Sports Nutrition

Cycling test shows BCAA supplementation improves performance parameters

23-Jan-2020 By Hank Schultz

A commercially available BCAA supplement improved performance parameters in a nine week placebo-controlled study using a high intensity cycling model.

Women-focused brand builds pre workout around Nutrition 21’s nitric oxide booster

21-Jan-2020 By Hank Schultz

A new stimulant free pre-workout product sold through GNC stores features a nitric oxide booster manufactured by Nutrition 21.

Setting the pace: Indian sports nutrition firm MuscleBlaze sees annual sales jump by 25%

16-Jan-2020 By Tingmin Koe

Indian sports nutrition firm MuscleBlaze, owned by Bright Lifecare, has seen its annual sales have grown by nearly 25%, as consumers' awareness of the category continues to grow.

Endurance ambition: GNC launches Climb Fuel Gel to meet growing demand in APAC

16-Jan-2020 By Guan Yu Lim

GNC is looking to expand the product range across its endurance brand GNC Climb in order to tap into rising demand in Australia, Singapore and the Philippines.

Aesthetic benefit a prime consideration for Asian women buying sports nutrition: Lumina Intelligence

15-Jan-2020 By Tingmin Koe

Asian women prefer sports nutrition products that claim aesthetic benefits and weight loss more so than female consumers from the other parts of the world, according to exclusive new insights from Lumina Intelligence.

Influencer designed products are set to shake sports nutrition in 2020, market analyst predicts

14-Jan-2020 By Nikki Hancocks

Influencer designed products will be one of the biggest trends in 2020 for sports nutrition and the market is ripe to capitalise on the trend, according to a market analyst.

High dose caffeine boosts power in both elite, recreational athletes but shows differing effects on mood

10-Jan-2020 By Hank Schultz

A study using elite and high level recreational athletes has found that a high dose of caffeine boosted anaerobic performance in both groups and boosted mood states, but in the elite group only.

GNC bets on energy drink promotion to help find new customers

08-Jan-2020 By Hank Schultz

A leading marketing strategist says GNC is evolving to be a ‘better for you’ convenience store as it tries to cope with changes in the retail world and shifts in consumers’ interest in categories like weight management.

The NutraIngredients-USA Awards are back! Submit your entries!

08-Jan-2020 By Stephen Daniells

The NutraIngredients-USA Awards 2020 have three new categories but the same commitment to honor the best and brightest in ingredients, finished products, companies, people, and initiatives in the dietary supplements industry.

NIU’s Global Round-up: Folic acid fortification coming to the UK? India’s booming sports nutrition market, and more

06-Jan-2020 By Stephen Daniells

Happy New Year! The first week of 2020 was relatively quiet but there was still important news for the nutra- industry around the world: Stay on top of things with our weekly round-up of key news from across the globe.

Probiotics for sports performance and recovery: ISSN outlines position in new paper

24-Dec-2019 By Stephen Daniells

The science is still developing, but data does support a role for probiotics for athletes, according to a new position paper by the International Society for Sports Nutrition (ISSN).

Probiotic from pickled cabbage improves aerobic endurance in non-athletes: Taiwan study

10-Dec-2019 By Guan Yu Lim

A probiotic isolated from Taiwanese pickled cabbage, Lactobacillus plantarum TWK10 (TWK10), has been demonstrated to improve exercise performance and fatigue-associated features in non-athletes.

Optimum Nutrition introduces supplement line formulated for active adults 40+

05-Dec-2019 By Danielle Masterson

The new line aimed to support muscle recovery, muscle endurance and joint health, just landed on shelves at the Vitamin Shoppe.

Taste experts reveal sports nutrition flavour inspirations for 2020

28-Nov-2019 By Nikki Hancocks

Carob, baklava, fig and rum and raisin are just a few of the potential Mediterranean flavour trends that could enter the sports nutrition market in 2020 and beyond, according to a new report from taste experts Synergy Flavours.

US Olympic Committee and Everton Football Club experts join Sports Nutrition Summit USA program

20-Nov-2019 By Stephen Daniells

Experts from English Premier League giants Everton Football Club and the US Olympic Committee have joined the speaker faculty for NutraIngredients-USA’s upcoming Sports Nutrition Summit USA.

Deer velvet antler for sports: NZ’s Mountain Red obtains third party ‘sports grade’ status

20-Nov-2019 By Tingmin Koe

New Zealand firm Mountain Red has obtained a US ‘sports grade’ certification for its deer velvet antler supplement, after passing assessment by a third party laboratory.

