Facilitating informed choice, consumer protection and market harmonisation are the priority, says an industry group in response to a document evaluating claims made on plants and their preparations.
Finnish producer Eevia Health Oy is to unveil the results of a €1m investment to its production facility as the firm pencils in an online reopening ceremony at the end of June.
Daily supplementation with matured hop bitter acids may improve mental processing speed, attention, and concentration in healthy adults aged 45 to 69, says a new study from beverage giant Kirin Holdings Co.
Italian botanicals firm Indena completes the sale of its nutricosmetics business to Swiss-based Givaudan in a deal that began in 2019 and introduces a manufacturing and innovation pact between the two firms.
Plant extract companies in China are seeing more demand for immune-related raw materials, but most are adopting a cautious stance when it comes to capacity building due to trade uncertainties brought on by COVID-19.
New Zealand blackcurrants may offer a “small, but significant” improvement for sports performance, according to a new systematic review and meta-analysis.
Oral consumption of a hot water extract of Hydrangea serrata leaves may improve wrinkles, hydration, skin elasticity, and skin texture, says a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial from Korea.
The Association for the Cannabinoid Industry (ACI) has received clarification from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) regarding updated deadlines set for Cannabinoid (CBD) firms to apply for Novel Foods status.
Eight weeks of supplementation with a combination of citrus flavones and flavanones and olive polyphenols led to “remarkable” improvements in markers of heart health, report Spanish researchers.
NutraIngredients' groundbreaking online immunity series continues next month with the role botanicals play firmly under the spotlight and scrutiny of the brand’s European team.
The European Commission (EC) makes available a working document that describes the objectives of the nutrition and health claim regulations made on plants and their preparations for food use as ‘not fully attained’.
Researchers from East Asia are urging more research and clinical studies of the Japanese herbal medicine, Kampo, as a treatment for frailty, as part of a push to increase awareness in global markets.
Spanish food authorities, who withdrew a weight loss supplement due to links to a suspected liver failure-related death, have been accused of ‘forming erroneous conclusions too early,’ by its makers.
The highest European Court has for the first time expressed a legal position on the commercialisation of cannabidiol (CBD)-based products in Europe as its Advocate General said EU member states cannot ban the import of this ingredient.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) gives its thumbs up to a botanical extract and a single‐cell microalga, concluding that these two supplement ingredients are safe to use at the proposed levels.
