Focus on sports nutrition
Glanbia Nutritionals launched several endurance-boosting and high-protein products at last month’s Vitafoods Europe show in Geneva.
Archives for June 17, 2015
Special edition: Immunity
Pre- & Probiotics market snap-shot; ban to cost €1.5bn by 2020 in EU6
The EU’s ban on prebiotics and probiotics as marketing tools has cost the market €500m and will cost a further €1bn by 2020 according to Euromonitor International data – and that’s just drinking yoghurt. Other formats have also been hit.
Special edition: Immune support
Researchers prescribe more red wine to give Kiwis immune boost
Auckland employers should be encouraging their staff to drink red wine after research from the city linked one of wine's key compounds with fewer sick days from work for the drinker.
Special edition: Immune support
Presenteeism: A new window of opportunity for immune supplements?
Presenteeism - or showing up for work despite being ill - is on the rise. Could this be an opportunity for immunity-boosting supplements, or is it a trend to fight against?
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Carotenoids lower lipid oxidation and DNA damage in middle-aged men
Daily carotenoid intake lowers lipid and oxidative stress markers in middle-aged men, say researchers.
Special edition: Immune support
Nutrition and immunity: Better understanding and biomarkers still needed
A greater understanding of how nutrition and immunity are intrinsically linked, and how different biomarkers reflect states of illness and good health is vital to nutrition and public health research.
Special Edition: Immune Health
Ingredients derived from fungi offer alternative in immune health space
The immune supporting properties of ingredients in the cell walls of yeasts and other fungi have been known for centuries and two companies in particular—Biothera and Embria Health Sciences—are unlocking the benefits of these compounds, offering them in...
BNF: Iodine is one to watch
Recent media coverage about historical iodine levels in organic milk (according to Dairy UK, feed is now supplemented) was a reminder that milk and dairy foods provide about 40% of dietary iodine, another major source is seafood.
Frutarom buys Taura for US$70m
Israeli ingredients firm Frutarom has acquired New Zealand-based fruit ingredients company Taura Natural Ingredients Holding Ltd for about US$70m, the company has said.
Special edition: Immune support
Easy-win immune claims are vampires on tricky co-ingredients
Adding in ingredients like vitamin C to make legal immune health claims may sell products short term, but this sucks the blood from more challenging ingredients like probiotics and botanicals, says a marketing expert.
Supplement sales slow, but hope emerges in probiotics, protein, omega-3s and aloe
Market saturation, negative press and increased competition from fortified foods are taking a toll on dietary supplement sales, growth of which is slowing dramatically, according to research from IBISWorld and Euromonitor International.