The European Commission (EC) has given its seal of approval to Biova’s eggshell membrane for use in food supplements, representing the first approval of its kind for this ingredient.
The European Commission (EC) rounds off this month with a few additions to the Novel Food register as a cranberry extract, bovine whey protein and shrimp peptide all make the cut.
A pregnancy supplement regimen offered by Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle brand Goop is the subject of alleged multiple breaches to UK advertising and trading standards.
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Japanese ingredient supplier, Taiyo, has partnered soft drinks brand, Sinalco, and sweetener experts, Sweethouse, to create a sugar-free drink which it claims can aid weight loss.
The European Commission (EC) intends to authorise for the first time a health claim arising from the combined effects of a number of substances, in a decision that affects firms backing the synergistic effect of nutrients in their products.
Sports manufacturers warned over 'confusing' and 'deceptive' claims
Manufacturers must try harder to be credible, or the sports nutrition industry is in danger of becoming one built on ‘coercing’ sales, warns a sports science professor.
A new collagen soft chew is claiming to contain added vitamins and nutrients which enhance energy levels, immune system and bone health as well as providing skin health benefits.
A small but significant percentage of elite athletes and weekend warriors knowingly buy dangerous banned products – placing body image and potential to make money before long term health, say experts.
Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) have extensive potential to offer a range of health benefits in products beyond infant formula, DuPont's global business director for HMOs, Steen Lyck, said at Vitafoods Asia on Tuesday.
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A consumer survey commissioned by consulting firm Trust Transparency Consulting found that around 91% of consumers will not buy a supplement if it’s labeled as synthetic.
A recent market report greatly exaggerates the potential of the global astaxanthin market, an expert says. But demand for the ingredient is growing strongly all the same.
The European Commission (EC) has authorised the use of egg white lysozyme hydrolysate as a novel food in food supplements and other food categories such as a fortification ingredient.
Royal DSM has made available its dietary antiplatelet ingredient Fruitflow to Team Sunweb’s professional cyclists as part of their recovery regime and preparation for this year’s Tour de France.
UK firm Seaweed & Co's wild harvested knotted kelp (Ascophyllum) beats spirulina for iodine, potassium, calcium and magnesium, and can reduce salt in packaged foods or replace artificial smoke flavours, it says.
The Mead Johnson-Reckitt Benckiser merger has filed two international patents for formulations with dietary butyrate, which it says can improve brain development and reduce metabolic syndrome in infants.
European regulators confirm Unilever’s assertion that black tea can improve attention identifying caffeine and l‐theanine actions as ‘sufficiently characterised’ during the health claim approval process.
Nestlé is top for addressing the double burden of obesity and malnutrition, and while many firms have stepped up efforts, a "disappointing" number have too many unhealthy products in their portfolios, according to the Access to Nutrition Index...
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has approved the use of shrimp peptides in food supplements, opening up an opportunity to develop a nutritional approach to blood pressure control.
The European Commission (EC) has raised the threshold limit by eight times, for two impurities found in the food supplement additive polyvinyl alcohol-polyethylene glycol-graft-co-polymer (E 1209).
As April draws to a close, definitive outcomes from the European Commission’s (EC) Regulatory Fitness and Performance (REFIT) programme, said to appear sometime in 2018, are still nowhere to be seen.
With the use of dietary supplements gaining popularity in pregnant women, researchers warn that current regulations may not take into account longer-term safety and health considerations for the child, adding updated regulations and nutrivigilance schemes...
DuPont Nutrition & Health and Inbiose are reaping the rewards of their partnership as EU authorities approve their first human milk oligosaccharide (HMO) ingredient designed for use in infant formula.
The European Commission (EC) has given the go ahead for a blend of three herbal roots to be used as a novel food in a supplement intended for post-menopausal women.
New Spanish limits on the amount of non-vitamin and mineral nutrients added to food supplements will provide clarity for businesses over their legal status, but add to the lack of uniformity throughout Member States.
Over two-thirds of websites investigated by EU Member State authorities are selling non-authorised novel foods and food supplements, says a new report published today by the European Commission.
The difficulty in getting a probiotic health claim approved and the botanical stand-off may explain why one in three industry professionals find the current EU framework unhelpful and difficult to navigate.
The lack of a clear, shared definition of nutraceuticals risks them remaining in the grey area between food and pharmaceuticals and failing to reach their full potential as a therapeutic tool, suggests a new review in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.
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The European Consumer Organisation, BEUC, has called on the European Commission to tackle unhealthy food and beverage products that still make health-related claims.
Lonza’s assertion that L-carnitine contributes to normal lipid metabolism was rejected by EU authorities, who could not find a link between the supplement and a ‘beneficial physiological effect.’
“The Commission has lost its indefinite timeframe for defining the issue”
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) says the current ‘on hold’ situation for botanicals is not satisfactory, in a double-edged ruling that seems to suggest a rejected claim is better than one on hold.
The increasing availability of 2,4 dinitrophenol (DNP) on the grey market in the Netherlands has prompted the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) to issue a warning against the substance.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has said l-ergothioneine is safe for use in food and supplements for infants and young children, pregnant and breastfeeding women.
A raft of British firms continue to test the boundaries of UK supplement advertising as the Advertising Standards Authority take action over health claims used to market joint health and weight loss products.
Sports supplements retailer MyProtein have fallen foul of the Advertising Standards Authority rules over “misleading” claims the firm were offering discounts of up to 60% on items during a monthly sale.
A majority of commercially available vitamin supplements in German market significantly exceed daily recommended doses recommended by the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), new tests suggest.
The term ‘nutritious’ is regularly used in product marketing, but the way in which consumers and ‘experts’ view the word may be different, say researchers calling for an agreed definition.
Changes in South Africa’s legislation on vitamins and dietary supplements appear to be slowing growth in the market which has recently seen double digit growth, according to a recent Euromonitor podcast.
Manufacturers and distributors of very low calorie diet (VLCD) programmes and products could be effectively wiped out by new rules passed by European lawmakers last week, warn industry leaders.
