Skin health

Special Edition: Beauty from within

Nature’s Bounty: 'Women’s health and beauty is a growth category for our brand'

19-Mar-2015 By Stephen DANIELLS

With its recently launched Hair, Skin and Nails Challenge, Nature’s Bounty is seeing growth in the beauty-from-within category and women’s health.

Special edition: Beauty from within

In the eye of the beholder: Where does the EU stand on beauty claims?

18-Mar-2015 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

Unlike health claims, ‘beauty from within’ claims are regulated post-market and only when challenged – and how this process goes will depend on the case and the member state concerned.

SPECIAL EDITION: BEAUTY FROM WITHIN

Nutricosmetics: The latest ingredient trends

18-Mar-2015 By Niamh Michail

NutraIngredients takes a look at the most sought-after ingredients in the world of nutracosmetics

Special edition: Beauty from within

Beauty From Within turns ugly for L’Oréal and Nestlé

17-Mar-2015 By Shane STARLING

It promised so much – the globe’s biggest cosmetic and food players L’Oréal and Nestlé applying serious marketing, research and NPD clout to drive a nascent category into the mainstream public consciousness. It was going to make beauty from within (BFW)...

IQ Chocolate: What’s essential to ensure a start-up survives – and thrives?

10-Mar-2015 By Caroline SCOTT-THOMAS

Four years ago two Scottish women with little experience of the food industry started developing a gourmet chocolate brand. Now they are moving into export markets – so what were the ingredients of success?

EU vitamin advice

EFSA issues vitamin A intake advice: Women 650 μg; Men 750 μg

06-Mar-2015 By Shane STARLING

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has established vitamin A population reference intakes (PRIs) in the EU, recommending 750 μg for men and 650 μg for women.

Biofuel to food: Australian native microalgae have ‘great potential’ for supplements

02-Mar-2015 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

The nutritional profile of Australian native microalgae can match Spirulina and Chlorella for food supplements, according to researchers.

Healthy or toxic? The conflicting images of antioxidants

11-Feb-2015 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

Benefit-risk ratios must be established for each antioxidant separately, considering risk groups and dosage, according to researchers reviewing polarised perceptions of vitamin E and beta-carotene.

Beauty and that beast of a beverage market…Bella Berry targets UK launch

20-Jan-2015 By Ben BOUCKLEY

London-based startup Bella Berry tells BeverageDaily.com that it is negotiating with buyers with a view to launching the UK’s first mass market collagen-based ‘beauty drink’ by spring 2015.

High-fat bakery good ‘vehicle’ for lutein delivery: Study

14-Jan-2015 By Kacey Culliney

Lutein-enriched bakery products hold promise, particularly muffins and cookies where bioavailability is strong, say researchers.

EFSA assessment: No need to change EU lycopene recommendations

12-Jan-2015

EFSA has concluded there are no intake concerns with various forms of lycopene in a post-market assessment published last week.

Special edition: Functional Foods

What's driving functional food and beverage growth? Snacking, convenience, and consumer behavior

20-Nov-2014 By Stephen DANIELLS

With sales of $176.7 billion this year functional foods are a hot growth sector. But which ingredients, sectors and countries are the best bets for product launches?

Vegetable peptones may delay skin aging from within: Study

06-Nov-2014 By Stephen DANIELLS

Extracts from vegetables may boost skin health by promoting the production of type 1 collagen and proliferation of skin cells responsible for skin recovery, says a new study from Korea.

We want you: Scientific committee calls for cutting edge science at Probiota 2015

29-Oct-2014 By Nathan Gray

A newly established scientific committee are set to assess cutting edge research for the Probiota 2015 Scientific Frontiers poster session. Don’t miss your chance to present as entries close on November 7.

Special edition: Healthy ageing

Learning from Japan's healthy ageing market

23-Oct-2014 By Shane STARLING

From an €80 million market for anti-ageing placenta supplements to the world’s most innovative (and fad-driven) functional foods and drinks market, Japan’s healthy ageing market is unique and instructive.

Healthy ageing comes of age: Free forum is next week

21-Oct-2014 By Shane STARLING

Next Tuesday NutraIngredients is proud to host our first healthy ageing forum, an hour long online discussion about a booming sector with leading experts.

