Like all emerging industries, sports nutrition thrives on innovation and a degree of risk-taking that has seen the likes of ketone-based drinks, probiotics and human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) emerge as credible mainstream products.
Homemade probiotic and whey startup says fermentation has strong future in nutrition
Manufacturers
Meet the Trailblazers: Gutzi favours savoury over sweet for sports nutrition offerings
Manufacturers
Authenticity in focus: Taking charge of responsibility of traceability and quality control
Markets and Trends
Rice processing by-products could aid probiotic production - may offer synbiotic potential
Research
Soylent ‘cult following’ in the US leads to UK launch
Functional foods
Saturo secures six-figure investment to fund ‘new meal replacement drink category’
Functional foods
Birch water startup eyes sports nutrition with fermented and fortified variants
Beverages
High casein intake before sleep may benefit metabolic rate in active women, study suggests
Sports Nutrition
Aspen sells nutritional business to Lactalis
Probiotics
First-of-its-kind trial in India to test maternal DHA supplementation's effect on offspring's neurodevelopment
Omega-3
Boysenberry useful against endothelial dysfunction in both mice and humans: Japanese study
Botanicals
UK Government orders rogue supplement firm to shut as clampdown continues
Financial plays
