When Amazon enters a new category, it’s common for existing players in that space to shudder. It entered the sports nutrition category in stealth mode this year.
The APC Microbiome Ireland is to head up a €3.4m joint research initiative to optimise the use of probiotic supplements for pregnant women in order to give birth to healthier babies.
'Health-washing' products with a sprinkling of probiotics risks drawing the sector into disrepute, and could threaten the concerted growth the industry is currently enjoying, claims Blackmores' director of product innovation.
French microbiome biotechnology firm Enterome has signed a global licensing, co-development and co-promotion agreement with major pharmaceutical player Takeda.
Studies have linked protein-energy malnutrition to impaired immune function in the elderly, so researchers compared how a novel ultraviolet-treated dairy protein may give older adults an immunity boost.
For the three months ending September 30, 2018, Danone has announced consolidated sales of €6.2bn, up 1.4% on a like-for-like basis, with a 3.3% rise in value and a 1.9% decline in volume.
Firms looking to capitalise on probiotic interest should look to documentaries and the power of social media as channels to educate the consumer of the benefits live bacteria and yeasts’ give to the digestive system.
Nestlé is launching a A2 beta-casein protein infant formula product in Australia and New Zealand within the next two months, competing directly with first-mover a2 Milk.
Japanese ingredient supplier, Taiyo, has partnered soft drinks brand, Sinalco, and sweetener experts, Sweethouse, to create a sugar-free drink which it claims can aid weight loss.
FrieslandCampina Ingredients DMV has revealed an ‘ultra-clean’ whey protein isolate hoped to power innovation in the soaring protein waters and clear drinks market.
'Unusual tastes might take some getting used to - but play into the millennial quest for experimental flavors'
Fermented drinks are adding a new flavor dimension to the soft drinks category: and brands should put greater emphasis on their products’ unique taste, says Mintel.
Irish dairy and nutrition giant Glanbia will fork out more than €300 million to acquire weight management mega-brand SlimFast, as it looks to add more bulk to its offerings in the category.
Nuritas, a Dublin-based start-up making waves in the personalised nutrition sector, has appointed some world leading experts to its new scientific advisory board (SAB).
Tapping into the trend for botanicals and local, artisan ingredients, Greek juice company Bfresh Spitiko adds mastic from Chios, Greek mountain tea and chamomile to its lemon, pomegranate and apple juices.
A UK-based endurance athlete has developed a concentrated caffeine chew for convenient, in-race energy and is developing a vegan variant for next year's marathon and triathlon season.
Jennewein Biotechnologie is to acquire the former facilities of Arthus Mineral Spring Company, in a deal set to ramp up the company's production of oligosaccharides derived from human milk (HMO).
The Organisation of Consumers and Users (OCU) has questioned statements that direct people over 50 to a specific nutrient-enriched milk that is 30% more expensive than skimmed milk.
Manufacturers must ignore the status-quo and pursue unconventional ideas in order to innovate in an over-saturate market, according to the product manager at Sci-MX.
Our monthly review of the latest brand news reveals the big-name firms set to debate Asia's probiotics future, a bumper Australian retail deal for functional beverage firm VitHit, and more.
A functional food positioning will help drive compliance and avoid some of the pitfalls of traditional supplement delivery forms, according to the CEO of GEM, a company that makes bite-size whole food multivitamins.
Sports manufacturers warned over 'confusing' and 'deceptive' claims
Manufacturers must try harder to be credible, or the sports nutrition industry is in danger of becoming one built on ‘coercing’ sales, warns a sports science professor.
NutraIngredients, backed by trade association Global Organization for EPA and DHA Omega-3s (GOED), is to hold its inaugural Omega-3 summit in February 2019 in Singapore, with a host of top speakers already on board.
UK microbiome company Optibiotix has launched a range of supplements formulated to reduce and manage cholesterol as well as promote cardiovascular health and wellness.
There are just two weeks to go until the region’s leading probiotic and microbiome event, Probiota Asia, gets underway in Singapore, with a stellar line-up of speakers from the likes of Blackmores, Danone, Herbalife and Life-Space set to take to the stage.
A new collagen soft chew is claiming to contain added vitamins and nutrients which enhance energy levels, immune system and bone health as well as providing skin health benefits.
Supplement critic Dr Pieter Cohen has trained his sights on probiotics for a new opinion paper, stating that the sector has spun hundreds of small studies favorably and also practices creative advertising.
China firm ICS Biological Technology (Shanghai) is fermenting coffee beans with a human probiotic strain to reduce the amount of caffeine and increase the beans' nutritional value.
Denmark-based Wholifoods has developed a buffalo worm energy bar rich in iron, zinc and magnesium to plug deficiencies and provide holistic sport nutrition stretching beyond protein which is 'very hyped', its co-founder says.
FMCG giants Unilever, Coca-Cola and Nestlé are set to compete for GlaxoSmithKline’s nutrition business unit ahead of an auction later this year, reports say.
Slovenia-based Borgla says its DIY kefir and cheese makers that produce probiotic-rich drinks and fresh whey give consumers control of their own nutrition and health.
The Coca-Cola Company has acquired Australia's Organic & Raw Trading Co., which is the producer of the MOJO brand of naturally fermented, live culture, organic kombucha beverages.
Combining the unique real-life situations of professional athletes with their nutritional knowhow is currently a popular approach in formulating the latest generation of sports nutrition products.
Austrian-based startup Saturo has secured a six-figure round of investment with food and beverage industry investors Square One Foods in a deal that caters to consumers looking to complement lifestyles with optimised diets.
Estonia-based ÖselBirch has developed a line of fresh and fermented organic birch waters that it wants to expand into other European markets and eventually develop into fortified, functional beverages.
Infusions from other cultures are helping to ground and foster the growth of the beauty from within movement in the United States, according to the CEO of a women-focused supplement brand.
Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Limited, a global pharmaceutical company based in South Africa, has announced today, in conjunction with the announcement of its annual results for the year ended June 30, 2018, that it has concluded an agreement to divest of...
Prostate health is an often neglected area of men’s health, one that could drive significant growth in the future sales of herbal supplements as questions of healthy aging come to the fore, a prominent industry executive says.
The UK Government’s clampdown on rogue health supplement firms scored a victory in the High Court as a company was ordered into liquidation after taking advantage of elderly and vulnerable customers.
UK-based Evermore has developed a range of organic superfood capsules as part of a mission to drive transparency and quality in the dietary supplements market, its founder says.
Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) have extensive potential to offer a range of health benefits in products beyond infant formula, DuPont's global business director for HMOs, Steen Lyck, said at Vitafoods Asia on Tuesday.
PepsiCo has announced it will select 10 startups that can drive change to the industry to support the launch of its food and beverage accelerator program in North America.
