Innocent shakes up smoothies with functional launches
Coke-owned Innocent is launching a functional smoothie range in the UK from April centered on soft health claims - three varieties will use 'defense' 'energise' and 'antioxidant' positioning.
Archives for March 10, 2014
Religion, weather and age: The Middle East and its calcium problem
A rapidly aging population, a hot climate and clothing restrictions owing to Islam are making the Middle East the right kind of market for calcium-enriched mineral water, according to one German-based company.
Vitamin D linked to better breast cancer patient survival
Breast cancer patients with high levels of vitamin D in their blood are twice as likely to survive the disease as those with lower levels, new research has suggested.
Vitamin D may boost heart’s ability to respond to a stressor
Daily supplements of vitamin D may improve the heart’s response to a stressor, says a new study from Canada with implications for healthy people and those at high risk of cardiovascular mortality.
Supplement leaders can help foster combined US-Mexico prosperity, Fox says
Thought leaders in the natural products field form an academy, similar in concept to those formed in ancient Greece that gave rise to the term. And that academy can help foster the common prosperity of the US and Mexico, said Vicente Fox, former...
Dispatches from the NCA State of the Industry Conference in Miami
US cocoa flavanol health claim nears but ‘not quite there yet’
More clinical trials are needed for a US health claim on cocoa flavanols, according to the National Confectioners’ Association’s technical director.
Astaxanthin investment: Algatech more than doubles production capabilities
Increasing demand for natural astaxanthin products has led Israeli algae specialists Algatechnologies to more than double its production capacity, the firm has said.
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A global look at supplements on the rise
The dietary supplements market is set to grow by 4% annually running up to 2018, with Singapore, Hong Kong and Norway being the top spenders by household consumption, according to Euromonitor International.
Time has come to consider DRIs for bioactives, CRN official says
Evidence for the nutrtional benefits of bioactives is steadily accumulating, and the time has come engage regulators in a process of determining dietary reference intakes (DRIs) for the best-researched substances, said Jim Griffiths, vice president of...
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Industry must debunk whey protein bodybuilding myths: Volac
While the whey protein market has evolved from a "bodybuilding-only market" there are still myths associated with its past that the industry must "debunk," says Volac.
Arboris enters US market with flagship plant sterol ester
Georgia-based Arboris, LLC has launched its pine-derived plant sterol ester ingredient Protanica into North American markets.