Jennifer Grebow

NAXA first announced the certification program in 2016 in order to differentiate astaxanthin products derived from Haematococcus pluvialis from synthetic-astaxanthin ingredients on the market.

Last spring, the European Commission authorized an Article 13.5 health claim linking chicory-root-fiber ingredients inulin and oligofructose with improved blood glucose levels. Now, the scientific study on which the health claim petition was based has been published in the European Journal of Nutrition.

NPA and CRN now officially support Gottlieb’s nomination as FDA Commissioner, with Fabricant calling for Gottlieb's “swift confirmation.”

Is it really true that you need to own your entire supply chain before you can achieve full traceability?

The quick answer is yes. It can be done, and it has been done. Here's how.

Life Extension’s label for Mediterranean Whole Food Blend promotes PhytoClean front and Center, advertising the product as a “farm-to-capsule blend using PhytoClean technology.”

Experts discuss emerging adulterants, strategies for catching adulteration, and whether the Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act has made a difference.

During the upcoming Vitafoods Europe tradeshow in Geneva in May, Naturex (Avignon, France) will launch two new ingredients.

Anagenix specializes in New Zealand-grown kiwifruit-based ingredients that support digestive health.

Finnish organic ingredient supplier Eevia and ingredient distributor Barrington Nutritionals (Harrison, NY) have signed a distribution deal that sees Barrington Nutritionals distributing Eevia’s organic-certified portfolio in North America.

AIDP is now an exclusive U.S. distributor of Weishardt International’s Naticol, a marine Type I collagen peptide ingredient for joint and skin health.

Called Digestible, the portal focuses on two ingredient categories for digestive health: probiotics and enzymes.

NattoPharma announced that the company’s NattoPharma International Research Network has received a €4 million grant from the European Commission’s research program, Horizon 2020, to study vitamin K2’s role in vascular health.

The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA; Silver Spring, MD) has adopted a new guidance policy specifically to assist its members in complying with label regulations for products containing fungal ingredients.

In a newly published, secondary analysis of the Physicians’ Health Study II, researchers posit that multivitamin supplementation did not help to prevent the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events, even in subjects who were found to have less-nutritious diets.

The company emphasizes that BodyBalance is not intended to be a weight-management tool.

By binding to H. pylori, the Pylopass probiotic strain ensures that the entire “co-aggregate” (Pylopass bound to H. pylori) is excreted from the body intact instead of allowing the H. pylori to remain in the gut and change the gut’s microflora, the company says.

The company says this product offers sustainability benefits by enabling the company to use the entire beet crop.

The founder of natural products industry giant Now Foods passed away but leaves a legacy.

We spoke to Erika Whitman, RD, CSSD, team sports dietitian at The Madison Square Garden Company in New York, about the role supplementation plays in professional sports today.

While agave syrup rose to popularity a decade ago as a sugar replacement, in recent years agave syrup has also come under fire from detractors concerned about the syrup’s high fructose content. 

Nearly one-quarter of the 59 new dietary ingredient (NDI) notifications companies submitted to FDA between November 2015 and October 2016 were acknowledged without objection by FDA.

Bestevia Reb M is produced via an enzymatic conversion process using natural steviol glycosides derived from the stevia leaf.

In a recent survey of Vitafoods Europe attendees and exhibitors, those surveyed said that stricter EU regulations are their top concern-even more so than the state of the global economy.

Glanbia Nutritionals and Nutrition 21 LLC have extended their agreement to co-market Nutrition 21’s protein-optimizing ingredient, Velositol.

Sabinsa Corp. now holds a U.S. patent for the company’s shelf-stable Bacillus coagulans MTCC 5856 probiotic ingredient, brand name LactoSpore, for therapeutic management of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

Beverages continue to be the next frontier for marine ingredients. What progress have fish oil and algal-ingredient suppliers made?

EuroPharma's Terry Naturally Slim-VX1 formulation is based on a unique fiber that’s already been successful in the European weight-management market for several years.

“I personally feel that the claim of appetite suppression or weight management is raising hopes in the consumer’s mind thinking they’re going to get faster results than they actually will,” said Orgenetics's Saumil Maheshvari.

The company has yet another new innovation: a high-quality chia oil that it says retains all of chia’s healthful nutrients due to a special production process.