Energy

Choice Organic Teas teams with Bastyr University on line of wellness teas

05-Mar-2013 By Hank Schultz

In a first-of-its-kind partnership, Choice Organic Teas has joined forces with Bastyr Univesity to formulate and launch a co-branded line of functional teas.

BioExx’s canola proteins: ‘Wholly comparable to soy protein isolate’

01-Mar-2013

Protein hydrolysates and isolates from canola are ‘wholly comparable to soy protein isolate’ for amino acid bioavailability in humans, says a new study from Germany.

MLM model increases meal replacement compliance, Qivana's new chief science officer says

27-Feb-2013 By Hank Schultz

Donald Layman has taken on the position of chief scientific officer with Provo, UT-based supplment manufacturer Qivana, cementing a relationship that began when the company developed a line of meal replacements and supplements based on his nutritional...

Chromadex sells BluScience retail supplement line to Canadian marketing firm

26-Feb-2013 By Hank Schultz

Chromadex has announced the sale of its BluScience retail line of supplements to NeutriSci International, a private nutraceutical and cosmetic product marketing and brand development firm based in Calgary, Alberta.

Thorne gets access to huge herbal database via joint venture

25-Feb-2013 By Hank Schultz

Thorne Research has announced a partnership with Herbal Science Group that gives Thorne access to HSG’s extensive herbal science database, the companies announced recently.

Kamut International: ‘We believe our ancient wheat can become a culture and not a fad’

25-Feb-2013 By Stephen DANIELLS

With some of the nation’s biggest organic brands already among its customers, Kamut International is anticipating even more growth as it expands the science behind its ancient grain to target heart health, diabetes and sport nutrition.

USPlabs slapped with warning letter over drug claims, GMP failures

16-Feb-2013 By Hank Schultz

USPlabs, the maker of the DMAA-containing sports supplement Jack3d, has received a warning letter over drug claim violations and GMP deficiencies, the Food and Drug Administration confirmed Friday.

Bluewave: Hydrolyzed fish protein set for US sports nutrition splash

15-Feb-2013 By Stephen DANIELLS

New sports nutrition product launches containing a new hydrolyzed fish protein are imminent, says Bluewave Marine Ingredients as it brings its branded AminoMarine ingredient to market.

Social media push, discounting to drive GNC in 2013, CEO says

14-Feb-2013 By Hank Schultz

GNC is pushing strongly ahead with a social media marketing campaign to further expand its “unique customer base” said CEO Joe Fortunato in the company’s fourth quarter earnings call. 

Gatorade G Series Fit failed because it offered 'entry level products to advanced users at high prices’, says Euromonitor

14-Feb-2013 By Elaine WATSON

Growth in the US sports nutrition market has been pretty explosive in recent years, but the failure of high profile launches such as PepsiCo’s Gatorade G Series Fit range shows that even the biggest players sometimes get things badly wrong, says one market...

ISSN position statement on HMB for sports nutrition

12-Feb-2013 By Stephen DANIELLS

The International Society of Sports Nutrition (ISSN) has issued a position paper for the use of beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate (HMB) as a nutritional supplement.

Distribution deal puts Creagri's hydroxytyrosol into practitioner channel

12-Feb-2013 By Hank Schultz

Creagri Inc. has entered the practitioner channel with a distribution deal with NewWave Biosciences, the company announced recently.  The deal covers Creagri’s Olivenol plus olive fruit extracts.

Blends, probiotics and enzymes: Experts discuss the future of protein for sports nutrition

12-Feb-2013 By Stephen DANIELLS

Protein blends will become increasingly prevalent in sports nutrition products, but the science needs to catch up to the possibilities, according to industry experts.

Lawsuit against dendrobium-containing supplement dismissed

11-Feb-2013 By Hank Schultz

 Driven Sports, maker of the preworkout supplement Craze, announced that a class action lawsuit against the product has been dismissed.

ABC article puts another nail in DMAA's coffin

08-Feb-2013 By Hank Schultz

The studies that claim to have found DMAA present in geranium are suspect both because of where they were published–in an open-access, pay-for-publication journal–and because of problems with the studies themselves, a new article by the American Botanical...

Distributor offers only quercetin with GRAS status, official says

07-Feb-2013 By Hank Schultz

Novel Ingredients Services is now distributing what the company calls “the best quercetin available” after an agreement with manufacturer Quercegyn Pharmaceuticals.  Continued growth in the sports nutrition market should boost application of the ingredient,...

The evolution of energy drinks: What next for Monster, Red Bull and 5-Hour Energy?

