Trends & Business

Driven largely by growing demand in China, the infant formula market is seeing high growth in premium and ultra-premium products.

Aleph Farms and Wacker announced the development of streamlined production processes for essential growth medium proteins to cost-effectively grow cultivated meat.

Loryma, a member of the Crespel & Deiters group, is offering two alternatives to the white pigment titanium dioxide, which will no longer be recognized by the European Food Safety Authority as safe to use in food.

Manufacturers may want to include these ingredients in their spring 2022 product lines.

GRMA has partnered with IPA to establish a Probiotics Working group that will harmonize GMP requirements for probiotic dietary supplements.

The rule, issued by OSHA, requires all employers with more than 100 employees to mandate that their workers are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or to require weekly testing and masking of unvaccinated employees.

Valio and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland are researching what food-ingredient raw materials can be produced using cellular agriculture and developing technology for biotechnologically produced proteins.

The patented microalgal heme substitute not only provides the initial red pigment to raw plant-based meats, but it also browns nicely and congeals like real meat juices.

Suppliers can widen their reach, and brands can find what they need, with online ingredient marketplaces.

Advances in food technology have made the idea of healthy indulgences possible.

Despite the challenges in making regenerative agriculture the new norm, one expert says that “the biggest downside would be to do nothing.”

DDW has 12 manufacturing facilities around the world and 315 associates with a strong market position from its origins in the brewing industry through its capabilities in caramel colors and spent the last 20 years with a strong focus on natural colors for the food and beverage industry.

The Statement of Commitment provided by NSF demonstrates and legitimizes a continued commitment to quality, compliance, and safety.

Gathered Foods has announced that its co-founder and executive chair Chris Kerr, and co-founder and chief culinary officer Chad Sarno were named UBS Global Visionaries.

The 23,000 square foot facility is due to open in the Summer of 2022 and will house Roquette Pharmaceutical Solutions’ headquarters.

A recent review published in Open Heart highlights evidence that vitamin K2 supplementation supports cardiovascular health.

Consumers’ growing search for brain health, immune health, mood support, and more will continue driving functional foods long after COVID-19.

In her new role, Do will improve engagement and communications with media and publicize the work being done by AHPA and its members to ensure the accessibility of safe herbal goods to informed consumers.

Ardent Mills has officially acquired substantially all the business assets of Firebird Artisan Mills, a gluten-free, specialty grain and pulse milling company.

OmegaQuant has launched a new vitamin B12 test, with a sample collection kit that allows for at-home testing.

The formula is uses soluble fibers, monk fruit, and select botanicals; it delivers optimal sweetening capacity without the need for masking agents and does not leave any lingering aftertastes.

The demand for nootropics will continue to surge—but trying to formulate and market brain health supplements that will appeal across all these age groups doesn’t make sense in 2021. Supplement brands that take the time to understand each generational cohort’s particular challenges, needs, and life circumstances will make all the difference in terms of product success.

Stratum Nutrition and its Indian partner, Zenova Bionutrition Pvt. Ltd., were granted pre-market approval of its NEM brand partially hydrolyzed chicken eggshell membrane powder from the Food Safety Standards Authority of India

Its benefits include improved homogeneity of the powder, high stability, especially with mineral complexes, and the ability for formulas to keep a short and unchanged list of ingredients without additives.

NOW shows how an industry leader can expose bad products in the dietary supplement market, raise public awareness, and make a difference.

With the discovery and commercialization of what may be a new essential fatty acid, Seraphina Therapeutics is poised to become a leader in developing scientifically substantiated nutritional solutions.

BAPP’s crucial mission, warning the botanicals market about adulteration, reaches its 10th year.

Leader in the small, but growing, plant-based seafood space, Good Catch Foods is making the category more accessible through its aggressive expansion into food service.