Sports & Active Nutrition Summit Usa

‘One of the best summits I've attended in a long time!’ Save the Date for the 2025 Sports & Active Nutrition Summit

18-Mar-2024 By Stephen Daniells

Described by one recent attendee as “hands-down the best event”, NutraIngredients-USA is pleased to announce the dates for the 2025 Sports & Active Nutrition Summit.

Female fluctuations, cycles and stages key to sports nutrition market

04-Mar-2024 By Asia Sherman

Understanding women’s real needs presents a considerable commercial opportunity, particularly when it comes to sports and active nutrition.

The Sports & Active Nutrition Summit 2024 in pictures

27-Feb-2024 By Stephen Daniells

NutraIngredients-USA's 6th Sports & Active Nutrition Summit attracted over 250 delegates to sunny San Diego for three days of content and networking.

Why is Joel Freeman so successful? It’s simple.

26-Feb-2024 By Danielle Masterson

No longer bound to limited DVD disc space, BODi super trainer Joel Freeman said he’s enjoying the wide open opportunities that his streaming platform offers. But while technology advances, one thing remains the same: simplicity.

A new economic imperative for the sports nutrition market

19-Feb-2024 By Claudia Adrien

Finding new markets within the sports nutrition category may be challenging in this economic climate, but experts agree there’s much to be said for diversifying the ways supplements are sold to meet broader consumer needs.

Nutrabolt chief legal officer on state-led restrictions: ‘We need to work together’

16-Feb-2024 By Stephen Daniells

Attempts to restrict access to certain dietary supplement categories at the state-level could potentially pose the most significant threat to the industry since the passage of DSHEA, and the industry needs to unify in response, says Nutrabolt’s chief...

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Q&A: Glaxon on shaking up the sports and active nutrition category

29-Jan-2024 By Asia Sherman

Glaxon entered the market in 2019 with a small suite of sports nutrition supplements. Since then, the portfolio has grown to some 100 products, featuring space-themed branding and individual comic art for each label with innovative formulation concepts...

SANS 2024: Join Ghost, GNC, NutraBolt, Coca-Cola, MuscleTech, Glaxon and more in San Diego

25-Jan-2024 By Stephen Daniells

With just under three weeks to go, there’s still time to join the leading conference for the U.S. sports and active nutrition sector featuring a raft of the category’s leading brands and subject matter experts.

Move Nutrition offers sneak peek at survey findings ahead of big reveal at SANS

25-Jan-2024 By Danielle Masterson

Michigan-based Move Nutrition Network, a new resource for active and sports nutrition education, recently reached out to more than 500 sports and active nutrition practitioners (sports dietitians, sports nutritionists, and trainers) to find out where...

Sports & Active Nutrition Summit Start-up Star

Q&A: Helaina founder talks reproducing breast milk proteins for mass consumption

08-Jan-2024 By Asia Sherman

The spark for biotech company Helaina hit founder Laura Katz on the New York City subway as she was listening to a podcast about black-market breast milk.

Sports & Active Nutrition Summit Start-up Star

Q&A: Apex Compliance founder talks streamlining supplement regulatory marketing compliance

03-Jan-2024 By Asia Sherman

Apex Compliance entered the dietary supplement space to simplify regulatory compliance by helping companies identify the words and phrases across marketing materials that trigger oversight agencies.

6 reasons to attend NutraIngredients-USA’s Sports & Active Nutrition Summit 2024

18-Dec-2023 By Stephen Daniells

The Sports & Active Nutrition Summit 2024 is just two months away! Bridging the science and business of the sports and active nutrition categories, SANS is a must-attend event, and let us tell you why…

Calling all Sports & Active Nutrition start-ups!

14-Nov-2023 By Stephen Daniells

NutraIngredients-USA is inviting early-stage active lifestyle brands to enter its "Start-up Stars" competition which will see three pioneering entrepreneurs gain industry notoriety at the Sports & Active Nutrition Summit 2024.

Sports & Active Nutrition Summit 2024: Early bird discount expires today

10-Nov-2023 By Stephen Daniells

With expert speakers confirmed from GNC Live Well, Wild.AI, TYM Performance, AHPA, SPINS, Thorne HealthTech, Move Nutriton Network, Lifenome, the University of Ghent, Dublin City University, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and more, the upcoming...