Analysis - Japan

Red hot competition as placenta businesses jockey for supremacy

21-Oct-2014 By RJ Whitehead

With more than a quarter of Japan’s population over the age of 60, it is said that country suffers more from the issues of an ageing population than any other country. That’s no doubt why the anti-ageing industry is doing so well.

HI-Japan show wrap: Ageing (& shrinking) population forces government-led nutrition rethink

13-Oct-2014 By RJ Whitehead & Shane Starling from HI-Japan in Tokyo

Japan has always led the world in functional food experimentation even if the results of most of that have remained within the confines of the 127.3m-strong nation with the world's oldest average lifespan - 84.6 years.

Vitamin D3 can reduce atopic dermatitis in kids via 'innate immunity': Study

13-Oct-2014 By Lynda Searby

Vitamin D supplementation improves winter-related atopic dermatitis (AD) in children at risk of vitamin D deficiency and could provide a safe alternative to UV light treatment, according to a new study led by Boston researchers.

DSM backs natural zeaxanthin with exclusive deal

01-Oct-2014 By Shane STARLING

DSM, previously focused on synthetic zeaxanthin, has launched a natural version sourced from longtime carotenoid partner Kemin.

Special edition: Inside Europe's food supplement markets

Insider view: European food supplements market set for €2bn jump

25-Sep-2014 By Shane STARLING

The western and eastern European combined food supplements market will jump from €7bn to €9bn by 2018, according to Euromonitor International, with some markets set to double in value in that time.

Study compares 8 probiotic products' efficacy

Empty stomach: Probiotics professor clarifies findings of efficacy study

16-Sep-2014 By Shane STARLING

A soon-to-be-published UK study has questioned the efficacy of several on-shelf probiotic products after testing eight including giants Yakult and Danone – but the lead author tells us its key findings have been distorted in the press.

Omega-3s and vitamin D first focus for Global Nutrition & Health Alliance

10-Sep-2014 By Shane STARLING

The just-formed Global Nutrition & Health Alliance (GNHA) is tackling intake levels for vitamin D and omega-3 as the group formed by medical and health experts kicks into life.

Personalised nutrition expected to blossom in the UK, says Canadean

03-Sep-2014 By Anna Bonar

DNA-based nutrition is set to grow in the UK as 10.3% of food consumption is motivated by a desire for personalised products, according to a Canadean survey.

Health claims law trips up tea firm

03-Sep-2014 By Rod Addy

A company promoting healthy teas has been slammed by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after falling foul of the EU's nutrition and health claims regulation (NHCR).

Inspired by beauty jellies - Laboratoire PYC develops anti-ageing supplement for Asian skin

13-Aug-2014 By Michelle Yeomans

France-based Laboratoire PYC has expanded its range of nutricosmetics with an anti-ageing nutritional supplement based on a new on-the-go powdered concept.

DSM and Merck form high-end folate alliance

06-Aug-2014 By Shane STARLING

DSM Nutritional Products (DNP) is not abandoning its folic acid (vitamin B9) offering but has added a high-end, folate form aimed at global supplement and food makers in a deal with Merck in Switzerland.

DSM reads 'fini' in green tea and leaves it to Japanese

30-Jul-2014 By Shane STARLING

Dutch-Swiss ingredients giant DSM Nutritional Products (DNP) has called ‘time’ on Teavigo, a decade after launching the proprietary, weight management-focused green tea extract.

Study: Pycnogenol relieves tinnitus symptoms

28-Jul-2014 By Hank Schultz

Horphag Research, suppliers of Pycnogenol, an extract of French maritime pine tree bark, announced the results of a new study that shows the extract significantly improves inner ear blood flow, helping to ameliorate the symptoms of conditions such as...

Japanese-Swedish supplier ‘disappointed’ by ‘unexpected’ EFSA astaxanthin verdict

25-Jul-2014 By Shane STARLING

Fuji Chemical-owned astaxanthin specialist AstaReal has emphasised differences in the types of the carotenoid not accounted for in a recent EFSA refusal to back intakes at 4 mg a day in the European Union.

High astaxanthin intakes questioned in the EU

23-Jul-2014 By Shane STARLING

The European Union chief science agency has failed to back astaxanthin consumption at levels over 4 mg astaxanthin per day after responding to a novel foods application from Japanese player, Fuji Chemical-owned AstaReal.

