Trends & Business

Blends and whole-body formulations resonate with today’s consumers over single ingredients.

Nutrafol Growth Activator hair serum is designed to address the immediate signs of thinning hair.

Merit will be sampling a plant-protein bar concept made from Puratein and Peazazz, and a ready-to-mix plant protein powder concept made from Peazazz and Puratein C.

Apura Ingredients, a supplier of low and no-calorie sweeteners, has announced a partnership with EPC Natural Products Company, which offers integrated sensation optimization through its portfolio of taste and flavor modulators.

In her new role, Hufnagel will help PLT customers navigate regulatory issues related to PLT ingredients globally.

Wixon introduced a diverse range of complex, Japanese-based flavor systems for use in food and beverage applications.

Innova Market Insights released its Top 10 Trends for 2022, revealing a shift in consumers’ no. 1 concern from personal health, which has been a top priority in recent years, to the planet.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, contract manufacturers are working hard to ensure today’s operations are a success.

Preferred suppliers are pre-qualified companies that supply products and services NASC primary suppliers without additional vendor qualifications that fall under NASC cGMPs.

The Biden administration is considering nominating Robert M. Califf, former commissioner of the FDA who served between February 2016 and January 2017 under the Obama administration, to once again served as the agency’s chief.

Vous says this is the first time a personalized vitamin feature has been integrated into a chronic disease management tool.

The drink, called Elix, is the latest milestone in Barry Callebaut’s mission to bring functional, health-supporting cocoa flavanol products to market.

When it comes to health and supplements—and in a nod to the Spice Girls: What do women really, really want?

NOW said although quality has improved, there were three potency failures and two heavy-metal issues among the 19 brands the company tested.

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.

Targeting North American customers, the VivoMega softgel sampling program will ship a full month’s worth of softgels along with a label and look “that portrays the quality that VivoMega promises.”

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.