Trends & Business

In eight months, over 515 tons of CO2 were offset by planting 12,000 trees and funding various projects, says Kappa Bioscience.

Ingredients by Nature has announced its partnership with the Canadian firm Virentia, in preparation for the launch of a new chloroplast concentrate made from alfalfa, called ChloroBlast.

The new chickpea TVP provides a better taste and texture than “traditional highly processed plant-based alternatives,” the company says.

Lustriva is a new ingredient launched this past February for the healthy-aging market. It is a patented complex of bonded arginine silicate and magnesium biotinate that has been shown to increase hair growth, reduce facial wrinkles and fine lines, and improve skin texture.

The ingredients are sustainably sourced and processed with a water-only extraction technology called Pure-Hydro Process, which preserves the plant’s natural phytochemicals and avoids undesirable organic solvent residues.

The market for mood, stress, and sleep supplements was growing long before COVID-19. The pan-demic shot it into the stratosphere.

Nuseed Nutritional U.S. Inc. says a new consumer survey revealed that 64% of U.S. vitamin/mineral/supplement (VMS) consumers prefer a plant-based source of omega-3 fatty acids.

Enovita Organic is now being offered by Indena as a nutraceutical ingredient for the cardiovascular and stress markets.

OmniActive Health Technologies announces the independent conclusion of GRAS for Gingever.

The company successfully produced prototypes of deli meat and chicken nugget analogs using various technologies and without the long list of ingredients. 

BGG World and its subsidiary Algae Health Sciences (AHS) completed an expansion of its 100% glass-tube photobioreactor microalgae farm, doubling its production capacity.

Although it got its start in dairy testing, today, NJ Labs specializes in analytical chemistry and microbiology testing for the generic pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and cosmetic industries.

In order to scale brazzein sustainably for commercial production, Conagen, Sweegen’s long-term innovation partner, applied a proprietary precision fermentation process using clean, nature-based ingredients.

SnackSmart Fruit & Fibre gummies is the first consumer-facing product in the company’s online store to contain the functional fiber and mineral blend, WellBiome.

According to its findings, 89.4% of companies test their CBD products through accredited third-party labs, demonstrating a transparent industry. Unfortunately, 43% of CBD companies in the study did not disclose extraction methods used for their products.

The game asks players to “rush to catch popular superfruits such as maqui, noni, and others, all while avoiding unwanted contaminants.”

Eagle Genomics, creator of network life sciences platforms, announced a new partnership with the Earlham Institute (Norwich, UK) to further tools for analyzing microbiome research data.

The new #TeachHealthy campaign will donate more than 7 million servings of Nature Made immune support products to teachers, including the company’s ImmuneMAX and vitamin C gummy supplements. It will also contribute $2 million to over 13,000 teachers to fund teachers’ requests for classroom projects.

Among the 3,008 survey respondents from three continents, 84% of Chinese, 64% of American, and 58% of British consumers said immune support has become more important to them since the start of the pandemic.

The line includes Homecraft Prista P 101 pea flour, Vitessence Prista P 155 pea protein concentrate, and Vitessence Prista P 360 faba bean protein concentrate.

Given recent developments in the CBD space, what does the future hold for hemp-derived CBD and other cannabinoids?

Abbott is re-launching PediaSure Harvest and launched a new line of products, Ensure Harvest, for folks who rely on feeding tubes.

Kyowa Hakko USA has earned the 2021 North American New Product Innovation Award for its Immuse Lactococcus lactis strain plasma ingredient.

Unigen will be introducing two new botanical ingredients at this year’s SupplySide West Presentation Theater.

Curcuwin Ultra+ offers low dose, highly bioavailable curcumin with low cost-in-use.

Ardent Mills has announced its intention to acquire all the business assets of Firebird Artisan Mills.

MacKay, a doctor of naturopathic medicine, most recently served as senior vice president, scientific and regulatory affairs at CV Sciences.

This is a continuation of its commitment to raise at least $50K for the Williams-Franklin Foundation (WFF) over the next five years to support education expenses for students of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).