Dosage forms & delivery formats

Higher protein intakes promote fat mass loss

29-Mar-2016 By Adi Menayang

Researchers at McMaster University in Canada found that, among overweight subjects, higher dietary protein intake during an energy deficit combined with intense exercise promotes greater lean mass gain and fat mass loss.

Inaugural meeting of micronutrients and health group

UK MP to lobby for folic acid action

29-Mar-2016 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

A UK member of parliament (MP) will lobby for folic acid strategies including supplementation and/or fortification of flour following the inaugural meeting of a parliamentary group on micronutrients and health.

Made FOR China: Probiotic firm takes up UK export challenge

29-Mar-2016 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

Welsh probiotic company Cultech will use a free-trade deal to tap into the Chinese market, export ambitions that fall instep with the UK government’s plans to switch from ‘Made in China’ to ‘Made for China’.

Ritter Pharmaceuticals starts second phase of lactose intolerance trials

29-Mar-2016 By Jim Cornall

Ritter Pharmaceuticals has announced the dosing of the first patient in its Phase 2b/3 clinical trial of RP-G28 for the treatment of lactose intolerance.

EFSA vitamin D intakes are too low and ‘missing data’: Industry group

29-Mar-2016 By Shane STARLING

The EU’s central science agency last week published draft recommendations for vitamin D intakes – 15 micrograms (µg) a day for adults – a level drawing some criticism for being too low. Others say supplement sales will rise.

Consumers willing to pay more for bioavailability enhancements, consultant says

28-Mar-2016 By Hank Schultz

There is an opportunity for companies to use bioavailability enhancement to differentiate their products, even if consumers don’t have a firm grasp of specific technologies, an expert says.

Danish company Reconpharma brings supplements for soldiers to US

24-Mar-2016 By Adi Menayang

The nutraceutical start-up out of Denmark markets dietary supplements to “help manage and prevent the physical and psychological pressure of persons serving in the military.”

Special edition: Ayurveda

Continuing science will boost Ayurveda, even given tension over best research models to use, experts say

24-Mar-2016 By Hank Schultz

Accelerating interest in the personalization of medicine and the accumulation of a body of research will help drive increasing acceptance of Ayurveda in the West, experts say, albeit with a continuing tension between synergistic and single-ingredient...

Nano rerun: EFSA examines silver hydrosol in food supplements

24-Mar-2016 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) will reopen safety evaluations of the nano-nutrient silver hydrosol eight years after the document first landed on its desk.  

Special edition: Protein perspectives

Whistle stop tour: Protein global

24-Mar-2016 By Shane STARLING

Western Europeans are numero uno when it comes to per-capita protein consumption; bread is surprisingly the most popular protein medium; and protein has well and truly invaded the healthy snacking category.

Special edition: Protein perspectives

No fish left behind: EU discard policy floats interest in novel protein sources

24-Mar-2016 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

EU policy on fishing waste has helped incentivise efforts to turn discarded species into novel sources of protein and other nutraceutical ingredients.

Special edition: Protein perspectives

Probiotics flex their muscles to enhance protein efficacy

24-Mar-2016 By Will Chu

Protein has long been touted as the prime functional food ingredient that is able to deliver improvements in athletic performance and recovery, stave off loss of muscle mass with ageing and help with weight control.

Calcium player invests in nutra & pharma lab

23-Mar-2016

Swiss calcium carbonate supplier Omya International has built a new wet and dry lab and other facilities as it works at “developing new structured minerals”.

15 micrograms per day to avoid adverse health risks

EFSA debuts EU-wide vitamin D intake advice

22-Mar-2016 By Shane STARLING

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has for the first time issued vitamin D intake recommendations for European adults, pregnant women, children and infants.

Omega-3 neglected in malnutrition product formulations: Researchers

22-Mar-2016 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

Omega-3 content is a neglected issue when formulating products to combat severe acute malnutrition in children, say international researchers.

Dried fruit proves plum choice for preventing bone loss, study finds

22-Mar-2016 By Will Chu

A daily serving of dried plums may be sufficient enough to ward off bone loss in older women, a study has found.

ARCHIVE ARTICLE OF THE WEEK

What does it take to give a niche ingredient superfood staying power? A re-think of the supply chain

22-Mar-2016 By Niamh Michail

What does it take to give a niche ingredient sustained consumer demand rather than a brief moment of superfood fame? A radical re-think of how you control the supply chain can help. FoodNavigator spoke to two companies that are doing just that.

