Sports & Energy

The company will showcase Team Bioenergy Ribose, the Olympic athlete “brand ambassadors” for the company’s flagship energy ingredient Bioenergy Ribose.

A line of zeaxanthin and lutein dietary supplements is certified under the NSF International Certified for Sport program.

The NSF Sport App allows consumers to search for NSF Certified for Sport products via iPhone, iPad, and the Android phone.

Chromadex reports it has pterostilbene products in GNC, Walgreens, and DrugStore.com.

The warning label applies to energy drinks containing more than 150 mg of caffeine.

NSF scientists tested The Vitamin Shoppe’s True Athlete products for over 165 athletic banned substances.

The NSF Certified for Sport program minimizes the risks of banned substances in dietary supplement and sports nutrition products.

The patent covers both the effects of PA when ingested alone, as well as in combination with nutritional ingredients like creatine.

Ganeden Biotech says its signature probiotic is running in two Gaspari Nutrition bodybuilding products: MyoFusion Probiotic Series and Real Mass Probiotic Series.

Together with the International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS), Creagri says it will promote the benefits of olive polyphenols-specifically, hydroxytyrosol-to athletes.

“Making quick decisions and reducing the amount of errors at the beginning of a competition are crucial to the success in team sports and individual events,” stated Chemi Nutra in a press release.

A look at several dietary supplements that should be on the radars of health care practitioners.

Following scientific review, Health Canada (the Canadian equivalent of FDA) is increasing its allowable daily intake of p-synephrine to 50 mg per day for healthy adults.

There was a period when European civilization existed without any access to caffeine-no coffee, no tea, and no cocoa. This era was known as the Dark Ages.

Ingredient suppliers are increasingly advancing tea compounds outside of the cup.

Joint Juice has acquired Premier Nutrition Inc., a marketer of high-protein nutrition products.

Biosteel Sports Supplements Inc. (Toronto) has earned NSF International "Certified for Sport" recognition for the company's high performance sports drink.

Food product classification will usher in new requirements for these products.

NP Nutra (Rancho Dominguez, CA) now offers a certified-organic wheatgrass juice ingredient under the company’s signature ingredients line.

Horphag Research Nutrition will focus on function food and beverage development with Pycnogenol.

New ingredients and technologies to quench the thirst for beverage innovation.

For weight management, ingredient suppliers are talking satiety. Which ingredients fit the bill?

Bioenergy Life Science Inc. (Minneapolis) has announced U.S. triathlete couple Greg and Laura Bennett as the newest celebrity ambassadors of Bioenergy Ribose, a D-ribose ingredient for sports performance.

Jarrow’s new whey product is certified organic by CCOF and the USDA, and is derived from cows not treated with the growth hormone rBST.

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is calling for data on the consumption of energy drinks by specific consumer groups.