Optimum survey find Americans are vexed and lack health and fitness direction
Americans are having difficulty maintaining emotional balance and holding to fitness goals during the pandemic crisis, an Optimum Nutrition consumer survey has found.
Archives for November 2, 2020
NutraVideo: myAir tackles stress with personalized nutrition and smart tech
Personalized nutrition start-up myAir is taking on stress with the help of nature and technology. The company developed a patent-pending algorithm based on cognitive and physiological data.
Lubrizol introduces novel spirulina microencapsulated astaxanthin for healthy aging
To create a synergistic algae blend, Lubrizol Life Science Health collaborated with Neoalgae Micro Seaweeds Products, SL, a company dedicated to microalgae biotechnology.
GOED study on fish oil oxidation puts to rest toxicity concerns raised in 2016 paper
GOED has published a study that takes a comprehensive look into potential fish oil oxidation products in response to an earlier, much criticized paper that had raised toxicity concerns about a fish liver oil that had been artificially brought to a high...
Cargill Health Technologies: ‘The microbiome space is going to change the way the world feeds itself’
Partnerships and collaboration are going to drive the rapid advances needed in the microbiome space to better feed animals and humans, says the President of Cargill Health Technologies.
Ensuring Quality on Demand: TSI Strengthens Processing Solutions
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To remain competitive in today’s dietary supplement market, not only is speed-to-market of great importance, ensuring your supplement is thoroughly intact and qualitative is likewise expected and required by consumers worldwide.
Editor's Spotlight: Startup Focus
Israeli startup creates tailored snack bars with cognitive health benefits
An Israeli startup has created a personalised nootropic snack bar subscription service offering products tailored to each consumer’s cognitive response to stress.
VinCare Clinical Study: Whole Grape Extract Supports Healthy Cholesterol and Cardiovascular Health
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Clinical study with VinCare whole grape extract standardized for 80% polyphenols shows significant benefits in cholesterol health and cardiovascular health.
Morning protein shake: Good for elderly but maybe not for weight loss
A morning protein shake will slightly reduce energy intake at breakfast and lunch, but not at dinner, and overall energy intake will increase overall, therefore this is an effective method for increasing protein consumption in older men, but not...
Spanish agency approves use of term 'probiotic' on food and supplements
The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) has announced the term “probiotic” should be accepted on food and food supplement labels sold in the country, in accordance with the Mutual Recognition Principle.
Researchers recycle shrimp waste into supplements
Researchers have discovered a way to recycle shrimp waste to create sustainable nutritional supplements.
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
Industry Movers: L’Oréal, RB, Gelita and Glanbia
As Europe faces imminent lockdown, nutrition and ingredient firms try to keep business operations tickling along with a raft of appointments. Here, NutraIngredients rounds up the moves made for the month of October.
Growth Asia 2020: Join us live today as our interactive broadcast series continues with the Infant Nutrition edition
Join us live today for the fourth edition of our free-to-access interactive broadcast series – Growth Asia 2020 – as we focus on the topic of infant nutrition with a host of major brands and international experts.
China’s dairy boom: Yili pegs post-COVID-19 health demands and tech as key to consumption boost – exclusive interview
Chinese dairy giant Yili believes that local dairy consumption is on an upward curve due to a rise in consumer understanding of its health benefits due to COVID-19, as well as the advantages technology is bring in advancing innovation within the sector.
Vitamin C and COVID-19: Researchers call for status testing and intravenous / oral supplementation
The high frequency of vitamin C deficiency in people with respiratory infections has led researchers to call for levels to be tested on Covid-19 patients, followed by either intravenous or oral supplementation.
Yakult’s L-casei Shirota reduces constipation, diarrhoea, ARI in children – 12-week Vietnam trial
A 12-week study by Yakult on more than 1,000 Vietnamese children has shown that its fermented milk containing the Lactobacillus casei strain (LcS) could reduce the incidence of constipation, diarrhoea, and acute respiratory infections (ARI).
RefluG Isorepair: A clinically validated gastroesophageal reflux treatment with a novel mechanism of action
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An estimated 1 billion people worldwide suffer from gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).1 Many of those people live with symptoms that negatively affect their quality of life, creating a large pool of patients with specific medical needs.