A nonprofit accreditation body, Empowered by Evidence (EBE), gave an impassioned presentation to the audience of Vitafoods 2023, calling for companies to promote better standards in industry science.
Holistic health solutions can provide a comprehensive and integrated approach to wellness aligning with consumer preferences for natural solutions and preventive health strategies, evidenced by innovations showcased at Vitafoods.
Pill fatigue and demand for convenience fuels innovation in alternative delivery formats, but efficacy and cost are significant hurdles, according to a Vitafoods Insights’ market innovations report.
When tapping into the metabolic health supplements space, brands should take inspiration from 'aspirational' and personalised products, industry experts have advised during a Vitafoods online panel discussion.
The European supplements industry has expressed widespread support for government-enforced sustainability standards in a Vitafoods Survey, but it doesn’t want to shoulder the cost.
Gut health industry experts suggest the industry is “missing a trick” during a webinar hosted by Food Ingredients (FI) Global, as they point out purchase decisions are based on emotion, not scientific research.
ChatGPT has been rejected as a co-author in scientific papers by The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) journal editors due to concerns over lack of accountability.
Gerald Dard, managing director of AB Biotek Human Nutrition and Health (HNH), speaks to NutraIngredients about postbiotic innovation, adaptation, and what’s to come.
ChatGPT has many of us intrigued and nervous in equal measure but James Collier, co-founder of Huel, asks if this tool is any more scary than the current situation with “nonsense nutrition content” touted across social media by pseudoscientists.
By Luca Bucchini, Managing Director at Hylobates Consulting Srl
It is 2030, and economists investigating the lack of growth in Europe are asking questions about the fate of once thriving industrial sectors which are now comatose.
Working within the health and nutrition industry, most of us are used to being inundated with offers of market reports, often touting exciting category growth potential with high price tags associated to full reports.
The marine biologist and CEO of Weed & Wonderful, Craig Rose, discusses the company’s venture into the world of seaweed which he describes as a largely underutilised nutrient powerhouse that is abundantly available around the UK.
Where once healthy diets focused on weight loss alone, today’s consumers want more from their food and drink. Enter holistic nutrition, which aims to enhance people’s wellbeing – whether that be improving sleep, stress, mood or digestion. How are brands...
Formula milk marketing tactics are exploitative, and regulations need to be urgently strengthened and properly implemented, according to a new three paper series published in The Lancet.
Kriti Chaudhary manages sales, marketing and business development for one of the most experienced contract research organizations in the dietary supplement industry. With a passion for science and innovation, she is the Head of Business Development at...
FoodNavigator’s Positive Nutrition event, which is transitioning to a face-to-face conference in 2023, will place the link between diet and wellness under the microscope as it unpicks the innovation opportunities that can support improved population health.
Melanie Avalon is a SAG-AFTRA actress, author of What When Wine: Lose Weight and Feel Great with Paleo-Style Meals, Intermittent Fasting, and Wine (W.W. Norton Countryman Press 2018), and host of the top iTunes podcasts The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast...
By George Paraskevakos, MBA, IPA Executive Director
As an observer of the dietary supplement industry for close to 20 years, it always felt we are shifting to accommodate “Winds of Change". There are always new concepts and ingredients which capture our attention even if it is for a small moment in...
For the last 40 years, the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has defended the safety of herbs and herbal ingredients and worked to ensure that herbal products remain accessible to our families, friends, and neighbors. As the industry has grown—through...
From the archives: Reflecting on one year of war in Ukraine
Muriel Gonzalez spent four decades in the fashion and beauty industries, holding senior roles at Macy's, Bergdorf Goodman, Estée Lauder, Saks 5th Avenue and Ann Taylor before landing her current role as Executive Vice President, Chief Merchandising...
From breeding carrots with greater color intensity to using filtration to increase dry matter content in fruit concentrates before deploying energy-intensive evaporation techniques, coloring foodstuffs specialist GNT is exploring a multi-pronged approach...
Rachel Jones, MS, RDN, has been climbing the ladder at GNC for nearly two decades. She started off as a project manager nearly 19 years ago. Nine roles later, she is now the Senior Vice President, Chief Product Innovation and Science Officer.
Dietary supplement use among Americans is an all-time high, with the US being the leading worldwide importer of vitamin products last year. With an estimated 90% of ingredients coming from China, US policymakers are zeroed in on foreign policy.
A doctor has praised the effectiveness of probiotics, saying they are an excellent complementary therapy which could reduce hospitalisation costs and should be considered a medicine, not just a supplement.
Research suggests what you eat impacts how well you sleep. Conversely, the quality of your sleep can influence dietary choices. FoodNavigator examines this complex relationship and probes the connection between sleep, diet, and health.
“I think it’s really important for the field to understand what the baseline understanding and criteria are for these substances so that the whole scientific and commercial and regulatory world can coalesce around definitions that make the most sense,”...
The global gut health is variously estimated at around €15-30 billion and predicted to grow by around 8% annually at least to the end of the decade, but what are the opportunities and hurdles for companies wanting to win in it?
The Council for Responsible Nutrition says Vitamin D remains an important bone health nutrient despite a recent null study that spurred an article in The New York Times.
In this month’s NutraIngredients’ podcast, Microphyt’s Christel Lemaire took time out to discuss the firm’s work in developing microalgae-based bioactives and the technology employed to achieve this.
A new sports nutrition position paper outlines nutritional recommendations for warfighters while stressing how much more research needs to be done to pin down precise deficits and requirements for troops engaged in ongoing operations.
Amber Cerda started working in the natural products industry in 2001, but left to work in higher education. This industry does get under your skin and into your heart, however, and in 2012 she came back to work at NOW Foods.
Charlotte Traas is a board certified master herbalist, ashwagandha expert and a self-described rebel. As the Director of Sales Education and Training at New Chapter, she’s developing content for training and representing the company as a national trainer...
Creating new value from biomass sidestreams from existing processes makes sense for everyone, opening up new revenue and supply sources, while reducing waste and carbon footprint.
Irish ingredients giant Kerry has unveiled a new online resource meant to help entrepreneurs and emerging nutrition brands better manage the scale-up process.
Probiotic innovation isn’t all about biology. Presenters at the recent Probiota Americas event were given an insight into smart toilets, ingestible sensors, and new species identification technology.
Melanie Bush says she had a bone to pick with cancer. So when she had an opportunity to utilize a social impact initiative through the Miss America scholarship Organization, she decided to use her platform to focus on cancer prevention and awareness.