Sports Nutrition Sector

Protein plus HMB boosts muscle gains in legs, study finds

18-Mar-2020 By Hank Schultz

The addition of HMB to a high dose of whey protein boosted leg fat free mass more than protein alone in a new study among untrained young men.

Sports Nutrition Summit 2020

Highlights from San Diego: Online reviews, influencers, latest research and more

19-Feb-2020 By Hank Schultz, Danielle Masterson and Mary Ellen Shoup

The recent Sports Nutrition Summit brought cutting edge scientific and market insights to attendees who also had the opportunity to make important contacts with major players in the industry.

Amazon is expanding its private label sports nutrition offering. What does this mean for the category?

24-Oct-2018 By Adi Menayang

When Amazon enters a new category, it’s common for existing players in that space to shudder. It entered the sports nutrition category in stealth mode this year.

Having ingredients that can make a cross platform play key to prospering as sports nutrition market develops, supplier says

23-May-2018 By Hank Schultz

The sports nutrition market continues to ramify beyond the dedicated gym goer set. In this era of Active Nutrition, those companies with ingredients that can play in multiple spaces will prosper, a supplier says.

Frankfurt, November 28, 2016

Game on: New conference spills sports nutrition beans beyond 2017

29-Jul-2016

The multi-billion euro sports nutrition sector is changing faster than you can say ‘millennial buy-in’, but is your firm abreast of the game-changing shifts that matter most?

Brexit break-down

We will build on links with other member states, says sports nutrition sector

29-Jun-2016 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

The European Specialist Sports Nutrition Alliance (ESSNA) will build links with remaining EU member states in the wake of the UK’s shock decision to leave the bloc, but its London HQ is in jeopardy.

Dispatches from #FIE2013

Protein has a big ‘ordinary’ future, says Glanbia

27-Nov-2013 By Shane STARLING

Irish dairy ingredients specialist Glanbia Nutritionals once filled its sights almost exclusively with the sports nutrition sector, but the explosion of interest in protein means the ‘ordinary’ mainstream food industry is a bigger and bigger target.

Smoking gun: The banning and unbanning of a (dangerous?) fat burner

26-Aug-2013

We scan the evolving regulatory saga involving the fat burning supplement, Dexaprine.

ESSNA steps to up role as sports sector trade body

04-Apr-2013 By Nathan Gray

The European Specialist Sports Nutrition Alliance (ESSNA) is set to expand its remit to become a trade body for the European sports nutrition sector, the group says.