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Live from SupplySide Global 2026, Nutritional Outlook’s Nicholas Jacobus speaks with Michael Anthonavage, VP of innovation at Vitaquest International, about the company’s 2027 consumer trends forecast and how it’s shaping supplement formulation.

The policy is a drug-compounding framework, not a supplement pathway, but it changes the regulatory backdrop for peptide products, drug preclusion arguments, and gray-market competition.

Live from SupplySide Global 2026, Laurentia Bliss talks about new athlete-focused research on Magtein, ThreoTech’s brain-targeted magnesium ingredient, and upcoming innovations like effervescent tablets and gummies.

Session speakers at SupplySide Global 2026 covered consumer survey data, extraction methods, dosing, and claims for formulators working with functional mushrooms in beverages and foods.

Panelists at SupplySide Global 2026 discussed protein's limits, shifting supplement formats, clean-label expectations, and plainer ingredient communication.

Live from SupplySide Global 2026, Klaus Neumann talks about Concordix's chewable supplement line spanning beauty and gut-immune health, including BeautyBioti, a Skin & Hair Vitality Complex, and FortiBiotic.

Live from SupplySide Global 2026, Nutritional Outlook’s Nicholas Jacobus speaks with Mit Metah, executive vice president at Unibar, about the launch of ElaQuin and how it connects to Bellaneo, Unibar’s melanin-inhibiting cosmeceutical ingredient.

At SupplySide Global 2026, Jordi Riera of Kaneka Probiotics describes the company’s focus on research and probiotics for women’s health.