Skin health

Meta-analysis: Probiotic reduces infant skin disorders (but not asthma/wheezing)

16-Sep-2013 By Shane Starling

The probiotic strain Lactobacillus acidophilus decreases skin sensitivity in children that can reduce disorders like eczema, researchers have found after a scan of published studies – but other allergic ailments like asthma and wheezing were not affected.

More than a third of global population have low vitamin D, study finds

06-Sep-2013 By Nathan Gray

New data from a systematic review of almost 200 population-based studies shows that more than a third of populations worldwide may suffer from low levels of vitamin D.

L. rhamnosus probiotic shows long-lasting anti-eczema benefits for kids: RCT

05-Sep-2013 By Stephen DANIELLS

Daily supplements containing the probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus HN001 strain may reduce the incidence of eczema and skin sensitivity in children, according to data from a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial.

Verisol collagen supplements may offer long-lasting skin elasticity benefits: RCT data

03-Sep-2013 By Stephen DANIELLS

Oral supplements of specific collagen peptides may improve skin elasticity by up to 30%, says a new study using Gelita’s Verisol branded ingredient.

‘Very serious health hazard’: Swedes bust Chinese herbs containing arsenic

18-Jul-2013 By Shane STARLING

Chinese herbal products have been found to contain arsenic at potentially dangerous levels by Swedish authorities although no adverse events have been reported.

Against the peptide: EFSA acknowledges elasticity/wrinkle benefits but rejects skin health claim

27-Jun-2013

German supplier Gelita says general food law can be a place for skin health and beauty claims after the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) rejected its peptide-based skin health claim.

Symrise wins €125m EIB loan for nutrition and skin R&D

23-Apr-2013

Cosmetics and nutrition are the focal points for a €125m research and development loan gained by supplier Symrise.

Special Edition: Superfruits — Old news, or still super?

Superfruits form solid basis for single-ingredient companies

16-Apr-2013 By Hank

Superfruits with their full suite of bioactives and their stories of hidden beginnings and discovery, have made ripe pickings for the founding of single ingredient companies.

in-cosmetics Innovation preview: Beauty drinks focus

28-Mar-2013 By Andrew MCDOUGALL

As with years gone by, in-cosmetics is pleased to announce its Innovation Zone, showcasing the latest in creative inspiration, providing an area to catch up on all the latest products and exclusive show launches in one place. Here, we look at the beauty...

LycoRed's new carotenoid beadlet system enhances stability, flexibility

22-Mar-2013 By Hank Schultz

LycoRed has extended its line of carotenoid coatings with a new beadlet system that will function both for tablets and beverages.

Special edition: Antioxidants and Carotenoids

A red revolution: As the science grows for lycopene, will the market follow?

15-Mar-2013 By Nathan Gray

Lycopene has a growing reputation among the carotenoids, but have we started to see a red revolution in the market? In this special edition article, NutrIngredients asks where the science and the market data stand on the tomato compound.

Forté Pharma sales up 1.5% in 2012

27-Feb-2013 By Shane Starling

2012 sales have risen 1.5% at Forté Pharma, the food supplements arm of Spanish player Natraceutical, with weight management products dominating.

UK venture capitalists eye expansion at Israeli antioxidant specialists

18-Feb-2013 By Shane Starling

Southern Israel-based algae-sourced astanxanthin specialists Algatechnologies has won investment from a UK venture capitalist in a move that will broaden its capacity, R&D and distribution scope for the eye and skin health carotenoid.

Green tea supplements may benefit skin from within

28-Jan-2013 By Stephen DANIELLS

Oral supplements containing extracts from green tea may help protect against sunburn and the longer-term effects of UV damage, says a new study from the UK.

Special edition: Innovations in minerals

Zinc benefitting from EU health claims game

24-Jan-2013 By Shane Starling

Used in cigarette filters, as a corrosive, pigment and in the manufacture of rubber and concrete, zinc forms like zinc oxide and zinc suphate are also important nutrients for physiological wellbeing. And 18 new European Union health claims – the most...

West African sorghum extract shows anti-inflammatory and immune health benefits

17-Jan-2013 By Stephen DANIELLS

An extract from West African sorghum may provide anti-inflammatory effects and immune benefits, as well as offer food color and nutricosmetic potential, according to new data.

