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Traditional Indian wisdom: Amway raises awareness of herbal supplements as consumer acceptance blooms

26-Mar-2019 By Cheryl Tay

Amway India is striving to promote the health benefits of traditional Indian herbs to consumers in the market, having recently conducted a series of seminars showcasing its Nutrilite Traditional Herbs range of supplements.

EASO on board in AI-powered personalised nutrition project

13-Mar-2019 By Will Chu

The European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) has become the latest member of an EU-funded project that looks to harness Artificial Intelligence (AI) to develop personalised nutrition concepts.

Seven key supplement trends from Expo West 2019

12-Mar-2019 By Stephen Daniells

We walked and we talked and we took photos, and here’s our list of 7 key trends for supplements from Expo West 2019 in Anaheim.

Editor's spotlight: Startup Focus

Finnish cyclist puts his spin on sports nutrition with 'smart' gut-health brand

11-Mar-2019 By Nikki Cutler

A Finnish cyclist has put the wheels in motion for his own sports nutrition brand as he hopes to offer all-natural, low FODMAP, sports foods designed to enhance the gut.

Fermented soluble wheat fibre found to possess high prebiotic potential: Study

26-Feb-2019 By Will Chu

Subjecting wheat arabinogalactan-peptide (AGP) to the fermentation process results in significantly higher prebiotic activity that could boost proportions of beneficial bacteria in the gut.

ASA rules ad wrongly implies vit-C containing tablets boost energy

14-Feb-2019 By Will Chu

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled a poster for Dextro Energy glucose tablets incorrectly states that vitamin C can contribute to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.

Norway’s food authorities warn of caffeine-containing energy drinks’ effect on kids

11-Feb-2019 By Will Chu

Children and adolescents who excessively consume caffeine-containing energy drinks over a short period of time, can experience sleep problems, anxiety and heart palpitations, say Norway’s food authorities.

Editor's Spotlight: Video Diary

WATCH: 'Exciting' advancements in beadlet technology perfect for pre-workout blends, says supplier

06-Feb-2019 By Nikki Cutler

New beadlet technologies are an ideal delivery system solution for pre-workout formats, says Cambridge Commodities.

Editor's Spotlight: Startup Focus

Is there mushroom for better research? Brain-boosting coffee creator sets sights on curing disease

21-Jan-2019 By Nikki Cutler

A former professional athlete is hoping to unearth the full healing potential of mushrooms after enjoying a taste of startup success with his brain-boosting functional coffees.

Red Bull ad banned for making unauthorised health claims on focus and concentration

16-Jan-2019 By Rachel Arthur

A Red Bull cartoon advert has been banned for implying that the energy drink could increase focus and concentration in the workplace: claims that were not authorised on the EU Register.

Editor's spotlight: Startup Focus

Success brews for vitamin enriched tea brand

14-Jan-2019 By Nikki Cutler

A husband and wife team who founded the first hot drinks with up to 100% RDA of essential vitamins in every cup hope this year will see their three-year-old brand reach boiling point as its sales bubble over to international markets.

Nutritionist's view: How to cater to the ageing population

08-Jan-2019 By Nikki Cutler

With the global 60+ age group growing at a rate of 3% per year (United Nations 2017). Registered nutritionist Dr Laura Wyness has some tips for food companies as to how they can appeal to these consumers with products tailored to their specific needs....

Belgium updates guidance for caffeine use in food supplements

19-Dec-2018 By Will Chu

Belgium food authorities have updated guidelines that set out new maximum limits for caffeine, lutein, lycopene and red yeast rice for use in food supplements.

UK told to magnify health warnings on energy drinks after Brexit

10-Dec-2018 By Nikki Cutler

The UK’s Government has been advised to utilise Brexit as an opportunity to enforce more prominent health warnings on energy drink labels.

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.

Supreme Court overrules Sweden’s National Food Agency in vitamin D sales ban

03-Dec-2018 By Will Chu

The Swedish Supreme Administrative Court has overruled a decision by the country’s local government that prohibited sales of food supplements, declaring the ban to be ‘without constitutional support’.

NutraIngredients speaks to nutritionist to find out what deficiencies people are risking when following on-trend diets, and what they must do to stay healthy.

Trendy diets lead to dangerous disorders, warns nutritionist

06-Nov-2018 By Nikki Cutler

Trendy diets touted on social media are leading people to have serious nutritional deficiencies and irreversible illnesses, a nutritionist has warned.

Editor's Spotlight: Startup Focus

A chocolate bar a day keeps the doctor away?

31-Oct-2018 By Nikki Cutler

A father-son team have combined their expertise in health and retail to create a range of supplemented chocolate products that aim to ‘put the D in delicious’.

Bee pollen a 'treasure trove' of metabolites as nutrient update raises safety considerations

16-Oct-2018 By Will Chu

The nutritional profile of bee pollen is 'a treasure trove of active natural metabolites', according to scientists, who've updated the food's nutritional values, which may have food safety considerations for the future.

Sports manufacturers warned over 'confusing' and 'deceptive' claims

Product claims are treading a fine ethical line, sports nutrition industry warned

04-Oct-2018 By Nikki Cutler

Manufacturers must try harder to be credible, or the sports nutrition industry is in danger of becoming one built on ‘coercing’ sales, warns a sports science professor.

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Multi-nutrient collagen soft chew health claims go beyond skin deep

01-Oct-2018 By Nikki Cutler

A new collagen soft chew is claiming to contain added vitamins and nutrients which enhance energy levels, immune system and bone health as well as providing skin health benefits.

