Trends & Business

When does an ingredient merit a public standard (monograph)?

With so much ongoing confusion and frustration surrounding EFSA's health-claims process, the U.S. is looking mighty attractive these days.

Why the name change? Because this show is all about the ingredients.

“Jimmy Kimmel Live” hit the L.A. streets to find out which gluten-avoiders know what gluten actually is.

Are supplement companies responsible for the health claims its customers make in social media?

Vidya says its goal is to focus more on exclusive ingredients and research for its plant extracts.

Nutritional Outlook's picks for 2014.

Microalgae-based suppliers form their own industry association against synthethic astaxanthin now on the human market.

Overall, the study results were largely inconclusive against disease prevention.

Increasing consumer demand for products and services that promote healthy lifestyles is driving deals in the better-for-you food and beverage market.

The company has named Janne Prawitt, PhD, as its global nutrition manager.

The 2013 winners are Glanbia Nutritionals, Nizo Food Research, PerkinElmer, and Tate & Lyle.

A healthy prostate and testosterone level-and ingredients that can help.

A bird's-eye view of 2013's promising health ingredients for dietary supplements and functional food/beverages.

What Difference Can a Year Make?

Could big business compromise with a law to label genetically modified organisms?

See who our editors and readers picked!

More natural product and nutritional supplement companies are looking to get acquired or go public. What should companies keep in mind?

Elderly customers should be a prime target for food and supplement marketing.

When a multinational giant acquires a small independent, there will be some protest. But when the independent is a beloved natural-products company-and one that has cultivated its identity and loyal fan base around a mission of healing-expect protests to be louder.

From past to present, the market has been friendly to friendly bacteria.

“Adulterated supplements are illegal” is the message that dietary supplement associations are underlining.

An update on where the market's top ingredients are headed.

The functional food and drink market is outpacing the conventional food and drink market in terms of global growth, by about 4% per year.

Dietary Supplements and China: Supply-Chain Woes. Who's to Blame?