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Delivery Formats: Will consumers sip their supplements?

Delivery Formats: Will consumers sip their supplements?

By Adi Menayang

At this year’s Natural Products Expo West, Trace Minerals Research launched a line of supplement straws. The company isn’t the first to play with this concept, but it certainly is one of very few. So what’s the appeal of dipping one’s toes into these...

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‘We have a tremendous opportunity to use our global scale to influence positive change’

PepsiCo launches Nutrition Greenhouse incubator: ‘The latest food innovation is coming from both big & small players’

By Rachel Arthur

PepsiCo has launched an incubator programme to help nurture the ‘best and brightest’ entrepreneurs in the nutrition, health and wellness sectors. Eight ‘breakthrough brands’ will benefit from a €25,000 ($26,500) grant each, and access to experts from...

Industry pays tribute to NOW founder Elwood Richard

Elwood Richard: September 17, 1931 – April 7, 2017

Industry pays tribute to NOW founder Elwood Richard

By Stephen Daniells

Tributes are flowing in for the late Elwood Richard, founder of natural products industry leader NOW Foods, for his significant impact on the health food channel through the decades. Elwood passed away last week after a lengthy battle with cancer. 

Cannabinoid nutraceuticals set for European take off?

Cannabinoid nutraceuticals set for European take off?

By David Anderson

Europe will become a key market for a number of new cannabinoid-infused nutraceutical products targeting the multi-billion European nutrition industry, said Swiss firm Domaco as it strikes a deal with an Australian cannabis and hemp developers.

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Superchocolate: Can chocolate really be a functional food?

By Emma Jane Cash

A chocolate bar containing 33% pure refined turmeric has been launched into the global functional foods market, as a convenient and enjoyable way to increase daily dosage of curcumin, the active ingredient in turmeric.

German herbal cold remedy debuts in US

German herbal cold remedy debuts in US

By Hank Schultz

German OTC health products manufacturer Pohl-Boskamp is bringing a respiratory health supplement to the US market after decades of market history in the EU.

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Precedent setting: The development and legacy of the GOED monograph

By Stephen Daniells

The early 2000s were a time of health claims success and growing consumer awareness around the benefits of omega-3s, but concerns over quality in the sector spurred stakeholders to work together to create quality standards for the industry. The result...

Mead Johnson has agreed to a Reckitt Benckiser takeover deal.

Mead Johnson Nutrition agrees Reckitt Benckiser takeover

By Jim Cornall

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (RB) has signed a merger agreement with Mead Johnson Nutrition Company (Mead Johnson) under which Mead Johnson shareholders will receive $90 in cash for each share of common stock, valuing the total equity at $16.6bn.

DNAFit: 'We report on 45-50 of the most researched gene variants that have a link to exercise or nutrition response.'

Food Vision preview: London, 1-3 March 2017

Personalised sports nutrition gains another player

By Shane STARLING

At Food Vision in London on March 1-3 ex-Olympian Andrew Steele will explain why he is so excited about applying genetics to dramatically improve the nutrition and performance of sportspeople.

Nutramigen PURAMINO, a formula for infants and young children with cow milk protein allergy, is being launched in Czechia and Slovakia following an agreement between Mead Johnson Nutrition and Ewopharma.

Hypoallergenic formula launched in Czechia and Slovakia

By Jim Cornall

Mead Johnson Nutrition has signed an agreement with Swiss company Ewopharma, a distributor of pharmaceutical and nutritional products in Central Eastern Europe, to launch Nutramigen PURAMINO in Czechia and Slovakia.

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