Trends & Business

The Royal Society for Public Health (U.K.) proposes new food-labeling symbols that show how many minutes of physical exercise are equivalent to the calories contained in food products.

The registry will be developed and managed by a third-party vendor, says CRN. It is planned for launch by the end of the year.

The enriched yeast ingredient with S-adenosylmethionine (SAM-e) from Gnosis SpA is now approved to claim “improvement for the joint wrongness” on the Japanese market.

Health Canada has approved Ingredion's type-2 quillaja extract for use as an emulsifying agent in a variety of food and beverage applications.

The new Viralex Soothe EpiCor throat lozenges will be available in New Zealand health stores and pharmacies.

Probi has acquired a license for two probiotics strains from Swedish biotech company Probac for use in functional foods and dairy products especially.

The Ross VersaMix multi-shaft mixers are available in sizes up to a 4000-gallon capacity.

Probiotic benefits for allergic conditions like eczema are relatively well researched, but newer studies on food, pollen, and pet allergies promise new opportunities.

Why burnout is the next big opportunity for dietary supplements

Tiredness, stress, and heart disease ranked among some of the top health concern priorities for consumers, according to new research from DuPont Nutrition & Health.

OatPure gluten-free oats are now available across North America after first launching in Europe in 2014.

New research on botanical ingredients for sex health

Under the agreement, Mazza will use its pressurized low-polarity water (PLPW) technology to produce cranberry extracts exclusively for Naturex.

The patent describes how andrographolide has been “found to prevent and reverse neuropathology and stimulate neurogenesis.”

Algae Life Sciences announced today that it has successfully petitioned FDA for a New Dietary Ingredients (NDI) notification for its astaxanthin ingredient.

New interest areas, from grass-fed whey to plant-based caffeine

Successful dietary supplement companies know how to tell brand stories through packaging.

The name change reflects the company’s focus on being a “next-generation food, nutrition, and specialty ingredients company that harnesses the power of algae.”

The division includes Horn FoodTech, Horn Nutraceuticals, and Nutri Granulations.

The control panels, designed for use in hazardous environments, can now be supplied with a new type X purge system.

Astaxanthin ingredients from Algatechnologies’AstaPure line are now available in Mexico through local company NaturaExtracta.

The agreement includes Corbion’s full line of lactic acid, lactic acid derivatives, and lactides.

A new report from Mintel suggests consumers are open to trying new and different beverages, but some are also overwhelmed by the many options on the market.

The new phosphatidylserine and phosphatidic acids were developed for functional beverages in collaboration with 3i Solutions.

Nutricosmetics expert Paula Simpson shares which up-and-coming "beauty from within" ingredients she's most excited about.

The purpose of the program is for the company to entertain ideas for novel ingredients and technologies that might fit into its existing product lines or the creation of line extensions.

The company received the highest possible rating of “excellent.”

At Natural Products Expo West, I spoke to many companies about how the industry is both talking about transparency and acting on it during the past year of negative industry scrutiny.