Trends & Business

These are the first warning letters to be issues by FDA for unapproved products intended to prevent or treat COVID-19. 

The following are the newly scheduled dates, at the same, originally scheduled venues: SupplySide East (June 23-24, 2020) and Vitafoods Europe (September 1-3, 2020).

Companies that had proactively purchased more ingredients ahead of the tariffs will be better-positioned than those who didn’t, says Nuherbs’s Wilson Lau.

These new lines are called Bold Heart by Cardiosmile and CatchFree Omega. 

OmniActive works with farming communities at the very beginning of the supply chain to reduce treatable eye and vision problems, treat nutrition related diseases, empower women, improve sanitation and hygiene, and educate farmers. 

Milk Specialties Global is launching a brown rice protein called PROriz. 

Bunge Loders Croklaan has launched a portfolio of oils designed to replicate the taste, texture, and cooking experience of meat in plant-based meat alternatives. 

Vitafoods Europe 2020 (12-14 May, Palexpo, Geneva) is returning, to provide a key platform for the entire nutraceutical supply chain to find practical business solutions and discuss its greatest opportunities and challenges.

FDA’s March 5 CBD report to Congress, required by the 2020 spending bill, focused mainly on the agency’s progress in collecting data on CBD, but provided no new material information on whether the agency will make CBD a legal dietary ingredient.

Technologies developed by 3i, such as VitaSperse and VitaDry, will allow Stratum to begin offering water-dispersible forms of its ingredients. 

Life Extension has partnered with Insilico Medicine Inc. to utilize artificial intelligence to formulate Geroprotect Stem Cell, a dietary supplement designed to support youthful, healthy stem cell function. 

Natreon has been granted a U.S. Patent (US 10,500,240) on Terminalia chebula. 

A look at the trends and complexities shaping-or reshaping-dietary supplement retail.

The event, which was scheduled to take place March 3-7, 2020 in Anaheim, CA was mired by cancellations from exhibiting companies and members of the buying community

Under the terms of the agreement, Artemis will be the preferred U.S. distributor for Fruit d’Or’s line of organic and conventional cranberry and blueberry ingredients for nutraceutical applications for both animals and humans.

The partnership includes all of Folium’s bulk ingredients and finished products. The firms will also jointly develop new delivery systems and applications for cannabinoids.

What health benefits are active nutrition customers chasing in 2020, and what types of products do they prefer?

Did you know that hot and cold cereals are the fastest growing category for turmeric? Read about this trend and others.

InnoVactiv Inc. has achieved SQF level 2 certification, which includes a FSMA Food Addendum covering the requirements of the U.S. Food Safety Modernization Act.

Cargill has launched private label plant-based patties and ground products for retail and foodservices businesses to capture their share of the plant-based protein market. 

Kerry Taste and Nutrition has acquired the Spanish non-allergenic and organic plant protein company Pevesa Biotech. 

Here’s a look at ingredients driving that growth.

Kaneka Probiotics has chosen seven winners for Phase 1 of its Kaneka Innovation Award Program, and had announced Phase 2 of the giveaway.

GC Rieber Oils has partnered with Barrington Nutritionals to distribute its VivoMega omega-3 fish oils to the United States and Mexico. 

Plant proteins are notorious for tasting unpleasant. Here’s why solving the taste riddle isn’t so simple.

FrieslandCampina Ingredients and market research expert FMCG Gurus have collaborated on a global report highlighting three distinct trends in the performance and sports nutrition market.

Equinom Ltd., a leading seed breeding startup, has closed a Series B funding round of $10 million.

Overnight Labels received certification from Graphic Measures International (GMI), allowing the firm to print labels for Target’s in-house brands. 

Bergstrom Nutrition announced that Adrian Polliack, PhD, will be the company’s new president and CEO.

The clear bottles, available in two sizes, 100 cubic centimeters and 150 cubic centimeters, were created for Ritual, a multivitamin brand.