Tereos Syral challenges health claim rejection: Our study was not ‘considered adequately’ by EFSA

22-Mar-2016 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

Tereos Syral has used the 30-day window to challenge the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) rejection of its ‘normal defecation’ health claim.

Made in Africa: €12m investment boosts Kenyan supplement production

21-Mar-2016 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

Kenyan producer of fortified peanut butter supplements Insta Products (EPZ) has banked $13.8m (€12.24m) in funding, which it hopes will help alleviate Africa’s reliance on imported solutions to acute malnutrition.

Poll closes April 22

NutraIngredients Readers Awards are open...cast your vote!

21-Mar-2016

Have your say and vote to decide who will win Readers’ Ingredient of the Year and Readers’ Food Supplement of the Year at this year’s NutraIngredients Awards.

Dispatches from Food Vision 2016

GreenOnyx on home-brewed mission to serve ‘missing nutrition’

21-Mar-2016 By Shane STARLING

How do you ensure nutrients are fresh? How about growing them in a ‘superfood machine’ in your kitchen? US start-up GreenOnyx has the technology, an Asian micro-vegetable called khai-nam and is set for launch on both sides of the Atlantic.

50%+ weight loss botanicals laced with pharma: French research

18-Mar-2016 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

Over half of so-called 100% natural botanical slimming supplements are adulterated with unlabelled pharmaceuticals, according to French tests of 164 products.

Prestigious Award Ceremony, Geneva, Switzerland, May 11, 2016

NutraIngredients Awards finalists announced. 11 categories, 33 potential winners

18-Mar-2016

More than 120 high-quality entries made choosing finalists difficult but our crack judging panel have done it, and 33 stand-out products and ingredients have made the final cut in the second NutraIngredients Awards.

Green tea extracts may cause liver damage, Norway warns

18-Mar-2016 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

The Norwegian food safety authority has warned against green tea extract supplements following reports of liver damage.

Clearer bioactive standards will benefit innovation, report states

18-Mar-2016 By Will Chu

Food supplement and functional food innovation could be made easier if researchers were told the specific amounts of bioactive nutrients to include in their products, a report has concluded. 

Healthy diet, healthy planet: UK dietary advice backs plant proteins over meat & dairy

18-Mar-2016 By Niamh Michail

The UK has put sustainability on the menu by backing plant proteins over meat and dairy for sustainability reasons in its updated dietary recommendation and healthy eating guide.

Danone omega-3 medical drink shows early Alzheimer’s benefits: RCT

17-Mar-2016 By Shane STARLING

Souvenaid, the high-dose omega-3 based medical drink Danone-Nutricia launched three years ago, can help pre-dementia sufferers, a 2-year clinical trial has found.

Dextro Energy complaint thrown out

EU court backs Commission ban of five glucose health claims

17-Mar-2016 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

The European General Court has upheld a European Commission ban on Dextro Energy’s five glucose health claims – concluding a four-year squabble between the two.  

French nutrivigilance priorities for 2016

16-Mar-2016 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

The French food safety authority will be putting the spotlight on risks associated with joint health supplements, energy drinks and spirulina this year.

myfood24 – the online tool helping researchers get teenage kicks?

16-Mar-2016 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

An online method of collecting diet data could help unlock intake information for teenagers, a group often neglected in government policy, say UK researchers.

EC set to strip cranberry products of medical device status

16-Mar-2016 By Shane STARLING

The European Commission (EC) has issued a draft that seeks to revoke the medical device status of proanthocyanidin (PAC)-based cranberry products for treatment and prevention of Urinary Tract Infections (UTI). 

Health halos and binge drinking: Irish agency concerned over booming energy drink sector

15-Mar-2016 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

The Irish public health body Safefood has called for more research on energy drinks and binge drinking in Ireland as well as health halos created by sports event sponsorship. 

EU healthy eating funding discriminates against plant proteins: ENSA

15-Mar-2016 By Niamh Michail

The EU is discriminating against soy and plant-based proteins that are nutritionally similar – or even healthier – than the sugary dairy products it has pledged to subsidise, says the European Natural Soy and Plant-Based Foods Manufacturers Association...

