Innophos takes sales hit as it exits low margin nutrition trading business
Innophos has taken an earnings hit while it continues its transition into a major player in the food and dietary supplement ingredients markets.
Archives for August 13, 2019
New study supports nitrate-rich beetroot juice’s heart health benefits
Consuming beetroot juice for a couple of weeks may reduce systolic and diastolic blood pressure in healthy older adults, says a new small study.
Nature’s Way leads $6 million Series A round for personalized nutrition company Baze
Legacy supplement brand Nature’s Way is betting on the personalized nutrition space with an investment in Baze, a personalized nutrition start-up.
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Activia hopes to fizz up sales with live culture smoothies
Danone's yogurt giant Activia is entering the fermented food and drink category with new Live Culture Smoothies claiming to offer consumers a gut health boost.
Keto diet claims vs reality: What the science says
The keto diet is often not the performance boosting mechanism it is claimed to be, according to an expert who plans to set the record straight at NutraIngredients’ Sports Nutrition Summit next month.
SPORTS NUTRITION SUMMIT 2019
Sports Nutrition Summit: ‘Food first approach over supplement use,’ ESSNA recommends
Daily exposure to social media and other media outlets alongside an ever-expanding market, places an overemphasis on the use of dietary supplements for the general consumer.
Diabetes fight: Entity Health seeks to tackle Singapore’s top health concern with new launch
Australian supplements firm Entity Health is seeking to tackle diabetes, a key health concern in Singapore, with its newly launched blood glucose regulating supplement.
Probiota Asia 2019: Can probiotics help tackle Asia’s rising tide of obesity?
The role that probiotics can play to tackle the regional and worldwide challenge of obesity will be assessed by microbiome brand TargEDys at the forthcoming Probiota Asia summit in Singapore.
Healthy Ageing APAC Summit 2019
Chronological vs biological’: Chromadex aims to use personalised nutrition as means to revolutionise ageing
Personalised nutrition and other specific therapeutic functions with a focus on changing the concept of ageing are the way forward for ChromaDex’s flagship nicotinamide riboside (NR) supplement, said the firm.
Daily consumption of essence of chicken strengthens working memory: Suntory-funded meta-analysis
Consuming essence of chicken (EC) daily has shown to improve the working memory, according to a meta-analysis of seven RCTs.