Trends & Business

Attorney Scott Bass, who helped draft the DSHEA law of 1994, says that Congress did not intend “dietary substances” only to be limited to ingredients that are nutritional-and that this should mean that synthetic botanicals and probiotics count as dietary ingredients and be eligible for use in dietary supplements.

The company is also opening a new innovation center in addition to the new production facility.

Ken Seguine, an industry veteran with 25 years of experience in the natural products industry, has been appointed head of the New York Algatechnologies office.

Len Monheit has joined Trust Transparency Consulting as co-managing partner alongside Scott Steinford.

This standard is the first Codex Alimentarius standard for fish oil as well as krill oil.

Shaheen Majeed, formerly the marketing director for Sabinsa Corp., has been named president of Sabinsa Worldwide.

The flavors, extracts, and essences supplier says that the new, LEED-certified facility will add an additional 40,000 sq ft, bringing the size of its corporate campus to 200,000 sq ft.

The relaunch comes on the heels of new research conducted by the company.

These tropical desert fruits have emerged as the year’s newest superfruit stars.

Five major challenges and opportunities of Amazon’s Whole Foods Market acquisition.

From up-and-coming flavor trends like spicy gochujang to new applications for guilt-free, indulgent flavors, companies like Synergy Flavors, Gold Coast Ingredients, and Innova Market Insights discussed growing trends and innovative applications.

At this year’s IFT show, dairy experts rolled out their latest prototypes merging high-protein demands with today’s hottest consumer trends.

Firms talk about trends gaining in the dairy market.

The company says its stevia-derived antioxidant is especially rich in chlorogenic acids and has an ORAC value of approximately 9000. The company also announced its first ever branded stevia leaf, StarLeaf.

Companies like Cargill and Beneo say that clean-label starches are more in demand than ever, and that it’s a market with room to grow.

At this week’s Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) trade show in Las Vegas, the company focused on raising awareness about new ways its Concord grape ingredients can be used.

Ganeden introduced Staimune at this week’s Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) trade show in Las Vegas.

Plant protein is unstoppable, with more options at formulators’ fingertips than ever before.

Michael Petrushka, general manager, Prinova Solutions, told Nutritional Outlook that the acquisition will more than double Prinova’s premix supply capacity.

The patent applies to ingestible use of the company’s carotenoid compositions in supplements, food, and beverages for UV protection.

The agreement gives Indena a minority share in Hyris and preferential access to Hyris’s DNA-analysis technologies, including its proprietary bCUBE portable laboratory device.

Added sugars are in the crosshairs of FDA’s revised Nutrition Facts label. Here’s how companies are cutting the sugar.

The NPA claims that FDA’s labeling changes would overly burden the food and supplement industries, and says that the new regulations around added sugars are duplicitous and that the agency’s new definition of dietary fiber is not backed by scientific or empirical studies.

Algalif began selling its Haematococcus pluvialis astaxanthin ingredient last year and says it continues to gain attention in North America, Asia, and Europe.

GAO found that, of 490 memory supplements identified in its report, 28 of those supplements featured advertisements claiming to treat or prevent memory-related diseases-claims that are generally prohibited by federal law.

The cooperative event will include discussions on the benefits and importance of dietary supplements and functional food products, as well as the economic impact of the industry, among other key issues.

The partnership allows AIDP to market and distribute Algaia’s alginates and other specialty marine-based ingredients in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

The company is adding an organic moringa leaf powder to its existing line of Nutra Organics ingredients.