04-Feb-2013 By Elaine WATSON

While the growth of the US energy drinks and shots market has been nothing short of explosive - last year it was worth $12.5bn, up 60% since 2008 - manufacturers will need to attract new users if they are to sustain such meteoric levels of growth, says...

Life after Lance: FRS acquires contract manufacturer, shuffles management team

01-Feb-2013 By Hank Schultz

The FRS Company, makers of the FRS energy drink and related products, announced a series of corporate moves yesterday that included a management change and the acquisition of a contract manufacturing and formulation company.

Creatine’s ‘myriad of benefits’ out-muscle possible oxidative stress effects

31-Jan-2013 By Stephen DANIELLS

A new study reporting that creatine supplements may increase levels of oxidative stress in athletes, while also boosting muscle strength, is a ‘mere footnote in the annals of sports supplement research’, says a leading expert.

DMAA in the dock

DMAA blamed for London marathon death

31-Jan-2013 By Shane STARLING

A single dose of the banned stimulant DMAA was the most probable cause of the heart attack that killed Claire Squires in hospital after she collapsed during the final metres of the 2012 London marathon.

Packaging helps drive success in point-of-purchase marketplace

31-Jan-2013 By Hank Schultz

When entrepreneur Tyler Johansen was launching a supplement designed to help boost students’ concentration, he decided to play in a sphere where snap decisions are made, at the edge of the counter in the point-of-purchase marketplace.

Human data supports bitter orange/ p-synephrine safety in humans: Nutratech

30-Jan-2013 By Stephen DANIELLS

Extracts from bitter orange (Citrus aurantium) on its own or combined with naringin and hesperidin do not pose any risks at doses commonly used by humans, says new data from a 60 day, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial.

Special edition: Protein-rich foods: The next generation

Cost and supply benefits are 'icing on the cake' for soy proteins

30-Jan-2013 By Stephen DANIELLS

After a few years of difficult market conditions, the soy protein market is enjoying ‘dynamic growth’, but what does the future hold for this ingredient, and what kind of impact will the GMO issue have?

Kyowa Hakko benefits from Champion Sports' strategic shift

25-Jan-2013 By Hank Schultz

The recent boost in sports nutrition product launches is benefiting functional food ingredient suppliers, among them Kyowa Hakko, whose Sustamine ingredient is featured in a new beverage offering from Champion Nutrition.

Will protein blends surpass singular protein sources for sports nutrition?

25-Jan-2013 By Stephen DANIELLS

Post-workout consumption of a blend of soy and dairy protein may outperform single protein sources for prolonging amino acid delivery and building muscle, says a new study.

Special Edition: Innovations in Minerals

Magnesium – ‘Sky is the limit’ for the ‘hottest ingredient in the mineral category’

24-Jan-2013 By Stephen Daniells

Growing consumer awareness of their own deficiencies, its health benefits, and the emergence of innovative forms are making magnesium the ‘the hottest ingredient in the mineral category’.

Will product refinement drive the next decade for the ‘booming’ sports nutrition category?

24-Jan-2013 By Stephen DANIELLS

The sports nutrition category is expected to continue to boom, but the pipe may be empty for new product categories, says the CEO of the International Society for Sports Nutrition (ISSN).

Proposed Chicago energy drink ban littered with legal errors, lawyer says

22-Jan-2013 By Hank Schultz

A proposed ban on energy drinks in Chicago is riddled with factual and legal errors, according to an attorney active in the dietary supplements business.

USPLabs sets aside $2m to settle DMAA class action cases

22-Jan-2013 By Elaine WATSON

After a tidal wave of lawsuits and months of heated debate about the regulatory status of the stimulant DMAA (1,3-Dimethylamylamine), USPLabs has agreed to settle a nationwide class action suit challenging the legality and safety of its top-selling DMAA...

Monster Beverage Corporation: Alarmist DAWN report is highly misleading

21-Jan-2013 By Elaine WATSON

Monster Beverage Corporation has blasted a recent government report on drug-related ER visits that describes energy drinks as 'dangerous', as “highly misleading”.

Legislators seek info from energy drink manufacturers

18-Jan-2013 By Hank Schultz

Two US senators and a member of the House of Representatives have sent letters to 14 energy drink companies seeking information about their products.  The letters ask the companies to respond to detailed questions about their products’ ingredients and...

Ayurvedic workhorses poised for market breakthrough, expert predicts

17-Jan-2013 By Hank Schultz

If you are looking for what’s hot on the botanical front in 2013, here’s the skinny from a longtime observer of the herbal arena: Open your lesson book to the first two pages, and follow after me: A is for Ayurveda and ashwagandha and B is for bacopa.

