?

OmniActive presents new studies in energy, cognition, weight management, & eye health

28-Jun-2021 By Emily Jarecki

Further substantiating the claims behind its ingredients, OmniActive Health Technologies presented multiple new studies at the recent American Society of Nutrition Conference.

NutraCast Podcast: George Stagnitti on colostrum research

29-May-2020 By Danielle Masterson

Colostrum is often thought of as a newborn's first meal — but it isn’t just for babies.

From the editor's desk

Wild ride over past decade shapes view of coming frenetic year

11-Dec-2019 By Hank Schultz

The dietary supplement industry is a crazy quilt that marries the sublime to the ridiculous and includes players of the highest moral and intellectual standards as well as those participating in the basest grubbing for money.

Supplier offers test methods specific to its encapsulated ingredients

09-Dec-2019 By Hank Schultz

Encapsulation methods can skew test results if they are not properly accounted for in ingredients and/or finished product testing, a supplier cautions.

Bias inherent in company funded research calls value of evidence into question, critic maintains

01-Oct-2019 By Hank Schultz

The results of company funded research are so predictable that the value of the studies is greatly reduced, a prominent critic of the practice says.

Chinese firm HMI opens tech centre in Kunming to drive R&D of CBD and hemp health products

29-Aug-2019 By Tingmin Koe

Chinese firm HMI Group has opened a tech centre in Kunming to speed up the R&D of CBD and hemp-based health foods.

How the changing retail landscape is changing sports nutrition product development

16-Aug-2019 By Adi Menayang

This week, two sports nutrition brands announced new mass retail partners—Optimum Nutrition goes to a club store, while Redcon1 partners with an outdoor and sporting goods store.

Special Edition: The Female Consumer

VOX POP: What should product developers, marketers keep in mind when addressing the female consumer? Women in the industry weigh in

25-Jul-2019 By Adi Menayang & Mary Ellen Shoup

From publicists to brand founders, R&D scientists to regulatory affairs managers, we spoke with some women in the nutrition industry about the current landscape of marketing and developing products for women—in what aspects is the industry excelling,...

The case for berries as an ingredient in supplements, functional foods and beverage

21-May-2019 By Adi Menayang

Polyphenol-rich fruits like blueberries, raspberries, and cranberries only grow in certain parts of the world and are available fresh only for a certain period of time. By freeze-drying and extracting some of its phytonutrients, product developers can...