"Life in the twilight zone is a huge potential source of fishmeal and omega-3 to feed the world's population."

‘No man’s water’: Deep sea holds huge untapped resources, but beware the gold rush

14-Mar-2016 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

There are huge untapped resources of protein and omega-3 in the deep sea, but international researchers have warned against an unregulated ‘gold rush’ that could upset the ecosystem of this so-called twilight zone. 

Phood fight continues: Germany & Belgium warn on red yeast rice

14-Mar-2016 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

Fresh safety warnings from the Belgian and German authorities highlight the need for member state compromise on the classification of monacolin K from red yeast rice, a consumer group says.

Swedes form probiotic partnership on 2 (+2) strains

11-Mar-2016 By Shane Starling

Swedish probiotic leader Probi has licensed two strains from fellow Swedish firm Probac with dairy and functional food applications in mind.

French supplement player buys Swiss probiotics firm

11-Mar-2016 By Shane Starling

France-based PiLeJe Group has paid an undisclosed sum for 30-year-old Swiss probiotics company Phytolis – its fourth European probiotic purchase in recent years.

Food Vision Asia 2016 preview

Vitamins to Asia: The new Australian minerals boom

11-Mar-2016 By RJ Whitehead

In just two years, Australia’s complementary medicines industry has grown from A$2.3bn (US$1.7bn) to A$4.2bn (US$3.1), with increasing acceptance and demand from consumers, both at home and abroad. 

Small fish oil doses enough to lower blood pressure: RCT

10-Mar-2016 By Will Chu

Even the smallest amounts of fish oil can reduce blood pressure (BP), but only in those who have a history of hypertension, a study has determined. 

Wales gets tough on dangerous supplement seller

10-Mar-2016 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

The Welsh Trading Standards has handed out thousands of pounds in fines and a 26-week suspended prison sentence to a business selling pharma- and health claim- laden supplements.

Pile on the protein to feel fuller for longer, study suggests

10-Mar-2016 By Will Chu

Dietary protein is more effective than carbohydrates and fat in suppressing appetite, according to Swedish researchers. 

Nanoparticles may boost stability, bioavailability of resveratrol

10-Mar-2016 By Stephen Daniells

Simple and economically affordable nano-carrier systems may protect resveratrol from photodegradation and aid absorption across the intestinal barrier, says a new study from Portugal.

100% of RDAs is too much of a good thing, Danish researchers warn

09-Mar-2016 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

Supplement manufacturers should not be offering 100% of recommended dietary allowances (RDA) in vitamin and mineral supplements, Danish research highlighting the risk of overdose has warned.

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Finding hidden wealth in healthy ageing

09-Mar-2016

The world’s population is ageing and people want to be healthy, longer – but can foods, drinks and supplements help? Our free online event tackles this multi-billion question from multiple angles, tapping key markets like Japan and gathering experts across...

Sport shake recalled for 165 x labelled selenium

08-Mar-2016 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

UK and Irish authorities have warned against USN’s Ultralean nutrition shake, a batch of which contained 165 times the amount of selenium labelled.

Cambridge Commodities wins British inspiration award

08-Mar-2016

UK ingredients supplier Cambridge Commodities Ltd (CCL) has been listed in the London Stock Exchange’s ‘1000 Companies to Inspire Britain’ which rewards small to medium sized businesses (SMEs).

First EU-wide data offers ‘firm evidence’ of vitamin D deficiency

08-Mar-2016 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

An estimated 13% of the EU population are vitamin D deficient, an EU-funded project providing the first internationally comparable data has found.

The future of biofortification: Democratic, patent free and multidisciplinary

07-Mar-2016 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

The biofortification movement has succeeded in bringing the nutrition and agriculture communities under one roof – but there is more to be done to democratise the results of these efforts, says the director of international NGO HarvestPlus.

Could a novel UV technology help battle vitamin D deficiency?

07-Mar-2016 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

With the spotlight on vitamin D in many European countries, one company says its recently approved novel UV milk treatment could be a way to tackle deficiency. 

Growing probiotic market prompts GoodBelly's new products launch

07-Mar-2016 By Douglas Yu

GoodBelly has launched four new product lines, including GoodBelly Protein Shake, GoodBelly Juice Drink, GoodBelly Sparkling Drinks and GoodBelly Ade, as consumers are gravitating more towards the functional beverage category, according to the company.