Trends & Business

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.

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.

Suppliers of black seed oil for the nutritional market are carving out their territory early on with branded black seed ingredients that draw a line in the sand between them and the rest of the market.

Manufacturers of prebiotic ingredients are now being more selective about the probiotic bacteria that’s targeted.

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.

Lipofoods SLU will introduce a high bioavailability, microencapsulated curcumin ingredient for the nutricosmetic market called Curcushine at Vitafoods Europe in Geneva.

Dolcas Tenshi Bioceuticals Inc. is debuting a nutraceutical formula called Fortiquin, to support male sexual health, at Vitafoods Europe, in Geneva

In fact, the digestive health category is constantly “reinventing itself as new science and products appear,” explains Joana Maricato, market research manager for New Nutrition Business.

Vitamin Shoppe is now stocking hemp-derived CBD soft-gels from Irwin Naturals.

FDA has launched a new tool to alert the public of ingredients that appear to be unlawfully marketed in dietary supplements. 

Experts in packaging, branding, and design provide tips on effective packaging for today’s dietary supplement market.

Gold Coast Ingredients (Commerce, CA) has appointed Palmer Holland Health & Nutrition (Cleveland, OH) as a national distributor for the United States.

Natural Remedies has been awarded for sustainable practices by CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development, and for quality by the United States Pharmacopeial Convention.

The Global Organization for EPA and DHA Omega-3s (GOED) has launched the GOED Proud Member logo. 

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.

Chemi Nutra has introduced a liquid, 100% water dispersible, stable, and patented form of Mediator Phosphatidic Acid (PA), called VitaSperse-PA. 

Graminex LLC has received Health Canada Approval under the Natura and Non-prescription Health Products Directorate for its PollenBerry Flower Pollen Extract.