Croatian firm Atlantic Grupa is to sell two supplement brands to PharmaS in a continuation of the firm’s strategy to “divest non-core business operations and focus on key categories and brands”.
A telemarketing firm that sold health supplements at high mark-ups has been ordered by the High Court to liquidate after taking advantage of elderly customers.
Growing consumer awareness along with demand in animal nutrition is driving the overall growth of prebiotics, which a trade group says will account for $5.5 billion in sales in 2019. Better messaging can help maintain that momentum, the group says.
France’s National Union of Food Supplements, Synadiet says that it is ‘astonished at the total absence of consumer experiences’ in a report that warns the general public of poor quality supplements.
Biotherapeutics firm 4D pharma announces a collaboration with Merck & Co (MSD) in a deal that looks to develop vaccines that deliver live bacteria to the gut.
Plans to tax food supplements in Ireland will place these products and their benefits out of reach for people, especially those living with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), an experts says.
American ingredients business Rousselot is to reshuffle its segments in a move that places its collagen-based products at the forefront of the firm’s growth and direction.
Microalgae-derived ingredient specialists Algatech are to license the rights to the production of β-1,3-glucan from microalgae Euglena gracilis from US biotech firm F3 Platform Biologics.
NutraIngredients speaks to the top investors in the food and nutrition space to find out how entrepreneurs can get their big ideas onto pitching tables.
The food and nutrition space is hit by hundreds of innovations every day and investors in the field are being inundated with startup hopefuls wanting to pitch the next big thing for the market.
AB-Biotics is the subject of a €38m takeover bid by its largest shareholder Kaneka Europe, who are looking to acquire the remaining 60% of the Spanish probiotic specialists, valuing the firm at €63m.
French microalgae specialists Microphyt take a forward step in its expansion plans with €28.5m raised in its latest funding round that reaffirms investor confidence in the microalgae sector.
Venture capital firm Seventure Partners announce the creation of a fund to invest in start-up companies and SMEs that focus on sports-related food or nutrition products.
DuPont Nutrition & Health and Industrial Biosciences Businesses are to merge in €5.6bn creation of the Nutrition & Biosciences business unit spread across 70 manufacturing sites and 25 innovation centres worldwide.
Poland’s Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) is to initiate proceedings against Solgar Polska after the authority accuse the firm of supplement price-fixing within the country.
