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The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), a trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry, announced a slate of eight new directors, elected by CRN’s membership to the association’s board of directors.
Suppliers of herbal ingredients that are well characterized with reams of research continue to chafe about the strictures involved in communicating the benefits of these ingredients in the US market. Word on the street is, that situation is unlikely to...
The Organic & Natural Health Association has submitted a citizen’s petition asking FDA to approve a health claim connecting vitamin D supplementation with a reduction in premature birth risk.
There is evidence that when food-microbe interactions are broken, conditions such as inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) can develop, but underlying factors are still unclear. One McMaster University researcher has won a grant to study the relationship...
Indian ingredients company Arjuna launched a new ashwagandha extract product called Shoden for the US market this week.
Entrepreneurs in Asia tend to have a more positive view of their business environment compared to their peers in other regions, according to Amway's Global Entrepreneurship Report 2018.
HI SOUTH EAST ASIA 2018
Eye health is now the greatest health concern in the Asia Pacific region, according to a survey by global market and consumer intelligence firm Ipsos.
Speaking at the recent Nutrition in Medicine in London, experts outlined a number of recently identified foods that may help protect against and potentially reverse inflammatory bowel disease, alongside others which may increase risk.
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.