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Special edition: Innovations in Delivery Systems
As the functional food and supplement industries strive to deliver more for less, we ask whether going smaller is really better. Can nanotechnologies help to deliver better or more bio-available ingredients, and will consumers accept them?
Chocolate giant Mars and the US National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute are readying themselves for a five-year research project into possible heart-health benefits of taking a daily flavanol-rich capsule.
Consumers like the delivery of omega-3 fatty acids in a liquid, and many innovative products are already on shelves, but what technology is being used, what are the challenges, and where are the next opportunities coming from?
Special edition: Innovations in delivery systems
Product developers are in constant search mode for ways to differentiate their products, and that search has always included delivery system innovation. But without keeping a weather eye on US regulations, they may end up being too smart for their own...
IPA World Congress, May 9-11 2014, Athens, Greece
Companies that manufacture probiotic products can learn much from other fast-moving-consumer-good (FMCG) firms like shower gel, pharmaceutical and smoothie makers in NPD, an expert says.
Special edition: Innovations in Delivery Systems
In the continued effort to appeal to consumers loathe to swallow pills every day, supplement manufacturers have ventured into everything from melts and powders to confectionery-type supplement forms such as chews and gum. A few years into its foray into...
Special edition: Innovations in Delivery Systems
Disruptive technologies to produce natural nano-sized nutraceuticals could ‘revolutionize’ how dietary supplements deliver their benefits, with smaller most definitely better for enhancing bioavailability and bio-efficacy, says the CSO of NanoSphere...