Jennifer Grebow

Nexira (Rouen, France) has introduced a new branded ingredient, Immunell, designed for the immune-health market.

The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN; Washington, DC) this week submitted public comments to FDA addressing the agency’s plans to evaluate and potentially update regulations for dietary supplements.

Eriomin is a patent-pending standardized extract from lemons containing the key flavonoid eriocitrin as well as other flavonoids.

Functional premix supplier Prinova US LLC (Carol Stream, IL) is partnering with a cognitive-health-focused biotechnology company called SLS Nutraceuticals, a subsidiary of Senescence Life Sciences (Singapore), to bring a patent-pending line of brain-health ingredients to the U.S. market.

Much of what is produced at the new, 14,000-sq-meter facility is protein for sustainable animal feed.

The new packaging coincides with the company’s 50th anniversary.

Like all of Gaia Herbs’ products, the new hemp extracts are fully traceable through the company’s Meet Your Herbs program.

Dietary supplement contract manufacturer Columbia Nutritional (Vancouver, WA) has created a new, multi-phase onboarding process for bringing new products online efficiently while ensuring that customer specifications are being met.

The dual disperser mixer offers a combination of kneading and high-shear input used to process chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and more.

U.S. contract laboratory Alkemist Labs is partnering with Canadian contract research organization Nutrasource to launch the new third-party certification program.

The ingredient was created in partnership with Virun Nutra-Biosciences, whose patented Esolv technology encapsulates the astaxanthin in micelles that are then spray-dried to create a water-soluble powder that is neutral flavored, highly dispersible, and bioavailable.

Global firm Diana Food (France) has opened a Canadian R&D laboratory in Quebec City, which will focus on creating new products and processes for consumer health.

Henry Rowland, project founder of the Detox Project, said that the organization’s Glyphosate Residue Free certification is now the second fastest-growing certification in the U.S.

According to the company and its U.S. distributor AIDP, the new 1% version provides formulating, storage, and cost-in-use advantages.

The company’s spray-dried acacia gums, instant-soluble acacia gums, and organic acacia gums are all now non-GMO Project Verified.

The company says that the new Pearlitol SW-F offers similar properties for direct-compression tableting as the company’s other Pearlitol SD mannitol grades.

Researchers from Western Sydney University will explore HydroCurc’s potential to reduce inflammation in the brain.

Each straw contains less than 2 g of sugar, making it a healthier option to many RTD flavored milks.

The researchers from the National Institutes of Health note that there is a lot to learn about palmitoleic acid’s impact on atherosclerosis.

FDA said it will allow food and supplement companies to use a qualified health claim linking omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA with blood pressure benefits.

The goal for softgel manufacturers when handling marine oils like fish and krill oil is to minimize oxidation at all costs.

In a press release, Peter Sherlock, chief technology officer for Parabel, said, “We are all elated to have achieved this breakthrough innovation. Our lentil milk is similar in color to regular milk and captures the extraordinary, high-quality protein and mineral benefits of water lentils while containing no allergens.

Milk fat globule membrane (MFGM) is an important part of breast milk-and now, infant formula.

From protein to elderberry, suppliers formulated today’s hottest ingredients into innovative foods and drinks at IFT 2019.

Two supplements are available: one for the morning, to be taken with your morning coffee, and another to be taken in the evening.

Olam International’s (Singapore) Olam Cocoa division was at June’s Institute of Food Technologists’ (IFT) Annual Meeting and Food Expo highlighting some of its clean-label premium cocoa powders along with the value powders produced at the company’s new U.S. plant.

Representatives pointed out that even as demand and awareness for prebiotics increases, chicory root fibers are still one of just a few ingredients that are proven prebiotics.

Allulose, an ingredient that offers important health benefits when used as a sugar replacer, is gaining momentum now that FDA has said it does not need to be counted as an added sugar on FDA’s new Nutrition Facts label.

At IFT 2019, functional-ingredients supplier Ribus (St. Louis) talked about how its rice-based ingredients are finding more and more followers in the clean-label space.

For food manufacturers, the new shortenings offer performance comparable to partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) but with the health benefits of soy and high-oleic soybean oil.