News, Analysis & Insights on Nutrition, Supplements, and Health
New consumer research from Cargill has implications for formulators of functional foods, sports nutrition products and dairy products. Dairy ingredients are generally in decline, while plant-based alternatives are filling in the gaps.
Breastfed infants up to 12 months should receive a daily vitamin D supplement according to a report by the UK Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) that details feeding in the first year of life.
UK personalised nutrition firms Kafoodle, OME Health and Best in Bag are named as shortlisted finalists in John Lewis’ retail tech innovation programme, which this year followed a health and wellbeing theme.
A new review from Cochrane has come to the conclusion that there is not enough evidence to support the effects of omega-3s on forestalling heart disease, stroke or death.
From profiling their ingredient suppliers to setting up codes consumers can look up, supplement brands are using transparency to win over consumer trust.
Entrepreneur Jen Du’s line of ‘hangover cure’ liquid supplements were designed with tweaks she learned from her first, soon-to-be-discontinued product.
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As Olay releases scientific findings on the effect niacinamide has on skin care, we spoke to P&G and Dr John Oblong, Principal Scientist at P&G about the impact that this has on the cosmetics industry.
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French-based firm Laboratoire PhysioSynthèse make available a range of lactase dietary supplements aimed at the lactose intolerant and those seeking digestive health solutions via food supplements.
Japan has contributed ¥400m (just under US$4m) to support nutrition and food security for Palestinians in Gaza, under the United Nations (UN) World Food Programme (WFP).
Healthy Ageing APAC Summit 2018
Growing understanding of sarcopenia among the region's medical community is now filtering down to consumers, who will be increasingly looking for preventive supplement solutions.
A fermented vegetable beverage containing probiotics has intestinal benefits in ulcerative colitis (UC) patients, but not against UC itself.
Healthy Ageing APAC Summit 2018
Nutrition firms interested in aged care should "hunt down markets first" instead of banking on their existing products and trying to push them into different sectors.
The Indian government has announced that 118 districts in the country will receive fortified rations, in its latest attempt to fight widespread malnutrition, especially among women and children.
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Speak to any industry insider in China and one of the hottest topics is sports nutrition — everyone agrees that the sector is soaring, even if nobody is sure by exactly how much.