After a journey through various forms of corporate ownership, omega-3 supplier EPAX has come full circle, landing with a company that understands fishing and the business of extracting ingredients from fish, an executive says.
Exporters of dietary supplements into China need to be familiar with that country's dominant WeChat social media platform if they want to thrive, an industry association executive said.
In his final address to the omega-3 sector as a whole, outgoing GOED executive director Adam Ismail said the industry has unlimited potential, which it can reach only if it bands together to control its message and support the ingredients’ health benefits...
A product warning on supplements containing high doses of zinc and vitamin B6 was issued this week by the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety GmbH (AGES).
Meriva, a proprietary lecithin-based delivery form of curcumin, significantly reduced pain and enhanced physical function in injured rugby players, according to a recent study in the European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences.
A proprietary mixture of two probiotic strains developed by Swedish company Probi AB may help people catch fewer winter colds. Details of the study will be revealed in a webinar on March 1st.
Quality control performed on commercially available dietary supplements in Poland has uncovered labelling irregularities that include a lack of ingredient information, daily dosage and warnings.
An upper intake level of folate is unnecessary, say UK researchers, who think its removal to allow flour fortification with folic acid will open up a global opportunity to prevent future birth defects.
Botanical specialist Arjuna reveals how a sustainable approach to cultivating a nitrate-rich plant extract is reaping rewards, producing an ingredient that has found uses in energy bars and nutrition powders.
A recent NPR program on the subject of dietary supplements was a sign both of how far the industry has come in terms of recognition of its legitimacy and how far it has yet to go.
