PepsiCo’s snacks business Frito-Lay has been accused of misleading consumers by making all-natural claims on its products which also contain genetically modified corn and vegetable oils.
Healthcare giant Abbott has announced a tie up with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to establish a multi-disciplinary research center exploring the relationship between diet and cognition.
Not surprisingly, the FDA's draft guidance on new dietary ingredients (NDIs) is top of the list for most trade associations when asked what is keeping them awake at night as we head into 2012, but it is not the only thing causing sleepless nights.
While it is possible that the FDA could withdraw its draft guidance on new dietary ingredients (NDIs), such a move would be “highly unusual”, according to one leading food law attorney.
South Africa’s San people say food giant Unilever was working off inaccurate research data when it decided to bin a €20m investment in hoodia gordonii, the Kalahari cactus the San have used for centuries to curb hunger pangs.
Direct selling giant Herbalife says it will appeal last month’s ruling in a commercial court in Brussels stating it had violated Belgian law on unfair commercial practices.
Sales of NBTY’s Ester-C vitamin C supplements surged 18% in the 13 weeks to October 29 within a category that was otherwise pretty flat, bosses have revealed.
Algae-derived docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) supplementation may boost levels of HDL (good) cholesterol and cut levels of triglycerides, says the first systematic review and meta-analysis of on lipid levels.
While BOGO (buy one get one at a discount) offers have their uses, an over reliance on them is not in anyone’s best interests, according to the boss of supplement maker Schiff Nutrition.
Daily supplements of calcium plus vitamin D may help slim fat around the waist, according to a new study from Coca-Cola and Massachusetts General Hospital.
The addition of caffeine to carbohydrate could help to boost athletes’ performance of skilled tasks in addition to boosting endurance, according to UK researchers.
Omega-3 giant Ocean Nutrition Canada has donated five million doses of vitamin A to Vitamin Angels, and the company continues its longstanding relationship with the charitable organization.
A federal judge has found supplement marketer Lane Labs USA Inc in contempt of a court order barring it from making deceptive health claims, but has also heavily criticized the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) handling of the case.
Supplemental rose hip extracts may cut blood pressure and cholesterol levels in obese people, says a new study from Sweden and Norway with implications for the heart health market.
Extracts from red raspberry (Rubus idaeus) may protect cartilage in joints and influence the severity of arthritis, suggest data from a University of Rhode Island study.
The organizers of the Vitafoods trade show have announced that the first ever Vitafoods South America show will take place in Sao Paulo, Brazil in March 2012.
Dr Jacques Ravel, one the world’s leading vaginal microbia researchers, says revelations about differing ‘community types’ of vaginal bacteria could drastically improve treatments for the common condition, vaginosis.
Members of the Natural Products Association (NPA) will take to Capitol Hill on March 27, 2012 to meet members of Congress, as NPA takes its annual Natural Products Day into its 15th year.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) references to safety concerns over supplements spiked with drugs in the context of the debate on new dietary ingredients (NDIs) are “highly disingenuous”, Jarrow Formulas has argued.
Ingredients distributor Horn is installing equipment at its Nutri Granulations facility in La Mirada, California, to fill and seal ‘blast caps’, a dosing technology enabling consumers to add vitamins and other bioactives to beverages at the point of consumption.
Supplementing the diet with naringenin, a compound from grapefruit, may reduce markers of inflammation and boost kidney health in diabetics, suggests data from a study with mice.
A breakthrough in the genetic optimization of algae could expand the supply of omega-3 fatty acids, according to newly published research from UC Berkeley and Aurora Algae.
Canadian krill oil firm Neptune Technologies & Bioressources has begun the first phase of an expansion project at its facility in Sherbrooke, Québec that will see production double to 300,000kg of Neptune Krill Oil (NKO) per year.
New, as yet unpublished, research on top-selling cognitive function supplement FOCUSfactor suggests it could improve memory, concentration, and focus in healthy adults.
Recent studies have questioned the ability of broccoli supplements to deliver potential cancer-preventing compounds, but the situation may not be so clear cut, and the supplements are not ineffective, according to industry experts.
Five years ago the European Union nutrition and health claims regulation (NHCR) became law. Around the bloc, hopeful EU healthy foods and supplements stakeholders submitted more than 44,000 health claim applications.
Requiring supplement manufacturers to submit new dietary ingredient (NDI) notifications will force them to seek confidential information from suppliers in order to file submissions, according to law firm Amin Talati.
Sprinkle and go? Manufacturers are seeking ever more appealing ways of delivering a meaningful dose of what’s good for us without making us pop pills. But which novel delivery formats for dietary supplements have staying power?
The potential heart health benefits of acai and its extracts may be linked to the potent anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activity of a compound called velutin, new research suggests.
The only probiotics that should be subject to new dietary ingredient (NDI) notifications should be “new probiotics derived from GM engineering which have little to no history of safe use”, according to the International Probiotics Association (IPA).
While consumers are constantly urged to boost their omega-3 intakes, not everyone wants to tuck into a plate of oily fish twice a week to get the benefits.
Daily supplements of the omega-3 fatty acid EPA may benefit men more than women in terms of their stroke or heart attack risk linked to blood clots, suggests new data from Australia.
A California-based company with the same name as a firm targeted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in a crackdown on adrenaline-like stimulants says it has been inundated with calls from confused customers, although it has nothing to do with the...
Botanical extracts that have been on the market for years should not automatically be treated as new dietary ingredients (NDIs) just because extraction methods have changed, according to the United States Pharmacopeia (USP).
A soy-based ingredient packing four times the nutritional punch of standard soy protein isolate could reinvigorate the cardiovascular functional food market, according to bosses at agri-food giant The Scoular Company.
The five main trade associations for the dietary supplements industry are united in their calls for a ‘timely’ and ‘substantial overhaul’ of the draft guidance, according to a joint statement.
POM Wonderful has failed to convince a federal jury that Ocean Spray Cranberries misled shoppers and deprived POM of potential sales by selling a pomegranate juice product containing only 2% pomegranate juice.
Obese children with low levels of vitamin D may be at higher risks of developing risk factors associated with diabetes such as insulin resistance, according to new research.
