Jennifer Grebow

Suppliers cite growing demand as one reason for renewed interest in phospholipids.

Turmeric is today's natural products darling. But if you don’t want to take our word for it, how about taking Google’s word for it?

The company is now certified to UL’s National Brand Certification Program (NBCP).

The company says the addition of probiotics allows the products to support digestive and immune health and to enhance protein absorption.

Cranberry powder acts as a powerful prebiotic source to feed LactoSpore’s beneficial bacteria.

Remypure is Beneo’s first high-performance rice starch that qualifies for clean-label status worldwide, the company says.

The company highlighted three new ingredients at May’s Vitafoods Europe trade show.

The companies expect the probiotic will largely be sold through pharmacies.

Germany-based Erdman Analytics is now performing testing for all three legs of NSF’s dietary supplement testing and certification programs: Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) registration, NSF dietary supplement certification, and NSF Certified for Sport.

The ingredient comprises a minimum of 30% polyphenols, 8% vitamin E, and 1% zinc, Seppic says.

KD Smart contains a 1:4 ratio of EPA:DHA.

The supplement is being promoted for “optimal cognitive function.”

Called PhytoProof, the new seal “signifies that the botanical extract inside comes from Euromed and is therefore a guarantee that it’s the real deal, the one that can be 100% trusted to deliver what it promises,” the firm says.

Algae Life Sciences Inc., supplier of AstaZine astaxanthin, says FDA had no objections to 239 structure-function claims the supplier recently submitted.

Can one sports nutrition company please all customer types: hardcore bodybuilders, casual exercisers, men and women, and even senior athletes?

LactoSpore is a hardy, shelf-stable probiotic strain suited for use in a variety of foods and beverages, including baked goods and coffee.

Comparing the formulation applications for stevia versus monkfruit

Do new technologies and blending practices mean stevia and monk fruit are moving away from their natural roots?

The company alleges that, compared to free leucine, study subjects supplementing with TR-Leucine showed significant increases in MPS.

In a press release, AstaReal called its departure from NAXA “amicable."

Why a consumer-protection case out of Santa Monica, CA, could be a red flag.

Research on dietary supplements for the elderly is progressing, but we can always use more of it.

The products under FDA censure are largely marketed as weight-loss supplements.

At Natural Products Expo West, I spoke to many companies about how the industry is both talking about transparency and acting on it during the past year of negative industry scrutiny.

Nutrition 21 is sharing more details from its study on new sports-nutrition ingredient Velositol, introduced late last year.

Rembrandt Foods is betting on its two egg-white protein ingredients to capture a slice of the protein, sports, and overall nutrition markets.

Can factory-direct ingredient e-commerce survive in a time of increased quality-control scrutiny for dietary supplements?

While OmniLean provides weight-loss benefits, OmniActive Health says it is not calling this a weight-management ingredient.