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'Glowing' skin is a key aim for skin care shoppers and 98% of them believe that good nutrition is necessary to achieving this, according to a survey by Lycored.
Italy’s Competition Authority (AGCM) fines lifestyle firm Life120 Italia almost €300,000 for repeating banned commercial practices that include referencing products with unproven therapeutic effects.
Plans to tax food supplements in Ireland will place these products and their benefits out of reach for people, especially those living with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), an experts says.
Norwegian firm Epax is to invest €32m over the next two years in upgrading its facilities and capacity in response to consumer demand for high-potency omega-3 oils.
The nutrition and biosciences arm of DuPont is building its presence in Latin America through its plant-based and probiotics products. Daniel Borges, the company’s LATAM Sales and Industry Leader of Probiotics, Fibers and human milk oligosaccharides (HMO),...
People taking omega-3 supplements are at lower risks of heart attack and other cardiovascular disease (CVD) events but gain no benefit for stroke, according to a new meta-analysis.
Italian food authorities issue guidance on the purity of amino acids in dietary supplements becoming only the second European country to do so in moves intended to guarantee consumers ‘a high level of protection’.
A cannabidiol (CBD) manufacturer is calling for greater regulatory controls after independent analyses of 31 CBD-based products found varying levels of active ingredients as well as CBD-related labelling issues.
Research looking into the use of dietary supplements among Spanish paediatricians finds over 75% prescribe synbiotics, omega-3 oils and others to their patients.
American ingredients business Rousselot is to reshuffle its segments in a move that places its collagen-based products at the forefront of the firm’s growth and direction.
Natural botanicals, such as those used in Ayurveda and TCM, have a long history of use in Asia, but there is renewed interest in their benefits for Healthy Ageing.
After its sell-out 2019 edition in Copenhagen, Probiota will be heading to Dublin in February 2020. Check out the key themes and outline agenda for the leading probiotic, prebiotic and microbiome event … and register now for the three-day festival of...
Australia’s Activated Nutrients is working with international probiotic giants to satisfy what it sees as the current market gap in precision probiotics.
A ground-breaking new mathematical model will help NASA to predict vitamin degradation in spaceflight food, ensuring astronauts remain fuelled on nutrient-rich diets, say researchers.
A technical report by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) details safety concerns the Agency has for placing leaf powder of Moringa stenopetala on the market as a traditional food (TF).
Probiotics, vitamins and minerals are under scrutiny by the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) as a governing body proposes their removal from a list of routinely prescribed remedies.
The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (CAFIA) is warning consumers to avoid food supplements containing excess mercury levels that are available on the auction site eBay.
As online reviews become 'intrinsic' to sales it's essential that sports nutrition brands learn how their products stack up online and communicate correctly with their web audience.
Sarcosine, a dietary supplement, may provide pharmacological activity in managing schizophrenia, says a professor of genetics, who calls for clinical trials looking into this “brain health supplement.”
Slovakia looks to have eased its stance on cannabidiol (CBD) use as the country’s government deletes it from a list of psychotropic ingredients, essentially classing CBD as a non-regulated substance.
Omega-3 has been revealed as the most effective supplement for improving mental health in the world's largest review of research into nutrient supplementation in people with mental disorders.
The sports nutrition industry is on the crest of some tenacious trends and now is the time to lead the market with strong product innovation that will shape the industry over the coming decades.
Norwegian authorities say that taking daily fluoride-containing supplements with fluoride tablets and toothpaste may cause individuals to exceed the tolerable upper intake levels for the nutrient.
As probiotic players see the popularity for specific category segments rise, we delve into brand strategy fundamentals with Lumina Intelligence’s Market Analyst Emer Mackle.
Italy’s Ministry of Health updates rules governing the use of plant preparations and extracts originating from the Curcuma genus in response to a hepatitis outbreak linked to curcumin-based supplements.
Omega-3 supplements should not be encouraged to help tackle diabetes, University of East Anglia researchers have argued following a systematic review that found no benefit of the supplement.
Poland’s Ministry of Health sets the country’s maximum intake values for vitamin and minerals for its populations in a move that attempts to address a lack of European harmonisation on this matter.
Cambridge Chocolate Technologies falls foul of the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) guidelines as the watchdog bans nutrition claims used to promote the firm’s chocolate-based product.
Major improvements are needed to teach parents about the importance of vitamin D and their children's requirements as too many do not know the facts, according to researchers at Leeds Beckett University.
Food authorities make available a new report highlighting the swallowing issues elderly people face as key consumers of dietary supplements such as vitamins or mineral-based tablets.
Paternal folate intake may influence a baby’s health and gestation period as a study thinks preconception care should shift from a woman-centric to a couple-based approach.
Wheat flour fortification and targeted supplementation would in total prevent 33% (13.2 million) of cases of vitamin D deficiency in England and Wales over the next 90 years, say researchers at the University of Birmingham.
The Norwegian government is to enhance existing regulation governing the inclusion of vitamins and minerals to food supplements as the country looks to refresh and raise standards in the European Union.
Europe’s food supplement sector makes some of the world’s best, but QC issues around stability and blends threaten its standing, with only 10% of finished products bothering to conduct end-product stability testing, according to an industry player.
The Norwegian Food Safety Authority warns pregnant women and women planning to become pregnant to avoid ginger supplements and ginger-containing shots.
The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) rules that claims made about a range of hair products and food supplements are misleading and unsubstantiated.
An industry group declares the EU legal framework for food supplements ‘among the strictest in the world,’ in response to a study that finds almost two-thirds of supplements contain pharmacological active substances or plant toxins.
Falls in vitamin D levels correlate with falls and non‐motor symptoms in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD), a new study finds as researchers suggest supplementation as a potential remedy.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) confirms nicotinamide riboside (NR) chloride’s safety in its latest scientific opinion, additionally vouching for this Novel Food’s (NF) profile as a reliable niacin (vitamin B3) source.
The European Food and Safety Authority (EFSA) are unable to establish an agreed dose, in which consumers can safely consume the embryonated eggs of a whipworm as a food supplement.
A supplement subscription firm is making available the first ever multivitamin to contain edible glitter designed to “add some pizzazz into poop-time.”
Sports people and the generally active are starting to shun ‘techy’ sports nutrition and look for whole foods that can deliver performance and health benefits, according to a new report.
