Sports & Energy

The company says that adding an immune booster such as Wellmune WGP to a sports training program can help with recovery and enable athletes to train harder and longer.

A New York senator proposes a new bill targeting the sports performance market.

Labeling caffeine content is a job for all industry members.

Both coconut powders provide vitamin C from camu camu fruit.

The nibs are sweetened with coconut palm sugar.

Researchers found that MSM significantly lessened pain and discomfort following exercise compared to placebo.

Will human results support previous work on Purenergy in animals?

At SupplySide Marketplace, Ecuadorian Rainforest will highlight a new white paper about the company’s sports nutrition offerings.

Purenergy is a combo of caffeine and pterostilbene.

While the guidelines are not mandatory for CRN members, they are recommended.

Hemp Naturals has launched two new hemp seed supplements enhanced with functional sport and cognitive ingredients from supplier Kyowa Hakko USA.

The company says the coconut water market is still growing significantly, at $104 million in sales-up 60% from last year.

Could big business compromise with a law to label genetically modified organisms?

Take a look at how energy drink controversy and regulatory scrutiny unfolded over the past year.

What are the current regulations for labeling caffeine content in energy drinks?

To survive scrutiny and ensure a healthy future, energy drinks must court the responsible consumer. This requires formulating wisely.

National Enzyme Co. mixes enzymes with antioxidants and minerals for exercise recovery.

Bioenergy Life Science develops new prototypes for formulating with ribose.

The newest members are sports nutrition consultant Dave Ellis, RD, CSCS, and Joy Dubost, PhD, RD.

HMB can enhance the recovery of skeletal muscle damage in both trained and untrained individuals.

Creatine MagnaPower is a patented technology for chelating creatine with magnesium.

Human amino acid responses from soy and canola protein appear comparable.

Researchers also pointed out that 11 supplements that listed an herbal ingredient naturally containing caffeine still did not label caffeine as an ingredient in the product.

Lonza points out that consumers’ intrinsic recognition of an ingredient and its benefits is ever more important, especially as use of health claims in the EU are somewhat limited for certain ingredients now.

Chemi Nutra describes AlphaSize as a “safe, natural, and rapidly absorbed form of choline..."

Krill oil, stevia, and caffeine are high-profile ingredients.

The Toronto Star says new caffeine limits are official and enforceable.

Cargill says further research is needed to understand from a metabolic perspective why sucromalt may provide these benefits, beyond its effects on postprandial glycemic response.

Samples were provided at a symposium for pro baseball strength and conditioning coaches.

Senators Durbin and Blumenthal finally got their meeting with FDA commissioner Margaret Hamburg.