The French food safety agency Anses has launched a new system for reporting adverse events linked to new foods and ingredients, supplements, enriched foods and drinks, and products for specific diets after 10 cases of concern were identified in a 2009...
New research has highlighted rising rates of supplement contamination in the European Union – typically by steroids – with the US and China the main sources.
Lack of regulatory accord and diverse directives are the major challenge within Latin American markets for dietary supplements, according to leading NGO the IADSA.
UK-based Oxford Nutrascience has signed a non-exclusive, open-ended agreement for contract manufacturer DCC Beauty Solutions to deliver Chewitab technology in the UK and Ireland. The ingredients of the products are not yet confirmed, although it is likely...
Collaboration on research between krill player Aker BioMarine and Norwegian food supplement manufacturer Sana Pharma could boost efforts to achieve positive opinions on health claims from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
Major UK supplements company Vitabiotics says it is about to launch a new series of advertisements backing a diabetes supplement after the UK advertising regulator took issue with its former campaign.
The €100m Romanian dietary supplements market grew only one per cent in 2009 as the recession took hold, but is set to return to pre-lull levels of 20 per cent or more as consumers reinvest in the sector.
French plant-derived ingredient supplier Naturex has reported revenues and profits in line with its 2009 targets, and is working on the full integration of recently acquired Natraceutical assets.
A new alliance with a local contract manufacturing firm will enable UK based Oxford Nutrascience to scale up its recent development work on a chewable dietary supplement delivery system, Chewitab, said the technology developer.
Demand for its fat metabolism L-Carnitine based product Carnipure in new markets is fuelling plans to expand a production facility in China, claims Swiss group Lonza.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) found that the use of basic methacrylate polymer (BMC), a substance long used for similar purposes in pharmaceutical products, has no safety concerns as a glazing agent in food supplements at the proposed use...
Synadiet, the French Dietary and Food Supplements Manufacturers Association, said it is to begin a mainstream media campaign to counter the negative stories that followed the launch of a monitoring programme by a government agency.
British National Health Service dietician, Katie Peck is facing a disciplinary hearing conducted by the Health Professions Council (HPC) after recommending functional foods and allegedly displaying lack of competence.
Following years of robust double-digit growth, the market for food supplements in France could fall by 6 per cent this year, predicts market analyst Precepta.
The reality of the recently finalised Food Supplements Directive (FSD) positive list for vitamins and minerals is kicking in, as ingredients suppliers and supplements manufacturers reformulate to meet the Directive’s requirements.
The UK professor who found himself at the heart of an industry storm after his remarks on the value of food supplements were misquoted in the national press has spoken out to clarify his position.
Supplements of antioxidant vitamins and minerals are not associated with an increased risk of skin cancer, despite reports to the contrary, says a new study.
Naturex has succeeded in its stated ambition to become the world’s biggest independent botanicals extracts supplier by striking a deal that brings on-board the ingredients division of Spanish company, Natraceutical.
The Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) has adopted new provisions for food supplements, including recommendations on the substantiation of health claims.
Supplements of vitamin K1, also known as phylloquinone, may slow hardening of the arteries in people already suffering from the condition, says a new study from the US.
Global leader in human-use astaxanthin, Algatechnologies, is launching 4mg softgel astaxanthin capsules at the Vitafoods trade show in Geneva next week.
A dossier has failed to convince the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) of the safety of calcium phosphinate in food supplements, after one of its panels conducted a review of the nutrient.
The UK-based Health Food Manufacturers’ Association (HFMA) has posthumously handed food supplements pioneer, Rand Skolnick, its highest accolade for his service to the natural health sector.
The ongoing slide of global capitalism is decimating industries, but the food supplements industry is not one of them as fraught consumers turn to its potential low-cost, anti-medical, wellness promise.
Coenzyme Q10 may have enhanced solubility in water, and stability to heat and light if complexed with beta-cyclodextrin, says a new study from Slovenia.
Supplements of lutein, long-reported to have benefits for eye health, may also protect against the detrimental effects of long-term computer display light exposure, says a new study from China.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has given the thumbs up for the use of the relatively obscure zinc form, zinc methionate, but found safety issues with calcium and magnesium methionate forms.
Coenzyme Q10 is “highly safe for use as a dietary supplement”, and has an acceptable daily intake (ADI) of 12 mg per kg per day, says a new review from Kaneka.
The Russian Council of Dietary Supplement, Nutrient and Healthy Food Producers (CDSP) and the Brazilian Association of Foods for Special Dietary Uses Industry (ABIAD) are the latest groups to join the world’s eminent international food supplements trade...
There are no safety or bioavailability concerns about calcium fluoride use in food supplements, according to a new opinion published by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
NutraIngredients is reviewing the year and recapping on which articles generated the most interest amongst you, the readers. Today we look at the comment pieces that sparked the most interest.
Codex Alimentarius, the World Health Organization’s food supplements regulations advisory body, has handed in nutrient analysis recommendations that have pleased the world’s biggest global dietary supplements trade group.
Danisco, hungry to boost its presence in cardiovascular health, has taken a minority stake in a New Zealand-based manufacturer of what it claims is a high concentrate beta-glucan.
At the end of last month, the founder of US supplements firm Berkeley Premium Nutraceuticals received the most severe punishment yet to be handed out for fraud in the industry: A 25-year jail sentence and $93,000 from his personal savings. The company...
The first products containing Israeli-based supplier Lipogen’s soy lecithin phosphatidic acid (PA) and phosphatidylserine (PS) combination PS-Plus (PAS) ingredient have been launched in a supplement on the Finnish market.
The recent European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) opinion that the eye-health ingredient zeaxanthin is not safe for use in dietary supplements is potentially damaging to industry, according to Michigan-based botanicals supplier, Kalsec.
A Chinese probiotics specialist is hoping to tap China's burgeoning
middle class by inking a deal that will see its specialist
probiotic strains used in a range of dietary supplements.
Sports supplement testing lab HFL has said that it would conduct
banned substance testing free of charge if companies agree to have
results publicized through trade bodies.
The Dietary Supplement Education Alliance (DSEA) has merged into
the Natural Products Foundation (NPF) in a move expected to
strengthen efforts to communicate the benefits of dietary
supplements.
Last week, NutraIngredients-USA.com mistakenly reported that
comments to the GSK weight loss petition were sparse. A
re-examination of data reveals that public comments have been
flooding in, with the large majority expressing strong...
The advertising review body NAD has requested changes to the
marketing of a virus-blocking supplement, a move that highlights
the growing focus by industry on self-regulation.
The launch of a plant sterol-aspirin combination product being
marketed as both a dietary supplement and a drug, highlights a
legal grey area that requires refinement, according to the American
Herbal Products Association (AHPA).