Trends & Business

A curated list of top articles from 2025 covering the trends and innovations in longevity and healthy aging.

Sami-Sabinsa celebrates the opening its new Hassan Unit-2 manufacturing facility, which is NSF cGMP certified and utilizes state of the art sustainability features. The facility is part of the company's stategy to expand its existing ingredient portfolio while also focusing on innovative new products.

How building clinical evidence through multiple exploratory studies to inform clinical trial designs reduce risk and help make more commercially viable products.

American consumers are shifting their sweet tooth preferences based on price increases and making more health-conscious decisions.

How vitamin B12 can support healthy aging and longevity, as well as the advantages of using certain forms of the nutrient.

Specialty diets and nutritional supplements may help women physiologically prepare to pregnancy by improving the conditions for conception.

Brazilian authorities recently approved Lacprodan MFGM-10 for use in food and beverages.

Lasenor recently launched at Fi Europe, Lasenor VP-100, a texturizing pea protein product that can reduce using less egg by 50-100%.

IFT recently announced the appointment of Brendan Niemira, as IFT’s Chief Science and Technology Officer.

USP has been named as a participating certifier in Amazon’s Compliance Fast-Track Program.

Greenvit announced that they have acquired a majority stake in Synkol, a collagen ingredient producer.

IAFNS-supported App provides convenient, reliable information about ingredients and their function in foods.

Layn Natural Ingredients monk fruit received Gold level status from SAI’s FSA program.

To help meet the growing demand for protein, FrieslandCampina has announced the acquisition of Wisconsin Whey Protein.

Longevity is an evolving category that has gone from a focus on beauty-from-within, joint health, and cognitive health to targeting hallmarks of aging that may help lower one's biological age.

GC Rieber VivoMega announced that Thomas Helge Hansen has rejoined the company as the lead to their North American sales division.

Nutritional Outlook interviews Sonia Hartunian-Sowa, Head of Translational Science and Advocacy and Paulo Santos, Associate Director, Dietary Supplements North America, of dsm-firmenich about its interactive installation, The Longevity Shift, and healthy aging solutions that address some of the hallmarks of aging.

Robert Lewandowski has been named the global brand ambassador for KSM-66 Ashwagandha.

Nutritional Outlook interviews Balchem's senior marketing and business development manager about epigenetics and the role of nutrition in supporting aging.

GLP-1 support ingredients took SupplySide Global 2025 by storm, with ingredient manufacturers showcasing ingredients that support GLP-1 users as well as those that naturally increase GLP-1 secretion in the body.

A new platform called Horizons is being offered by Roquette to help businesses plan for future consumer shifts in the marketplace.

At SupplySide Global 2025, Arjuna Natural’s Shoden-R ingredient won the Ingredient Idol award for relaxation.

Consumers are highly receptive to fiber content claims and increasing fiber content, but more consumer education may be needed to achieve full potential.

Nektium announced their new initiative called Smartek which is a group of delivery technologies that will be used to help with new botanical formulations.

Nutritional Outlook spoke with Julie Daoust, who is the chief commercial officer for M2 Ingredients, a grower and supplier of functional mushrooms, as well as the chairperson the Functional Mushroom Council, which was recently-formed trade organization for North American growers of functional mushrooms.

CarobWay has recently entered into a distribution agreement with GRA Nutra Corp., where they will debut their CarobBiome ingredient to the US.

Jake Klinghammer talks about consumers shop for supplements on Amazon, and how brands can effectively market their products on Amazon.

Waleria has partnered with New Chapter where their aspurus Sharavari extract is featured in New Chapter’s Shatavari Force supplement.