News, Analysis & Insights on Nutrition, Supplements, and Health
The European Patent Office (EPO) has revoked a patent held by German firm Böhringer linking a red vine leaf extract with a vascular issue most commonly known as “heavy legs” - opening European markets to new suppliers.
Ginger’s anti-inflammatory properties may play a role in reducing inflammation in the colon, possibly reducing the risks of developing colorectal cancer, according to new research.
A ground-breaking alliance for the supplements industry that would have seen a range endorsed by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia for the first time, has been disbanded following industry backlash.
Impregnating soybean flour with antioxidant-rich blueberry or cranberry extracts may open up new dietary supplement and functional food opportunities for industry, suggests new research.
Dispatches from SupplySide West
The timing of the release of the new dietary ingredient (NDI) draft guidance is “curious” given pressing economic/resource issues and “far more serious issues that FDA should be looking at”, says the chief executive of BI Nutraceuticals.
The International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplement Associations (IADSA) has published a report tackling micronutrient adequacy around the world.
Renewable Algal Energy (RAE) – the latest entrant into the rapidly-heating-up market for nutritional ingredients from microalgae – will be able to supply commercial quantities of its novel algal oils and proteins by the third quarter of 2012, bosses have...
Dispatches from SupplySide West 2011
With the volume of omega-3 science tripling in 10 years, the world’s leading omega-3 trade group is working with international regulators to have that research reflected in authorised claims – especially in the EU and the US.