Proteins, peptides, amino acids

NI Awards: Encouraging businesses to reach new heights

NI Awards: Encouraging businesses to reach new heights

By Nikki Hancocks

With entries for the NutraIngredients Awards 2026 closing on Jan. 26, last year’s winners have described the personal and professional benefits of winning an accolade designed to set businesses apart from the competition.

Binding proteins: The next big thing in gut health?

Binding proteins: The next big thing in gut health?

By Lauren Nicolle

Danish start-up Bactolife has secured over €30 million in its Series B investment round, enabling the company to commercialize its novel gut health solution: binding proteins.

Staying ahead in active nutrition: Lessons from 2025

Staying ahead in active nutrition: Lessons from 2025

By Nick Morgan, Managing Director, Nutrition Integrated

You don’t need me to tell you that longevity, creatine or GLP-1 have been big news. So I’ve taken a different approach to this 2025 recap...

Why is there a whey protein shortage?

Why is there a whey protein shortage?

By Augustus Bambridge-Sutton

High demand and limited supply, in part due to its use with GLP-1 prescriptions, are leading to shortages of the protein

Are SIRT1, SIRT3 and SIRT6 the skin’s anti-aging trinity?

Are SIRT1, SIRT3 and SIRT6 the skin’s anti-aging trinity?

By Cassandra Stern

Sirtuins are a type of enzyme that regulate crucial cellular functions like DNA repair, metabolism and aging, and new research from Estée Lauder Companies demonstrates just how important they can be for skin longevity.

NutraIngredients Awards 2026: Find your category!

NutraIngredients Awards 2026: Find your category!

The NutraIngredients Awards are back, with a mission to shine a spotlight on outstanding work in the nutraceuticals space, and there are a few important category edits and additions for 2026.

Special edition: Women’s health

Special edition: Women’s health

Women’s health focused news updates include the latest research, NPD, market insights, regulatory restrictions and untapped opportunities.

Entrenching ergothioneine as longevity vitamin

Entrenching ergothioneine as longevity vitamin

By Asia Sherman

Emerging research continues to position ergothioneine—which up until recently was a fairly obscure dietary compound—as a longevity vitamin, one that is not required for short-term survival but perhaps essential for long-term health.

UNPA’s Israelsen on the work behind an ODI 2.0 list

UNPA’s Israelsen on the work behind an ODI 2.0 list

By Stephen Daniells

With new information about how FDA views key dates with drug preclusion and efforts to eradicate self-affirmed GRAS, it is time to revisit the list of pre-DSHEA or old dietary ingredients (ODI), says Loren Israelsen, founder and president of the United...

Collagen and plant-enriched curd shows sports nutrition potential 

Collagen and plant-enriched curd shows sports nutrition potential 

By Louisa Richards

A cow’s milk curd supplement enriched with collagen and plant extracts increased enzymatic activity of the antioxidant system, decreased inflammatory markers and modulated immune and metabolic markers when administered to rats, according to a recent study.

Special edition: Mind health matters

Special edition: Mind health matters

With the brain clearly being front of mind for a wide demographic of consumers, supplement and functional food and drink developers are getting creative with cognitive support products.

‘A pivotal expansion’: European inulin producers join IPA

‘A pivotal expansion’: European inulin producers join IPA

By Stephen Daniells

The European Association of Chicory Inulin Producers (CEFI) has joined the International Probiotics Association, a move that IPA calls “a pivotal expansion in the representation of prebiotic science and industry worldwide”.

Has Joe Wicks unfairly demonized protein bars?

Has Joe Wicks unfairly demonized protein bars?

By Olivia Haslam

Joe Wicks may have bitten off more than he can chew by targeting protein bars in his war on ultra-processed foods (UPFs). Experts weigh in after his new documentary broadcast.

The ‘proteinification’ of everything

The ‘proteinification’ of everything

By Danielle Masterson

Once just a bottle shaker staple, protein is taking on new forms and finding its way into everything from soda to chips to macaroni and cheese.