Saturo secures six-figure investment to fund ‘new meal replacement drink category’

14-Sep-2018 By Will Chu

Austrian-based startup Saturo has secured a six-figure round of investment with food and beverage industry investors Square One Foods in a deal that caters to consumers looking to complement lifestyles with optimised diets.

Review supports astaxanthin’s role as a ‘mitochondrial nutrient’

07-Sep-2018 By Stephen Daniells

Astaxanthin’s strong anti-oxidant activity may help prevent mitochondrial dysfunction, which could explain it’s strong potential benefits for a range of health conditions, says a new mini-review from South Korea.

UK sets out plans to ban sales of energy drinks to children

30-Aug-2018 By Rachel Arthur

The UK government is proposing a ban on the sale of energy drinks to children: following on from moves made by major supermarkets to ban sales to U16s in their stores.

Lucozade Sport trials edible seaweed packaging at sporting events

30-Aug-2018 By Rachel Arthur

UK sports drink Lucozade Sport is to trial plastic-free sports drinks and gels: turning to edible seaweed packaging Ooho.

SPECIAL EDITION: OMEGA-3

Omega-enriched shake sets Kickstarter record and boosts keto interest

23-Aug-2018 By Will Chu

Start-up firm Sated has revealed its new range of Omega oil-infused, ketogenic replacement shakes have set a new one-day funding record on Kickstarter in the first 24 hours, doubling the prior one-day record.

EC enters antioxidant salt and vitamin-based ingredient onto novel foods list

13-Aug-2018 By Will Chu

The European Commission (EC) has authorised an antioxidant salt and a substance similar to nicotinic acid as ingredients to be categorised as novel foods for use in food supplements.

Probiota Asia: World-leading probiotics summit returns to Singapore — calls for abstracts

02-Jul-2018 By Gary Scattergood

NutraIngredients-Asia is delighted to announce that the second Asia edition of the global probiotics and prebiotics summit, Probiota, will be held in Singapore in October.

Special edition: Omega-3s

Omega-3s and cognitive health: From memory and moms and babies, and from mood to the military

19-Jun-2018 By Stephen Daniells

From memory and cognitive function, to mood and a potential in people with PTSD, there’s lots of research going on for omega-3s and brain health, but what does the science currently say?

Award validates strategy to become category leader, Aker’s Johansen says

31-May-2018 By Hank Schultz

Aker BioMarine says a recent award recognizing its innovative practices is a validation of the long road toward achieving the scale necessary to engage in category building projects.

Pass the maca...Herbal shot startup NOURI on a mission to 'make herbs sexy again'

31-May-2018 By Kacey Culliney

Berlin-based startup NOURI wants to expand into the UK supplements market with its line of highly-concentrated stimulant shots that it says shake up a very 'dusty' herbal market.

Use of aromatase inhibitor forms basis of warning letter

30-May-2018 By Hank Schultz

A recently posted warning letter cites a New York company for the presence of an aromatase inhibitor in one of its dietary supplements. This class of chemicals is popular with strength trainers for its purported ability to suppress estrogen levels.

Unilever receives EFSA backing over attention-enhancing black tea claims

29-May-2018 By Will Chu

European regulators confirm Unilever’s assertion that black tea can improve attention identifying caffeine and l‐theanine actions as ‘sufficiently characterised’ during the health claim approval process.

Gut health study recalled after zinc levels in tuna miscalculated

02-May-2018 By Will Chu

Research that looked into the effect of elevated zinc levels in canned tuna on gut health has had to be re-examined after the journal retracted the study due to 'unreliable data' featured in the paper.

Side effects prompt French authorities to issue melatonin supplement warning

24-Apr-2018 By Will Chu

French authorities are urging certain populations to avoid consuming food supplements containing melatonin after incidences of adverse effects were reported to the country’s nutrivigilance scheme.

Malnutrition resources needed' far beyond current funding capabilities,’ charity warns

23-Apr-2018 By Will Chu

A change to how initiatives that tackle malnutrition are funded is overdue after a paper reveals an additional €19bn ($23.25bn) is needed each year until 2030 to meet Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

SCIENCE SHORT

Carbohydrate mouth rinse fails to improve performance in short distance cycling time trial, study finds

16-Mar-2018 By Tim Cutcliffe

The use of a carbohydrate mouth rinse (CMR) failed to improve the performance of cyclists in a four kilometre (km) cycling time trial, reveals a new study in Nutrients.

Humor helps keeps Red Bull on the right side of advertising regulations

21-Feb-2018 By Rachel Arthur

A clearly humorous, fantastical tone – and a lack of overt reference to a health benefit – helped a Red Bull advertising campaign stay on the right side of health claims advertising regulations, according to the UK’s watchdog.

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Last chance: Two weeks to go until IPA World Congress + Probiota 2018

24-Jan-2018 By .

There are just two weeks remaining until hundreds of top academics and business leaders from the ever-more connected worlds of probiotics, prebiotics and the microbiome come together at the IPA World Congress + Probiota 2018 in Barcelona. Will you be...

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“Frutarom in a cup”: Firm showcases functional drink solutions as acquisition integration begins

15-May-2017 By Emma Jane Cash

Frutarom launched a range of functional beverages at Vitafoods in Geneva last week, as it looks to integrate newly acquired businesses into its product portfolio.

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