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NutraIngredients Awards 2019: One week left

18-Jan-2019 By Robert Rose

The NutraIngredients Awards is set to celebrate the best of the nutrition and dietary supplements industry as it returns to Geneva for its fifth year alongside Vitafoods Europe 2019 next May. Which of our 12 categories will you be applying for?

Nuritas and Pharmavite agree AI approach to ‘transform’ dietary supplementation

18-Jan-2019 By Will Chu

Nuritas and Pharmavite have entered into a partnership that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to discover bioactive peptides that promise a more targeted approach to dietary supplementation.

Review reiterates fibre’s prebiotic benefits in warding off stroke and diabetes

11-Jan-2019 By Will Chu

A Lancet review links high intake of fibre and whole grains with a reduced risk of stroke, type 2 diabetes and colorectal cancer in research that highlights missed fibre targets of populations worldwide.

Don't dine with the stars: Worst fad diets of 2018 revealed

07-Jan-2019 By Nikki Cutler

Experts from the British Dietetic Association (BDA) have revealed five of the ‘wildest’ diet fads they’ve come across over the last year to help consumers avoid them in 2019.

Cultural nutrition: How to boost diet compliance in African and Caribbean Diabetes patients

11-Dec-2018 By Nikki Cutler

Nutrition experts trying to improve the diet of people from alternative cultures must adjust the foods they recommend to achieve behavioural compliance, a nutritionist has warned.

Fibre augmentation: Are food labels missing an ‘F’ word?

07-Dec-2018 By Nikki Cutler

Fibre must join the front of pack nutritional guide as populations throughout Europe are in need of “fibre augmentation”, according to a food and nutrition expert.

Nutrino Health’s AI nutrition platform absorbed by Medtronic’s acquisition

23-Nov-2018 By Will Chu

US nutrition data firm Medtronic is to acquire Nutrino Health in a deal that combines both firms’ expertise in nutritional intervention to address the threat of metabolic conditions such as diabetes.

Consumers on the hunt for youth-boosting food and drink, says Mintel

21-Nov-2018 By Nikki Cutler

Food, drink and supplement innovators should take tips from the beauty industry as consumers want to fill-up on products that will help them fight the ageing process, says Mintel.

Fatty liver addressed by BASF’s high-conc omega-3 blend set for 2019 EU debut

01-Nov-2018 By Will Chu

A BASF-led study has pointed towards the use of high-concentration omega-3 in managing the consequences of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a condition that affects roughly one in five Europeans.

The economics behind obesity: How can nutrition make us rich?

24-Oct-2018 By Nikki Cutler

Healthy nutrition could end the obesity epidemic and make us richer, according to an industry expert, who suggests the economy is keeping the consumer fat.

Dairy fat consumption linked to lower diabetes risk: Meta-analysis

19-Oct-2018 By Nathan Gray

High levels of markers of dairy fat consumption may be linked to a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a new analysis of more than 16 previous studies suggests.

Taiyo seeks to aid weight loss with fibre-enriched drink

15-Oct-2018 By Nikki Cutler

Japanese ingredient supplier, Taiyo, has partnered soft drinks brand, Sinalco, and sweetener experts, Sweethouse, to create a sugar-free drink which it claims can aid weight loss.

Italian authorities fine Life120 over half a million euros for illicit supplement promotion

12-Oct-2018 By Will Chu

Italy’s Competition and Market Authority (AGCM) has fined lifestyle firm Life120 over €500,000 after the company were guilty of making false claims and employing ‘non-transparent’ methods in promoting its food supplement range

EC approves DuPont’s request for powdered lactitol supplement use

01-Oct-2018 By Will Chu

The European Commission has approved DuPont Nutrition Biosciences’ application to use powdered lactitol in food supplements.

Food can activate healthy, energy-burning brown fat

30-Aug-2018 By Niamh Michail

Eating a carbohydrate-rich meal may activate healthy brown fat that burns energy, suggesting future possibilities to preventing obestiy, researchers say.