NIU’s Global Round-up: UK bans energy drink sales to teens, sleep product success in Korea, and more
What's happened this week around the Nutra-Verse? Stay on top of things with our weekly round-up of key news from across the globe.
Archives for July 29, 2019
Woman owned and operated supplement brand extends hot selling collagen line
Supplement brand Further Food has extended its line of products with a chocolate flavored collagen powder, a launch which places the brand well to capitalize on an upswing in the sales of beauty products.
Brazilian Cerrado 'scarcely explored' fruits rich in bioactives and antioxidants: Study
Three underexploited and relatively unknown fruits from the Brazilian Cerrado biome have stand out nutritional properties, including high levels of vitamin C and phenolic compounds, find researchers.
Study finds key role for vitamin K2 in forestalling development of aneurysms
A new review paper posultates a mechanism for the development of blood vessel aneurysms, and identifies a role for Vitamin K2 is preventing their occurrence.
OptiBiotix Health launches SlimBiome weight management ingredient in Mexico
Biotech company, OptiBiotix Health, has signed a deal with dairy producer Agropur to manufacture and distribute its SlimBiome weight management ingredient innovation in key North American markets.
Across the Nutra-verse: US FDA updates potential CBD regulations, UK to ban energy drink sales to kids, and more
It’s a global industry and there’s a lot happening. We know it’s not always easy keeping up with everything that’s happening around the world. The answer? Our weekly round-up of key news from across the globe.
Spanish researchers study cardioprotective effect of bioactive-enriched virgin olive oil in rats
Olive oil enriched with bioactive compounds extracted from olive fruit and leaves had a positive effect on blood pressure and cholesterol levels in rats, according to a new study.
Rat study: Byproduct of apple juice processing may have liver health benefits, researchers suggest
Discarded pulp, skin, seeds, and stems of apples processed into apple juice may be turned into nutritional products to support liver health—in rats at least, according to a newly published study.
Editor's Spotlight: Startup Focus
Growing business gnat-urally: Sports nutrition trailblazer bringing insect protein to the masses
An insect protein startup which got a big business boost at NutraIngredients Sports Nutrition Summit last year is winging its way to the mass market after gaining investment from a pharmaceutical giant.
Sports Nutrition Summit: Big-names line up to sponsor three-day active nutrition programme
The second annual Sports Nutrition Summit - a three-day event dedicated to the active and performance nutrition marketplace – will be held in Amsterdam this September, with a number of big-name firms confirmed as sponsors.
Italy rejects contamination as hepatitis cause citing ‘individual susceptibility’
Italy’s National Institute of Health concludes that the hepatitis cases linked to the consumption of curcumin-containing supplements was due to “individual susceptibility” or “pre-existing alterations.”
Healthy Ageing APAC Summit 2019
‘Health care over sick care’: Interventions based on biomarkers should take priority in healthy ageing research
An expert panel has identified that interventions based on biomarkers and disease prevention need to be the key priority areas for the nutritional scientific community to promote healthy ageing as the number of seniors in APAC soars.