EFSA health claim opinions

Kuntze: EFSA rejects green tea-guarana weight loss claims (and more)

18-Dec-2012 By Shane Starling

Green tea extracts (Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze) and guarana do not promote weight loss, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has found, amid a fresh batch of article 13.5 health claim rejections.

Hot New Beverage Concepts for 2013: Episode Two

29-Nov-2012 By Ben Bouckley

Adomas Pranevicius, CEO of MyDrink Beverages, gives BeverageDaily.com readers the further lowdown on new non-alcoholic drinks concepts that could set the market alight in 2013.

Vitamins: A centenary of essential nutrients

Looking forward: The emerging evidence for vitamins and health

28-Nov-2012 By Nathan Gray

In the last 100 years vitamins have been found to play vital roles in our health and wellbeing, but the full benefits of many vitamins is yet to be elucidated.In this special edition article NutraIngredients looks at some of the areas of vitamin research...

Sanofi-Coke beauty drink JV offers no ‘phood’ signal: Analyst

19-Oct-2012 By Shane Starling

Sanofi’s new beauty drink joint venture with Coca-Cola is unlikely to precipitate a more serious leap into functional or medical foods for the French pharma titan, an analyst has said.

EFSA rejects lycopene-vitamin E-lutein-selenium skin claim

03-Oct-2012 By Shane Starling

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has rejected a claim linking a proprietary lycopene, vitamin E, lutein and selenium blend and protection from UV sun rays.

New patent covers pairing of Ayurvedic workhorses

01-Oct-2012 By Hank Schultz

Nutragenesis, a Brattleboro, Vt.-based ingredient supplier with a history of experience with Ayurvedic ingredients, has obtained a U.S. patent in the area of women’s health for an ashwagandha/Indian gooseberry combination called Sendara.

Longer lifespans create new elderly nutrition concepts

24-Aug-2012 By Shane Starling

As average lifespans push beyond 80 years, demand is growing for products that meet the particular nutritional needs of the elderly such as cognitive performance and bone health. But is it a generation that buys into nutrition-led disease prevention over...

Shun dangerous clay-based 'detox' drinks: FSA warns UK consumers

14-Aug-2012 By Ben Bouckley

The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has warned consumers about the dangers of drinking clay-based ‘detox’ drinks after finding dangerously high arsenic and lead levels in supplements sold online.

Top energy drink delays ‘wound closure': US study

06-Aug-2012 By Ben Bouckley

A study analyzing the effects of dosing cultured animal cells with energy drinks has found that they delayed wound closure, but not due to the combined or isolated effects of major ingredients caffeine, taurine and glucose.

There's potential for vitamin K2 in BFW products, says Frutarom

02-Aug-2012 By Michelle Yeomans

According to Frutarom, vitamin K2 K-7, a supplement renowned for targeting bone health, has the potential to be adapted to beauty from within products to benefit the skin, resulting in a more healthier, more radiant complexion.

‘Girly men’ could opt for alcoholic beauty beverages – Mintel

30-Jul-2012 By Ben Bouckley

Beauty beverages are big business in Japan and looking beyond regulatory hurdles preventing alcohol launches in the EU, could find a market with men, according to Mintel.

EFSA rejects two skin health claims made by Swiss firm

18-Jul-2012 By Andrew McDougall

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has rejected two health claims submitted by Nutrilinks Sarl that sought to link skin permeability barrier function and skin hydration to two different food constituents.

DSM develops new peptide for anti-ageing purposes

12-Jul-2012 By Michelle Yeomans

DSM’s personal care unit has announced the global launch of its new anti-ageing synthetic peptide complex, SYN-TC to achieve younger looking skin.

EFSA health claim opinion

EFSA rejects wheat lipid-dehydration health claim

10-Jul-2012 By Shane Starling

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has rejected a proprietary science-backed health claim that sought to link reduced skin dehydration with ‘Wheat Polar Lipid Extract’.

Dispatches from Israel

Mycolivia develops mushroom-derived health supplements

26-Jun-2012 By Rod Addy

Israeli firm Mycolivia has developed a range of mushroom-derived health supplements, challenging the thriving market for such products in China.

Healthy chocolate ‘breakthrough’: Lycotec develops ingredient to unlock cocoa’s health potential

07-Jun-2012 By Oliver Nieburg

Biotech firm Lycotec has developed an ingredient that it claims can harness the health potential in both dark and milk chocolate and lead to products with anti-ageing, injury recovery and increased physical performance properties.

