Trends & Business

BLIS M18 is the second oral-health probiotic strain from Blis Technologies and its North American distributor Stratum Nutrition.

Supplement products brand Reserveage Nutrition has rolled out a brand-new delivery format for its collagen line: Collagen Candy.

What can this rare sugar do that other alternative sweeteners can’t?

Herbs and botanicals, in general, have been making their way into the joint health category, says Innova Market Insights, whose research shows a 25% average annual growth of bone and joint supplements that used botanicals between 2014 and 2018.

Algae’s valuable nutrition stores are prized in today’s human health market.

Parry Organic Spirulina from Parry Nutraceuticals has successfully passed the United States Pharmacopeia’s voluntary and rigorous Dietary Ingredient Verification Program 

Health Products Association-China will be hosting its “Nutrition and Health China Industry Summit” in Shanghai on June 17, 2019

Tespo launched its Tespo Connect Wi-Fi enabled smart vitamin dispenser and Tespo personalized vitamin and supplement pods. 

Amarin Pharma Inc., maker of high-concentration EPA-only omega-3 drug Vascepa, has reached a settlement with omega-3 dietary supplement companies The Coromega Company, Inc., and Omax Health, Inc over complaints the drug company filed in October of 2018.

For the Biome’s flagship products Adapt Essence Spray, and Invigorate Powder Mask will featuring a blend of reishi, lion’s mane, chaga, maitake, and king trumpet mushrooms sourced from Om Mushroom Superfood. 

Neptune Wellness Solutions Inc. is expanding its North American hemp supply footprint by acquiring all of the assets of SugarLeaf Labs LLC and Forest Remedies LLC.

Somehow, today’s manufacturers, experts in their field, are making it all work, playing an integral role in helping companies get to market faster with competitive, differentiated, high-quality products.

AIDP, Inc. has been appointed the sales and marketing partner for International Agriculture Group’s NuBana RS2 green banana flour.

At the SupplySide East trade show in Secaucus, NJ, ashwagandha suppliers talked about how they are positioning brand-name ashwagandha ingredients as a reliable source for the market.

ExcelVite has collaborated with USP and its Non-Botanical Dietary Supplements Expert Committee, to publish a new Plant Carotenes monograph. 

From astaxanthin and phytoplankton to a brand new vegan vitamin D3 source, microalgae innovation is prolific in the nutrition space.

Eggshell membrane ingredients have had a presence in the joint-health market, as well as in other categories, for years now, but the ingredient still has lots of room for growth.

Dimpless is a superoxide dismutase (SOD B) nutricosmetic ingredient derived from melon that is said to help reduce cellulite.

Amarin, maker of the omega-3 drug Vascepa, has failed in its attempt to get an investigation launched against several omega-3 dietary supplement products and suppliers.

The company is sharing data from a new, proprietary clinical study on its polyphenol ingredient, Memophenol, for cognitive health.

Suppliers shared their latest in delivery system innovations.

The new ingredient, Curcugen, is said to be a 100% natural, water-dispersible curcumin ingredient.

At Vitafoods, Naturex will highlight a number of botanically based sports nutrition concepts.

Prinova will be conducting demo tours to showcase its ingredients and custom formulations in the form of some of the nutrition industry’s hottest concepts.

The need for K2 supplementation is prevalent, and K2 suppliers are doing their best to increase the presence of K2 in the dietary supplement market

The three-day event (7-9 May 2019, Palexpo, Geneva) will this year focus on bringing the industry together to discuss key challenges such as sustainable sourcing, and wider trends including free-from, plant-based ingredients, and hemp extracts and CBD.

If you’re selling a plant-protein product, you might want to make sure that your marketing isn’t so narrow that it leaves out what ultimately is turning out to be the driving force of the plant-based protein market: flexitarians.

From sourcing to new technologies to deliver better CBD products to consumers, the topic of CBD was everywhere at SupplySide East.