Fast growing sports nutrition firm gets $5 million in funding

19-Nov-2019 By Hank Schultz

Sports nutrition company Momentous, co founded by a former professional skateboarder, has garnered $5 million in Series A funding in a round led by venture capital firm FitLab, which focuses on human performance companies.

Jim Stoppani: Innovation in Sports Nutrition comes from novel synergies between ingredients

12-Nov-2019 By Stephen Daniells

Novel ingredients in the sports nutrition space come along once a decade, and the real innovation for the category comes from finding new combinations of tried and true ingredients to maximize effects, says Jim Stoppani, PhD, Founder of JYM Supplement...

FTC puts limits around influencer economy with rules guidance

11-Nov-2019 By Danielle Masterson

As online influencers continue to wield more and more financial power, the FTC is laying down the rules on how brands and influencers must be transparent about their working relationship.

NIU’s Global Round-up: ESSNA warns of risk of failed drug tests with CBD products, Blackmores eyes India, and more

11-Nov-2019 By Stephen Daniells

What's happened this week around the Nutra-Verse? Stay on top of things with our weekly round-up of key news from across the globe.

Aussie TGA proposes to classify non-food appropriate sports supplements as ‘medicines’

11-Nov-2019 By Tingmin Koe

Australia’s national regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), is proposing to classify non-food appropriate sports supplements as therapeutic goods.

Herbalife Nutrition, Proactive Sports Performance to open sports nutrition performance research facility

06-Nov-2019 By Danielle Masterson

With over a decade in the making, the state-of-the-art center will debut in the fourth quarter of 2020.

Gelita: Making the leap from beauty-from-within to sports nutrition

05-Nov-2019

When you hear the word ‘collagen’ the beauty from within category may come to mind. But one company wants to show you that this ingredient is a game changer sports nutrition.

From the editor's desk

When ‘edgy’ marketing goes over the edge

01-Nov-2019 By Hank Schultz

The case this week of a beverage brand making a supposedly tongue in cheek reference to suicide points to the risks inherent in swinging for the fences in product marketing.

NCAA decision let athletes profit from image use could affect influencer marketing

31-Oct-2019 By Danielle Masterson

The new decision could disrupt the industry and shake up how brands use student athletes to promote their products online.

WATCH: Social media's impact on unhealthy diet obsessions

30-Oct-2019 By Nikki Hancocks

Social media is driving a whole host of nutrition myths and causing a growing number of young adults to become totally obsessed with their diets, health and nutrition experts have been warned.

Hilo Gummies CEO: 'Ditch the shaker'

30-Oct-2019 By Danielle Masterson

The company is shaking up sports nutrition with their athlete-approved supplement gummies.

Myth-busting: Sport scientist debunks prolific ‘carbs are bad' fallacy

28-Oct-2019 By Nikki Hancocks

Carbohydrates are the most efficient energy store for our bodies and are paramount to athletic performance, former Team Wiggins nutrition expert told a myth-busting conference last week.

Friesland Campina says new streamlined structure will help customers make better use of company’s dairy-derived ingredients

25-Oct-2019 By Hank Schultz

Friesland Campina’s revamped operational structure will help better meet the needs of North American customers, an executive said at a recent trade show.

Social media myth-busting: Experts expose the lies at sports nutrition conference

25-Oct-2019 By Nikki Hancocks

“There’s a new idea emerging that if you have a lot of followers on Instagram and you have a six pack then you are an authority on nutrition and health,” sports nutrition professionals were warned during a nutrition myth-busting conference held in Ireland...

Naturex struts flagship turmeric ingredient at SupplySide West

22-Oct-2019 By Danielle Masterson

NutraIngredients-USA caught up with the plant extraction and ingredient developer at SupplySide West in Las Vegas to hear about their latest ingredients and insights on key trends in the industry.

PURIS unveils new pea starch for sports nutrition, gummy formulations

22-Oct-2019 By Hank Schultz

Pea protein innovator PURIS has unveiled new carbohydrate ingredients that can function as a gummy binder as well as a constituent in sports nutrition formulations.

Powered by potato? Spuds ‘just as good’ as carb gels for athletic performance, says study

22-Oct-2019 By Nathan Gray

Consuming potato puree works just as well as a commercial carbohydrate gel when it comes to maintaining blood sugar levels and boosting athletic performance, researchers report.

Pilot study hints at potential of Rhodiola-Cordyceps mix for body composition benefits

21-Oct-2019 By Stephen Daniells

A combination of Rhodiola crenulata and Cordyceps sinensis may enhance training-related body composition adaptions in young people, suggests a small preliminary study from Taiwan.