Bella! EC backs beauty health claims; must be judged case-by-case

22-Jul-2014 By Shane STARLING

Beauty claims are permissible under the EU nutrition and health claim regulation (NHCR) a European Commission committee has said in what an analyst says is a “first blessing” the EC may have taken from Italy’s stance on the matter.

Works with Water Nutraceuticals revamps business strategy to cash in on supplement demand

18-Jul-2014 By Michelle Yeomans

After identifying significant growth opportunities across export markets and online, ‘Works with Water Nutraceuticals’ has completely revamped its skin supplement range in an effort to drive sales and brand awareness.

Pure Gold Collagen shot slammed by UK advertising regulator for ‘implied beauty claim’

16-Jul-2014 By Ben BOUCKLEY

The most successful ‘beauty shot’ on the UK market Pure Gold Collagen has been rapped by the Advertising Standards Authority for making ‘implied beauty and appearance claims’.

ISAPP consensus: Gut, yes. Immunity, no (for now)

Time to recognise ‘core benefits of certain probiotics’: ISAPP

11-Jun-2014 By Shane STARLING

The evidence has grown so strong for the best-documented probiotic strains that a generic digestive health claim should exist, according to a consensus statement from leading international researchers published this week in Nature Reviews: Gastroenterology...

L’Oréal-Nestlé scientists: Probiotics may improve sensitive skin from within

25-Apr-2014 By Stephen Daniells

Daily supplements containing the probiotic strain Lactobacillus paracasei NCC 2461 (ST11) may reduce skin sensitivity, according to results of a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical study.

Israel firm ups astaxanthin concentration

08-Apr-2014 By Shane Starling

Southern Isreal supplier, Algatechnologies, has launched a 20% astaxanthin oleoresin targeting food supplements, foods and beverages and cosmeceuticals.

Customer relationships are crucial to developing personalised nutrition offerings

17-Mar-2014 By Lynda Searby

If Personalised Nutritional Offerings (PNOs) are to gain a commercial foothold in the marketplace, lessons need to be learned and providers will have to change the way they approach customer relationships, say researchers.

Fruit and vegetable concentrate combination may boost beauty from within: FutureCeuticals study

13-Mar-2014 By Stephen DANIELLS

A dose of a patent-pending, all-natural combination of fruit and vegetable concentrates may inhibit the action of an enzyme linked to degradation of elastin in the skin and other connective tissue, says a new study.

EFSA draft opinion on niacin (vitamin B3): 13.2 to 16.5 mg daily

17-Feb-2014 By Shane Starling

EFSA has recommended a population reference intake (PRI) of between 13.2 and 16.5 mg of niacin equivalent (NE) for Europeans, in a new draft opinion.

UK herb player finds solace in National Rules Scheme after medicinal rejection

14-Feb-2014 By Shane STARLING

Nelsons Natural World has won certification for a sulphur-based homeopathic product that permits skin health claims in the UK, after its whole range of 38 Bach Flower remedies had their medicinal status revoked last month.

‘You old smoothie!’ Scientists test beta-carotene rich beauty beverage

07-Jan-2014 By Ben BOUCKLEY

Scientists are researching whether a specially formulated fruit smoothie rich in beta-carotene can make people appear better looking and feel healthier.

Resveratrol researcher and player refute high-dose study findings

02-Jan-2014

A study that found high doses of the polyphenol, resveratrol, could inhibit exercise benefits in older people, has been attacked in the same journal that published the original work back in June for methodology and statistical errors.

Probiota 2014, February 4-5, Amsterdam

Probiota 2014: The ultimate pre- and probiotic science-business blend

19-Dec-2013 By Shane STARLING

Probiota 2014 – relocated from Brussels to Amsterdam and organised by NutraIngredients – will bring together the finest scientific and commercial minds operating in the pre- and probiotic sector in a 2-day, 2-stream event.

One vitamin to rule them all? Gollum’s D deficiency dilemma

17-Dec-2013 By Shane STARLING

It wasn’t just crafty hobbits that enabled the dark forces of Middle Earth to be defeated in science fantasy godfather JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings – they were also vitamin D deficient, scientists have discovered.

Poster deadline extended by one week to December 13

Probiota 2014: Poster proposal deadline extended

04-Dec-2013 By Nathan Gray

Probiota 2014 – the leading conference bridging the interface of academia and industry for cutting edge science about the prebiotics, probiotics and the microbiome – has extended the call for proposals for its poster sessions by one week to Friday 13th...