Trends & Business

ExcelVite has announced that it has obtained certification from the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil Supply Chain Certification Standard (MSPO SCCS) after an extensive audit by the Standard and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia. 

PureCircle, a producer of stevia sweeteners, is launching a branded gourmet PureCircle ice cream in Chicago as a way to demonstrate the quality and efficacy of its Reb M stevia ingredient. 

It may come as no surprise that the meat alternatives space is a burgeoning and profitable market, but the market intelligence firm Numerator has shed some light on who is buying these products and what is motivating them. 

Berg Nutrition is bringing a new native type II collagen option to the U.S. market with branded b-2Cool, manufactured by the Barcelona-based Bioiberica. 

The new ACGcaps H+ capsule is clean label, vegetarian, and contains a no-gelling agent suitable for hygroscopic and moisture-sensitive formulations. 

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

SPINS will be releasing its first-ever “State of the Natural Industry” report.

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

Chemi Nutra warns that synthetic Alpha-Glyceryl Phosphoryl Choline is making its way into the market by posing as the company’s branded ingredient. 

The line currently includes three SKUs: Energy Thrive, Immune Shine, and Mind Spring.

Nagase Group, a Japanese-based chemical trading firm, has completed its acquisition of Prinova Group LLC. Prinova has also announced that it has expanded into the Asia-Pacific market with the establishment of a new subsidiary of Prinova Europe Ltd. in Australia, meant to serve customers in Australia and New Zealand. 

The innovation opens new possibilities for cranberry research and product development says researchers, and ingredient supplier

Jetson offers four products: Fit (Summer), Mood (Fall), Immunity (Winter), and Outside (Spring).

Algatech Ltd. has licensed the rights and intellectual property of technology that is designed to extract β-1,3-glucans from Euglena gracilis microalgae. 

Changing consumer interests are bringing alcohol elements into the healthy products marketplace.

Consumers want new and experimental flavors that push the boundaries of sensory appeal, writes market researcher FMCG Gurus.

Prior to FDA's amended color additive regulation, soy leghemoglobin, used in the Impossible Burger for meat-like taste, texture, and aroma was only approved in products sold to consumers in cooked form, meaning that Impossible Burger was only available in participating food service locations. 

Glanbia Nutritionals has launched a new creatine monohydrate ingredient called CreaBev that the company says is more soluble and stable than other creatine monohydrate ingredients on the market. 

Natural Remedies' branded turmeric extract, Turmacin, is now self-affirmed GRAS (generally recognized as safe). 

NutriScience Innovations and Arjuna Natural have introduced Shoden, what they say is the highest potency ashwagandha extract on the market. 

Certified Nutraceuticals, Inc. (Temecula, CA) announced the issuance of US Patent Number 10,287,339 B2 for its KollaJell ingredient. 

PLT Health Solutions announced that it will be offering an NSF Certified for Sport grade of its RhodioLife Rhodiola rosea ingredient for the U.S. market.

Two ingredients from Chemi Nutra, Mediator Phosphatidic Acid (PA) and SerinAid 70P PhosphatidylSerine (PS), have received non-GMO verification from The International GMO Evaluation and Notification (IGEN) Program.

New data from PMMI, the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, pegs today’s biggest nutraceutical packaging trends and topics ahead of September’s Healthcare Packaging EXPO and PACK EXPO trade shows.

Better Juice has developed an enzymatic technology that naturally transforms all types of fruit sugars into prebiotic and other non-digestible fiber and sugars. 

Geocann has launched a portfolio of cannabis formulations that utilize the patent-protected VESIsorb delivery system, designed to dramatically improve the absorption and bioavailability of cannabinoids, including cannabidiol (CBD).

The accreditation was expanded to include contaminants testing as well as BI’s plant-species identification method for powders and extracts, branded Identilok.

As the beverage industry expands, the word hydration is appearing more and more as a component of positioning statements and product benefits.