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BI partners with Brenntag Food & Nutrition for distribution in Canada
Manufacturer and plant-based ingredient supplier BI Nutraceuticals has partnered with Canadian company Brenntag Canada Inc.
Archives for February 13, 2019
Properly crafted memory, cognition claims still viable in wake of FDA Alzheimer's enforcement action
With carefully crafted claims, there is still opportunity in the cognitive support space even in the wake of FDA’s recent enforcement action, an expert says.
Nestlé Health Science: Retail holds 'greater potential' than clinical nutrition in LATAM
Clinical nutrition is Nestlé Health Science's strongest business in Latin America but retail shows much greater potential, particularly for healthy aging – the region's biggest health concern, its LATAM chief says.
How crisis communications can turn dietary supplement industry challenges into opportunities
Having a plan in place before a crisis hits is the key to helping a company come through without too much damage, an expert told NutraIngredients-USA.
Riding on ‘whole food’ trend, AlgaTech launches whole-algae ingredient
Israeli astaxanthin maker AlgaTech added a new ingredient to its portfolio, the whole-algae AstaPure Arava, named after the desert in which the company grows its microalgae.
Could sitting in your car too long affect your vitamin D status? Chilean study finds link
Researchers in Chile and Spain found a correlation between means of commuting, sedentary time and vitamin D status in Chilean women.
Caffeine sports chew startup to launch into US – It's the 'main endurance market in the world', says founder
A UK startup brings its concentrated caffeine chew to the US via Amazon this week, entering what it defines as the world's most important endurance market just in time for marathon and triathlon season.
POS Bio-Sciences rebrands to become plant-based ingredient supplier
The Canadian company got its start in the 1970s as a spinoff of a research initiative at the University of Saskatchewan and worked in partnership with several industries on a contract-services model. Now renamed KeyLeaf, the business will be focused...
Mango leaf extract linked to sprint muscle performance
Supplementation with the polyphenol mangiferin combined with luteolin could enhance sporting performance, with improvements seen in muscle performance during a series of sprint exercises, say researchers.
Eroding trust? New report looks to fight declining confidence in nutrition science
A report outlines a series of recommendations that attempt to address the decline in public trust regarding nutritional science and the expanding variety of information sources.
Science and nature: Mibelle makes move into nutricosmetics and health food segments in APAC
Swiss cosmetics firm Mibelle AG Biochemistry is targeting expansion in the health supplement space in APAC, after a successful entry into the beauty-from-within category.
Diet and hypertension: Research reveals soy-rich diets may be better hypertensive retardant for Asians than vegetable-rich ones
Separate research from China and Thailand have both found that diets high in soy products could be the answer to lower hypertension risk in Asians, in contrast to traditional fruit- or vegetable-rich diets.
'Reshaping' sweetness: Ingredion's stevia and Saraya's monk fruit latest additions to Australia and NZ's sugar reduction arsenal
Ingredion's new stevia sweetener, the BESTEVIA® Reb M Stevia Leaf Sweetener, has received approval from Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) to be used as an 'intense sweetener'.
Health focus: CP Foods targets 30% of healthy products for NPD with opening of new research centre
Thai food manufacturing giant Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL (CP Foods) is targeting 30% of its new product development (NPD) this year to be focused on healthy food products.
Indigenous microbiome: Monash University Malaysia to research gut health of Orang Asli tribes
Researchers at Monash University Malaysia have embarked on a study to investigate the association of cultural practices and diet with the gut and oral microbiome of indigenous peoples in Malaysia.
Asahi to bring Japanese standards to child nutrition in Vietnam with new JV
Japanese beverage group Asahi is entering Vietnam's infant and child nutrition sector, having recently entered a joint venture with Vietnam Nutrition Food JSC (Nutifood).