A lot has happened in the global nutrition industry over the past seven days, including Nutriterra’s approval in Canada, Kirin’s ambitious targets and the sports nutrition community paying tribute to Professor Roger Harris.
Canada: Nutriterra approved as plant-based omega-3 oil
Health Canada approved Nutriterra Total Omega-3 as an ingredient in dietary supplements, allowing transgenic long-chain omega-3-rich canola oil to be marketed and sold as a novel total omega-3 oil.
“Health Canada’s approval recognizes Nutriterra’s ability to support heart and brain health and provides a new option to meet the growing demand for plant-based total omega-3 with DHA, EPA and ALA,” said Benita Boettner, nutritional general manager at Nutriterra.
Nutriterra omega-3 oil is derived from canola that is genetically engineered to produce higher levels of the omega-3 fatty acid DHA (docosahexaenoic acid, C22:6 n-3).
As demand for omega-3s continues to rise and pressures on fish stocks increase, alternative sources are being explored from algae to copepods and genetically engineered oil seed crops, such as canola and camelina.
Nuseed has previously estimated that one hectare of its omega-3 canola has the potential to provide the omega-3 yield from 10,000 kgs of wild caught fish.
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APAC: Kirin sets 300 billion yen revenue goal for health science business
Kirin has outlined a series of initiatives that will combine its strengths, as well as that of subsidiaries FANCL and Blackmores, in achieving a revenue of 300 billion yen (US$ 1.95 billion) for its health science business by 2030.
According to NutraIngredients-Asia, the company will focus on achieving steady growth in its core markets, including Japan, Australia and China through Kirin and its subsidiaries FANCL and Blackmores.
“First, the most important thing going forward is steady growth in the core markets,” said Toru Yoshimura, director of the board and senior executive officer of health science strategy at Kirin
“Although the status of our brands differs from country to country, we will continue to enhance our brand power by accurately identifying the needs in each country, increasing consumer trust and making aggressive brands investments.”
Sports nutrition world pays respects to Roger Harris
Leaders in the sports nutrition field paid tribute to the life and legacy of Professor Roger Harris, PhD, FISSN, who spent close to five decades as a leading contributor to the field of exercise biochemistry. He passed away on Dec. 1 at the age of 80.
“Professor Roger Harris was a true pioneer in the field of sports nutrition research,” said Dr. Ralf Jäger, managing member of Increnovo, who first met Professor Harris in 1999 and considered him a mentor. “His groundbreaking work on the beneficial effects of creatine and beta-alanine on athletic performance transformed the way athletes approach their training and recovery.”
Professor Rick Kreider, PhD, director of the Exercise & Sport Nutrition Lab at Texas A&M University, described Professor Harris as a wonderful person, brilliant physiologist and biochemist and long-time colleague.
“I was honored to work with Professor Harris on many projects since the early 1990s when he published the seminal paper showing that oral creatine monohydrate supplementation could increase muscle phosphocreatine stores,” he said.
“He then showed that oral beta-alanine supplementation could increase muscle carnosine and serve as an ergogenic aid for high-intensity exercise performance. Creatine and beta-alanine are now among the most effective and popular dietary supplements for athletes and active aging populations.”
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