Finding opportunity for dietary supplements in esports

09-May-2023 By Danielle Masterson

Esport expert Jason Chung said the opportunity is there—but the story isn't.

Floyd Landis on the industry issue that keeps him on at night

11-Apr-2023 By Danielle Masterson

CBD sellers were holding onto hope that the FDA would regulate CBD in order to stabilize the industry and give customers confidence, but the lack of guidance has left business owners like Landis feeling trapped.

Industry pays tribute to Dr. Hector Lopez, raise $18k in proceeds

10-Apr-2023 By Danielle Masterson

Earlier this year members of the industry gathered in San Diego at the Sports and Active Nutrition Summit to see expert presentations, panel discussions and a variety of networking opportunities. To kick off the three-day event, attendees gathered the...

Swimming legend Allison Schmitt tackles mental health

13-Mar-2023 By Danielle Masterson

The athlete-turned-mental health advocate spoke at the Sports and Active Nutrition Summit about her own struggle with depression and what drives her passion for raising awareness.

SPINS: The opportunity for Active Nutrition is golden right now

07-Mar-2023 By Stephen Daniells

As the sports nutrition mainstreams to be more about active nutrition, the opportunity for the category is “golden right now”, says Scott Dicker, Director of Market Insights for SPINS.

Hydration category gains popularity for active lifestyles and beyond

06-Mar-2023 By Danielle Masterson

As functional beverages continue to trend, hydration is one area GNC’s Ken Huntly said we should be watching.

Mibelle launches haskap berry powder into sports nutrition market

23-Jan-2023 By Asia Sherman

Mibelle Biochemistry has its sights set on sports nutrition with a new haskap berry powder marketed as endurance and performance booster.

Q&A: ING2 co-founder on developing evolved ingredients for muscle, brain and gut health

20-Jan-2023 By Asia Sherman

Ingenious Ingredients (ING2), an innovation company focused on developing breakthrough bioactives, says it has hit lighting twice with its two first ingredients.

Q&A: Bella Grace’s chief innovation officer talks collagen matrix and influencer marketing

18-Jan-2023 By Asia Sherman

Tampa-based start-up Bella Grace – which defines itself as a superior luxury and lifestyle brand developed by some of the greatest minds in the industry – is looking to disrupt the collagen market with a new elixir. The proprietary blend combines Gelita’s...

Q&A: Levelle Nutrition on fueling women to run the world

16-Jan-2023 By Asia Sherman

Levelle Nutrition, founded by Linda Alvarez and Stephanie Schrauth, is on a mission to empower female athletes with fuel formulated for their physiology. With sex-specific nutrition understudied in clinical trial and overlooked in product formulations,...

Levelle, ING2, and Bella Grace Global announced as 2023 Start-up Stars

14-Dec-2022 By Stephen Daniells

NutraIngredients-USA is pleased to announce Bella Grace Global, ING2, and Levelle as our 2023 Start-up Stars for our upcoming Sports & Active Nutrition Summit (February 15-17, 2023).

Study finds beetroot supplementation of benefit in resistance training

12-Dec-2022 By Hank Schultz

A study out of Spain suggests beetroot juice can benefit strength athletes by reducing heart rate variability and perceived exertion

'A fantastic event': 6 reasons to attend NutraIngredients-USA’s Sports & Active Nutrition Summit 2023

12-Dec-2022 By Stephen Daniells

The Sports & Active Nutrition Summit 2023 is just two months away! Bridging the science and business of the sports and active nutrition categories, SANS is a must-attend event, and let us tell you why…

NAI exec warns of ‘period of restricted growth’

14-Nov-2022 By Hank Schultz

Inflation amounts to an “economic storm” that has pushed the dietary supplement industry into a “period of constrained growth,” according to Mark LeDoux, CEO of Natural Alternatives International. The sport nutrition sector was seen as the most profoundly...

Sports & Active Nutrition Summit: Early bird discount expires this week

10-Nov-2022 By Stephen Daniells

With expert speakers confirmed from GNC, NOW, Advanced.gg, Floyds of Leadville, cbdMD, JSchall Consulting, TYM Performance, SPINS, NYU Tisch Institute for Global Sport, and more, the upcoming Sports & Active Nutrition Summit is not to be missed.