Nutrigenomics: The next generation of personalized nutrition

15-Oct-2019 By Danielle Masterson

Dozens of companies have cropped up to help consumers personalize their health and nutrition. So how does one company stand out from the rest?

Latest doping violation puts spotlight on contaminated supplements in sports

14-Oct-2019 By Danielle Masterson

NFL player Brandon Copeland, who had been suspended over a failed drug test, said he plans to file a lawsuit against a company that he claims gave him "contaminated" supplements.

NIU’s Global Round-up: Bayer Consumer Health opens 1st R&D center in China, Baze expands in Europe, and more

14-Oct-2019 By Stephen Daniells

What's happened this week around the Nutra-Verse? Stay on top of things with our weekly round-up of key news from across the globe.

Insights from Lumina Intelligence

Sports Nutrition – key trends for 2020

14-Oct-2019 By Shane Starling

The mainstreaming of sports nutrition backed by the ever-rising importance of online reviews and ratings and social media validation, are key findings from a 6-pack of sports nutrition sub-sector reports published by Lumina Intelligence.

Active Pharmaceutica and BioActor enter into exclusive partnership

10-Oct-2019 By Natasha Spencer

Brazilian pharmaceutical distributor, Active Pharmaceutica, and product development supplier, BioActor, team up to promote and distribute Bioactor’s proprietary sports performance ingredient in Brazil. We spoke to BioActor’s CEO, Hans van der Saag to...

The big dog: Sci-MX boss in the hot seat

10-Oct-2019 By Nikki Hancocks

We get up close and personal with Robert Walker, CEO of Sci-MX (owned by Samworth Brothers), to discover what lead him to become the boss of a leading sports nutrition brand and hear his insights into the industry he has lived and breathed for nearly...

Ingredients by Nature’s new bioflavonoid complex targets blood sugar management category

09-Oct-2019 By Stephen Daniells

A new randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial supports the efficacy of Ingredients by Nature’s new bioflavonoid complex, branded as Eriomin, to help control blood sugar levels, inflammation and blood pressure.

NIU’s Global Round-up: DuPont teams up with China’s By-Health, Sports nutrition in LATAM, and more

07-Oct-2019 By Stephen Daniells

What's happened this week around the Nutra-Verse? Stay on top of things with our weekly round-up of key news from across the globe.

Study highlights importance of iron in adolescent athletes

04-Oct-2019 By Danielle Masterson

Optimal nutrition is fundamental for enhancing training, recovery and performance in athletes. A new study on iron intake and athletic performance in adolescent athletes underscores the importance of iron intake and the need for more research.

OmniActive to debut sustained release natural caffeine ingredient

03-Oct-2019 By Hank Schultz

OmniActive Health Technologies will launch a new sustained release energy ingredient at the Supply Side West trade show, the company announced this week.

Health and wellness sphere is “heading in a very positive direction”: GNC executives state

03-Oct-2019 By Natasha Spencer

We talk to John Learish, SVP of Marketing and Carl Seletz, Chief Global Officer, at GNC, to find out how regulations, condition-specific products, innovative formulas and purchasing power in Brazil are helping to push the sector forward. Yet, how the...

SupplySide West Education: The sessions our editors will be keeping an eye on…

03-Oct-2019 By Stephen Daniells

With barely two weeks left before the industry makes it annual pilgrimage to Las Vegas for SupplySide West, we look ahead to the events educational workshop program.

Savoury and female-friendly: Sports nutrition expert’s tips for new protein supplement product innovation

02-Oct-2019 By Tingmin Koe

Protein supplement manufacturers should explore the current gap in the market for more savoury and female-friendly options when developing new products, according to a leading nutrition consultant.

Female athletic consumers: An untapped opportunity in sports nutrition

27-Sep-2019 By Stephen Daniells

The dietary supplements industry is missing the opportunity of developing a brand focused on female athletic consumers that is supported by science and speaks with the voice that female athletes want to hear, say experts.

Trade war, generic competitors hurt NAI’s sales

27-Sep-2019 By Hank Schultz

Tariffs, tax charges and generic knockoffs hurt Natural Alternatives International in the fourth quarter, the company reported this week.

Herbalife Nutrition: 'We’ve gotten to the point where we’ve demonized carbohydrates without adequate education'

26-Sep-2019 By Mary Ellen Shoup

You don’t need to be an elite athlete to benefit from the basic principles of sports nutrition, says Dr Dana Ryan, Herbalife Nutrition’s director of sports performance and education.