Immune Support

Consumers’ growing search for brain health, immune health, mood support, and more will continue driving functional foods long after COVID-19.

Here’s what analysts say to expect of healthy drinks as consumers return to their normal schedules post-pandemic.

The future of fiber ingredients looks bright.

The CRN Foundation, via its Vitamin D & Me! education initiative, is lauding new research demonstrating significant links between vitamin D and COVID-19. Thirteen meta-analyses generated from more than 100 clinical trials published since the onset of the pandemic, examined the relationship between vitamin D and COVID-19.

Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc. and Brightseed has announced an agreement to leverage Brightseed’s Forager AI to profile the compounds in cranberries and discover new connections between cranberries and human health.

As the company approaches its 50th anniversary, this year’s SupplySide West was an opportunity to showcase all that it has to offer, and how much the brand has grown since its beginnings as a dairy company.

The new “Mind the Gap” information resource, developed by the International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplement Associations (IADSA), is focusing the importance of immune health in promoting resilience.

Some suppliers promoted recently launched immune health ingredients; others showed how their existing ingredients, like collagen, have a seat at the immune health table.

The fact sheet highlights study results on ImmunoSEB and ProbioSEB CSC3 from Specialty Enzymes & Probiotics in post-COVID subjects.

Ingredient suppliers are making more advanced formulations possible.

Do “candyceuticals” let consumers have their cake and not feel guilty about eating it, too?

Even with all the obstacles involved in conducting research in this age demographic, companies continue to ensure they are investing in scientific research to back their immune-support ingredients for infants and children.

Longevity by Nature has recently entered into two strategic marketing and distribution partnerships with National Sales Associates LLC and United Natural Foods Inc.

Under the agreement, Taiyo will supply organic and conventional ElderMune to food and beverage companies in North and South America.

Hispanics were the leading group of respondents who reported changing their supplement routines during the pandemic, outnumbering the number of white and Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders who did so.

Results showed that subjects taking ashwagandha saw significant increases in immunoglobulin (Ig), cytokines, and TBNK cells.

This show marks the first time all of IFF’s business divisions—Health & Biosciences, Nourish, Scent, and Pharma Solutions—will combine at one booth to showcase “how IFF brings science and creativity together for the health products market,” the company says.

The market is primed for gut health formulations that offer the best of both worlds. But research needs to catch up.

Structural differences between beta-glucan strains may be due to source and manufacturing process, says recent study.

OmniActive Health Technologies announces the independent conclusion of GRAS for Gingever.

BeniCaros is a soluble fiber produced from upcycled carrot pomace, which is a byproduct of carrot juice production.

Eagle Genomics, creator of network life sciences platforms, announced a new partnership with the Earlham Institute (Norwich, UK) to further tools for analyzing microbiome research data.

Among the 3,008 survey respondents from three continents, 84% of Chinese, 64% of American, and 58% of British consumers said immune support has become more important to them since the start of the pandemic.

Kyowa Hakko USA has earned the 2021 North American New Product Innovation Award for its Immuse Lactococcus lactis strain plasma ingredient.

Unigen will be introducing two new botanical ingredients at this year’s SupplySide West Presentation Theater.

A recent human study has provided some validation of the immunomodulatory benefits of a standardized extract of Andrographis paniculata, called AP-Bio.

It’s an exciting time to be in the gut health market.

For the Biome wins Nexty Award for its Gut-Lung Therapy supplement.

Botanical brands are already doing everything they can to keep momentum rolling on the demand side, and product at the ready on the supply.

Blue California, a commercial partner of Conagen, expanded its health ingredient portfolio by scaling up and commercializing Conagen’s hydroxytyrosol