Study finds protein added to carbs aids athletic recovery, but doesn’t boost performance

01-Nov-2022 By Hank Schultz

A new study has shown that carbohydrate and protein supplementation strategies may help athletes deal better with the muscle damage that comes from endurance exercise. But they don’t seem to increase runners’ endurance capacity directly.

Sports & Active Nutrition Summit to focus on esports, CBD, regulatory landscape, and more

31-Oct-2022 By Stephen Daniells

Save the Date! NutraIngredients-USA’s Sports & Active Nutrition Summit returns to San Diego, February 15-17, 2023. The event brings together scientists, formulators, consultants, and regulatory experts to move the sports nutrition category forward.

Meta analysis finds only lukewarm support for use of citrulline as aerobic performance enhancer

12-Sep-2022 By Hank Schultz

It has been more than a century since citrulline has been identified and codified as a standalone amino acid. Even after all that time research on whether the ingredient provides a true aerobic performance benefit is mixed at best, a new review has found.

Caffeine cuts repeated sprint times for healthy young subjects

22-Aug-2022 By Hank Schultz

Caffeine cut repeated sprint times in a cohort of healthy young individuals in a recent study. The trial added a positive result to this surprisingly equivocal body of research.

Charlotte’s Web to hop on CBD sports bandwagon with new NSF-certified product line

15-Aug-2022 By Hank Schultz

CBD manufacturer Charlotte’s Web has announced the planned launch of a line of CBD products aimed at the sports market that will feature an NSF Certified for Sport mark.

Bodybuilding supplement practices can harm kidneys, study says

14-Apr-2022 By Hank Schultz

A new review raises an alarm about some bodybuilding supplementation practices that can damage the kidneys. But an expert with decades of experience in the field said extreme practices followed by some athletes who may have underlying conditions should...

Sports studies need to evolve with changing market, expert says

04-Mar-2022 By Hank Schultz

Sports nutrition research is adapting to a changing market with more studies being done on endpoints like recovery and healthy aging, a clinical trials expert said.

Factoring CBD into the athletic equation

03-Mar-2022 By Danielle Masterson

This year’s Sports & Active Nutrition Summit event launched with a focus on CBD in sports nutrition. While CBD/hemp products are still in a federal regulatory gray area, that hasn’t stopped product developers from flooding the market with new offerings....

Creatine important for general health throughout life, expert says

02-Mar-2022 By Hank Schultz

Creatine, one of the foundational ingredients in the sports nutrition realm, has so many proven benefits that it should be thought of as more of a general health ingredient, attendees at the recent Sports & Active Nutrition Summit were told.

Pro triathlete Heather Jackson on how she stays fueled

01-Mar-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Before taking the main stage for the female athlete and consumer panel at the Sports and Active Nutrition Summit in San Diego, professional triathlete Heather Jackson joined NutraIngredients-USA’s Danielle Masterson to talk about her nutrition evolution...

Key takeaways from Sports & Active Nutrition Summit

23-Feb-2022 By Hank Schultz

The Sports & Active Nutrition Summit returned as an in person event in San Diego earlier this month, breaking attendance and engagement records along the way. Here are some of the key takeaways from the NutraIngredients-USA staff.

Sports nutrition can look forward to bright future, event presenters agree

18-Feb-2022 By Hank Schultz

The sports nutrition sphere enters 2022 with a renewed sense of optimism, speakers at the recent Sports & Active Nutrition Summit told attendees.

CEO, pro triathlete added to sports event agenda

03-Feb-2022 By Hank Schultz

Two speakers have been added to the agenda for the upcoming Sports & Active Nutrition Summit 2022 which takes place Feb. 14-16 in San Diego.

Expert to explore the evolution and growth of esports

27-Jan-2022 By Danielle Masterson

University of New Haven’s executive esports director will analyze how the sport has made its way from basements to academia.

How personalized nutrition is driving the sports ecosystem

25-Jan-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Experts from some of the world’s most innovative companies will discuss their proactive approach to understanding an athlete’s individual needs and how to apply research and technology at an upcoming NutraIngredients-USA live event.