3 Top Immune-Health Ingredients (Prebiotics)
How do beta-glucans, arabinogalactan, and baker’s yeast really impact the immune system?
Brain-Health Food Marketers Are Missing the Senior Channel
The time is right to aim brain health food and drinks at the elderly. But marketers don’t seem to think so.
How Halal Certification Can Help Boost Your Dietary Supplements Business
Worldwide, halal certification is a mark of quality and access to a growing market.
Are Collagen Nutricosmetics More Effective than Topical Collagen?
Collagen might best benefit the skin through oral supplementation.
Are Calcium Supplements Bad for the Heart?
To supplement or not to supplement? Where the science now stands on calcium and cardiovascular risk.
Ingredient Spotlight: Honey Powder
What’s the buzz around natural honey powder?
Glucosamine: Still Standing Strong?
Import restrictions. Competition from other joint-health ingredients. These are just some of glucosamine’s challenges today.
Quinoa Forms: Powders, Puffs, and More
Despite its South American origins, quinoa is now eaten by consumers around the world.
GMO-Labeling Laws: Why the Trigger Clause?
Connecticut and Maine's GMO-labeling bills are dormant until other states join in. Why?
Black Chokeberries Are Returning to North America
Do these little fruits now have what it takes to become popular with consumers?
Moringa May Be an Attractive Soap Ingredient
And for those in developing countries, it may be a soap alternative all by itself.
Is This the Oral Health Study That Aloe Vera Needed?
An aloe mouthwash study out of India is the biggest yet.
L-Citrulline Now GRAS for Food, Beverage
By increasing nitric oxide production, L-citrulline helps promote vascular dilation and healthy blood circulation.
Is Plant Cell Culture Like GMO?
DianaPlantSciences says it can build a better ingredient using plant cell culture technology.
The Benefits of Exercise in an Ingredient
ActivAMP provides many of the same benefits as exercise, including healthy glucose levels, reduced body fat, and a healthy weight.
Can Yacon Lower Blood Sugar?
If so, its fiber compounds may be the reason why.
Vidya Herbs Acquires Manko
Vidya says its goal is to focus more on exclusive ingredients and research for its plant extracts.
POM vs. Coke: The Fight over a Food Label
POM Wonderful complained that Coke’s Minute Maid Pomegranate Blueberry 100% Fruit Juice Blend’s name and label trick consumers into thinking the product contains a lot of those juices.
Soluble Plant Sterol: Better for Beverages
The company’s new CardioCare ingredient is a crystalline-form plant sterol that is directly emulsified.
FDA Wants to Update the Nutrition Facts Label
What about the Supplement Facts label?