Only five days to go for the SkinCare Ingredients 2012 VTS

07-Jun-2012 By Simon Pitman

If you haven’t registered already now is the time to do so for the SkinCare Ingredients Virtual Trade Show, which is open for business at 2pm Central European Time, on June 13th.

Voice of the Industry

“A trusted cosmetics brand is more likely to succeed as a nutricosmetic,” says industry expert

07-Jun-2012 By Michelle Yeomans

According to beauty from within expert Mai Nygaard, as beverages take up the position of biggest trend within the sector, consumers are more likely to embrace a beauty food if it comes from a cosmetic manufacturer they already trust in.

NASA slams spaced-out media claims it developed 'wrinkle reducing' superfruit drink

04-Jun-2012 By Ben Bouckley

The North American Space Agency (NASA) has told BeverageDaily.com that it has nothing to do with wonder ‘space drink’ AS10, but the brand’s UK distributor insists the agency did co-develop a 'NASA Quintet’ of superfruits used in the beverage.

Consultants divided on value of EU joint-bone health claim guidance

29-May-2012 By Shane Starling

Leading consultants are split on the value of recently issued bone and joint health claim guidance by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

Euromonitor: global beauty from within sales to reach €4 billion by 2015

29-May-2012 By Michelle Yeomans

According to a presentation delivered by Euromonitor’s head of wellness and health at this year’s in-cosmetics event in Barcelona, the global beauty from within market is set to reach sales figures as high as €4 billion by 2015

Horphag CEO: We’ve had our best ever three month period

02-Apr-2012 By Stephen Daniells

Sales of Pycnogenol, a potent antioxidant from the bark of the French maritime pine, continue to drive growth for Horphag Research, as the company’s CEO reveals double digit growth.

Fonterra presents probiotic and dairy lipid research in Moscow

28-Feb-2012 By Ben Bouckley

New Zealand dairy co-operative Fonterra has presented what it claims is significant research showing that its proprietary probiotic strains reduce childhood disease and childhood allergy rates, while the addition of dairy lipids to formula aids infant...

Israeli player launches 2% water soluble astaxanthin

27-Feb-2012 By Shane Starling

Israeli carotenoid supplier Algatechnologies has extended its AstaPure astaxanthin range with a 2%, water soluble version aimed at functional foods and cosmeceuticals markets.

UK Dept of Health: ‘Contains glucosamine’ an implied health claim

20-Feb-2012 By Shane Starling

The UK Department of Health has indicated nutrition-style claims like ‘contains glucosamine’ or ‘contains probiotics’ will be deemed implied health claims if they are the subject of negative EFSA opinions.

Study unlocks Pycnogenol’s skin health mechanism

26-Jan-2012 By Elaine Watson

Daily supplements of an extract from French maritime pine bark may boost skin elasticity by 25% and skin hydration by 8%, says a new study.

UK supplements market to drop 1.9% in 2011-2012 as recession bites

20-Jan-2012 By Shane Starling

The UK market for vitamins, minerals and other food supplements like fish oils will shrink 1.9% in 2011-2012, a decline industry says is actually a decent performance given severe economic conditions.

Dispatches from Microbiota 2011

Genomics fires Microbiota 2011 to new heights

15-Dec-2011 By Shane Starling in Paris

Mapping the microbiome and the increasing sophistication of gene sequencing and analysis have in just a few years completely changed the research landscape for microbiota, and looks set to answer many to-date unresolved ‘mechanism of action’ questions.

Kaneka eyes antioxidant claims with olive oil partnership

08-Dec-2011 By Shane Starling

Global coEnzymeQ10 leader, Kaneka Corporation, is teaming with Italian olive oil specialist, Costa d’Oro, over a coQ10 olive oil that will make antioxidant and anti-ageing claims.

Innéov calls for complete EU health claims revamp

28-Oct-2011 By Shane Starling in Paris at BFW2011

L’Oreal and Nestlé joint venture Innéov told a beauty foods and supplements congress in Paris yesterday that the European Union health claims laws that have stung its marketing need to be completely overhauled.

Bad science? ANH presents MEPs with 30 dodgiest EFSA health claim decisions

21-Oct-2011 By Shane Starling

The Alliance for Natural Health International (ANH-I) has mailed MEPs a litany of what it considers the 30 most ‘wayward’ health claim opinions to arise from the European Food Safety Authority’s Parma, Italy headquarters – with a prune-digestion rejection...

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