Weight Management

FDA has drawn criticism for failing to act despite being aware of the adulteration.

Pharmachem has devised a new delivery system for its Phase 2 Carb Controller that can be added to foods.

A new botanical fusion ingredient may inhibit fat absorption more safely and effectively than conventional fat blockers.

Appearing with some frequency are consent orders requiring at least two well-designed randomized controlled clinical trials (RCT).

FTC orders required Jared Wheat and Stephen Smith of Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals to recall their deceptive weight-loss products.

Controlling blood sugar is a newer tactic for weight management.

It's not FTC action alone.

If passed by the State Assembly in the coming months, the bill could mandate warnings on drinks with added sugars.

New human clinical results on a spinach-derived ingredient.

ActivAMP provides many of the same benefits as exercise, including healthy glucose levels, reduced body fat, and a healthy weight.

A study on fullness suggests it's all about the viscosity-at least when it comes to oat bran.

PhaseLite is a patented extract of Phaseolus vulgaris.

How fat-burning ingredients are contributing to America’s fight against an expanding waistline

The company has introduced products based on green tea extract, wakame seaweed, green coffee bean, and a mushroom extract.

New format enables metabolism-boosting ingredient to be formulated into powdered beverages.

The pomegranate (Punica granatum) is perhaps best known for its tart taste and penchant for staining clothes. In the past several years, however, the flowering fruit has taken on a different image. With much financial help from product marketer, and now ingredient supplier, POM Wonderful (Los Angeles), pomegranates are increasingly regarded as superfruits. Largely by its own doing, POM Wonderful can now report that “more people were introduced to pomegranate products last year than any year in history.”

The six-month, chronic, oral toxicity rat study found no deaths or treatment-related toxicities of Caralluma fimbriata at three doses.

Aker BioMarine's krill powder appears as useful as krill oil.

The highest dose was found to promote the greatest feeling of fullness, indicating a dose-dependent effect.

Green coffee bean extract's popularity has soared in North America; now, the company hopes to build the same awareness in Europe.

The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial enrolled 70 obese but otherwise healthy subjects.

Emerging pomegranate research suggests new applications.

Firing up weight management with thermogenic supplements.

StarchLite is a carb-control ingredient with two U.S. structure-function claims supporting starch reduction and weight control.

The formulation patent covers the use of standard ingredients as well as Sabinsa’s own branded ingredients.