Kimberly J. Decker

2019’s most unexpected supplement ingredient sales trends, according to SPINS

It’s the question on everyone’s minds: Will demand for plant protein plateau anytime soon?

Some of the same supplements that seniors hope will make aging easier are hard for seniors to take.

The number of fermentation-generated ingredients now available remains somewhat small, but as suppliers master the technique, the ranks are growing.

Gummy supplements can be difficult to produce and have to clear of several formulation and manufacturing hurdles vis-à-vis taste, texture, and structural stability.

What do we know, and how much do we still need to discover?

Plant-based ingredients are transforming the meat-analogue category.

“While whey protein fractions aren’t necessarily a new discovery, the ways in which they’re being used and their known benefits are both expanding,” one expert says.

Concerns such as ingredient compatibility, product stability, and manufacturing capabilities all come into play when facing a novel delivery form. Here’s how contract manufacturers can help.

Demand for joint-support supplements is perennially solid, but the changing face of the consumer is injecting new life into the category.

Sports nutrition products are expanding upon the benefits they deliver, the means by which they deliver them, and the consumers whom they target.

Also: Is the dairy-alternatives category in danger of jumping the nondairy shark?

Even in the face of an equivocal study or two-or concerns over sourcing, regulatory setbacks, and the occasional pharma-driven lawsuit-omega-3s retain a sterling reputation that other supplements can only envy.

What, precisely, does it mean to age healthily? And how can we marshal public health and market resources to make it happen?

And why getting U.S. consumers to see the beauty, so to speak, in collagen still won't happen overnight.

From insolubility to low bioavailability, CBD is a challenging ingredient to work with.

Researchers are finding that dietary supplementation can go a long way toward shoring up ocular health and protecting eyes against the battery of threats they face.

As mushroom-product sales skyrocket globally, here is a look at some of the biggest players.

What’s in a name? When that name applies to an oat “milk,” soy “cheese,” or macadamia nut “ice cream,” the answer may be: the seeds of controversy.

Does probiotics’ future lie in foods, beverages, supplements-or all three?

The biggest shift in multivitamin thinking involves meeting consumers where they are-in their lifestyles and their life stages.

The sports nutrition market was going strong even before casual competitors started swelling its ranks, but weekend warriors have surely added to the gains.

A look at herbal beauty ingredients, from turmeric to CBD.

Like the cavemen who inspired the diet, will paleo eventually go extinct?

Whole-food supplements, their advocates insist, better deliver the nutrition of whole foods than do isolated, chemically synthesized supplements-an approach fitting with what consumers are looking for today.

As for which supplements consumers will turn to, the mix comprises both the tried-and-true and newer options heretofore little associated with immune health.

Historically, when pharmaceutical and supplement brands pursue, promote, or sell products featuring the same, or similar, active ingredients, their relationship becomes antagonistic. But can things change?

Future brain health products must address not only mood and cognition, but also our taxed and increasingly attenuated attention spans.

Here’s a sampling of recent supplement production equipment launches that prove the future is now.

Market research indicates that today’s consumers are spending more on immune-health supplements than ever. Ahead, a look at some of the latest studies on immune-health ingredients.