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The Vitamin Shoppe, which has struggled with declining sales from its brick and mortar business, continues to place more focus on its digital business, working with e-commerce solutions provider GroupBy to optimize and personalize its online shopping...
In an era when regulators are increasingly calling for product specific science, Taiyo International has stepped up to the plate to verify the bacterial adhesion prevention properties of its SunCran cranberry-prebiotic ingredient.
Researchers found that beta-alanine supplementation increased exercise capacity and inhibited declines in executive brain function caused by post-endurance exercise fatigue in study participants over the age of 50.
The founders of New Chapter have severed their relationship with Procter & Gamble because they said “financial pressures to accelerate profits” meant they could no longer in good conscience continue to associate themselves with the brand.
Researchers in Malaysia induced Alzheimer’s Disease in mice and supplemented palm-derived tocotrienol, a type of vitamin E. They found a link between the vitamin and improvements in brain function.
A type of iron found in peas could be processed into an alternative dietary iron source for the treatment of iron deficiency, say researchers from the UK's University of East Anglia (UEA).
Patent Watch
India-based herbal exports specialist Laila has developed a synergistic blend of Brahmi herb and haritaki fruit for use in dietary supplements and functional products targeting age-associated cognitive decline.
Founded in 2011, Mazza Innovation has made a name for itself over the years for its botanical extraction technology—a process that is solvent free and instead uses pressurized low polarity water. It’s tech that Sensient will now leverage to develop clean...
The process of making corn flakes strips maize of its healthy phenolic compounds and tocopherols, meaning fortification with additives is the best solution to make corn products healthier, scientists have found.
French-based biotech start-up Nextbiotix has successfully raised €7m in a Series A financing round, to develop microbiome-based approaches that address inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
Healthy Ageing APAC Summit 2018
'Engay' food, produced for patients suffering from the swallowing disorder dysphagia, can provide tasty, nutritious and enjoyable meals for APAC's growing ageing population, according to one of the pioneering Japanese companies behind the process.
A roundtable seeking to improve consumer safety around sports foods in Australia and New Zealand will issue its report by September.
Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids may not have a significant impact on psychosis, according to the results of a trial led by the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health in Melbourne.