Big interview: Eric Schnell, founder MetaBrand; co-founder I AM Enlightened nutrition, Healthy beverage Co (Steaz teas)

Shot in the arm: The secret to success in shots... without going head to head with 5-Hour Energy…

14-Jan-2013 By Elaine WATSON

Want to get a slice of the action in the shots category? Build a brand with a compelling story or ‘mission’, and formulate a product that delivers a discernible effect on consumers in 20-30 minutes, or you’re wasting your time, beverages and shots guru...

Albion’s Creatine MagnaPower gets GRAS for food and beverage

09-Jan-2013

Utah-based Albion Human Nutrition has received GRAS (generally recognized as safe) status for its Creatine MagnaPower product, following a review by a third‐party expert panel.

Workout supplement takes high road with trio of branded ingredients

09-Jan-2013 By Hank Schultz

The latest offering in Reservage Organics’ Re-Body line of weight loss supplements has a sports positioning and seems to borrow a line from sports lore:  Go big or go home.

Majority of caffeine-containing supplements have inaccurate labels, claims study

07-Jan-2013 By Elaine WATSON

Fewer than half the caffeine supplements sold on military installations accurately list the amount of caffeine they contain, according to a new study.

New USP standards will help stevia formulators cut costs, improve accuracy

04-Jan-2013 By Hank Schultz

New testing standards for steviol glycosides and caffeine announced by the United States Phamacopeial Convention (USP) will help the formulators of products containing those ingredients cut costs and improve efficiency, a USP official said.

Champion joins ranks of full spectrum sports nutrition providers

04-Jan-2013 By Hank Schultz

Another player has entered the arena of companies offering full-spectrum sports nutrition lines with the launch of Champion Nutrition’s new “ambition based” line of powdered protein products and supporting supplements.

New Canadian caffeine limits part of growing pressure on energy drink sector

03-Jan-2013 By Hank Schultz

The energy beverage sector had a lively 2012, marked by a high-profile wrongful death suit against Monster Beverage Co., some high-profile negative press and even higher-profile attacks from a pair of US Senators. 2013 is shaping up, if anything, to be...

BDNF-boosting coffee fruit concentrate could have applications in sports recovery as well as cognitive health

20-Dec-2012 By Elaine WATSON

Illinois-based nutraceuticals expert VDF Futureceuticals has embarked on a larger human trial of its whole coffee fruit concentrate NeuroFactor after a pilot study showed it increased plasma levels of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) by an average...

Herbalife expands US manufacturing capacity with purchase of North Carolina plant

19-Dec-2012 By Hank Schultz

Network marketing giant Herbalife Ltd. is expanding its US manufacturing capacity with the purchase of a facility in Winston Salem NC. The acquisition furthers Herbalife’s goal to increase the number of products it manufactures in-house, the company said.

Super Supplements acquisition makes cultural sense, says Vitamin Shoppe CEO

19-Dec-2012 By Hank Schultz

Vitamin Shoppe Inc. has acquired Seattle-based chain Super Supplements in a transaction that makes both strategic and cultural sense, says Vitamin Shoppe CEO Tony Truesdale.

Monster hit with another suit over advertising, caffeine content

14-Dec-2012 By Hank Schultz

Monster Energy has been hit with yet another class action lawsuit, but not one that plows much new ground, according to attorney Justin Prochnow.

Florida firm's new energy product based on bio-identical form of HGH metabolite

11-Dec-2012 By Hank Schultz

A Florida company has launched a bio-identical form of a human growth hormone metabolite in a sublingual shot and is marketing it as an energy product.

Cargill builds science for sucromalt benefits for ‘hot’ energy category

04-Dec-2012

Incorporating a low-glycemic index (GI) carbohydrate sucromalt may help maintain mental and physical energy better than glucose, says a new study by Cargill.

DMAA: Only found in select geranium, says new USPLabs-funded study

03-Dec-2012 By Stephen Daniells

Controversial ingredient DMAA has been detected in geranium from select regions of China, but not all, according to a new study from the University of Memphis and funded by USPLabs.

Senators tilt at Red Bull as FDA hints at energy action

29-Nov-2012 By Ben Bouckley

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has told US Senators Dick Durbin and Richard Blumenthal that is reviewing the safety of energy drinks and may take regulatory action if it finds a health risk.

Collaboration drives contract manufacturer's success

27-Nov-2012 By Hank Schultz

A commitment to quality and to an “abundance mentality” has driven contract manufacturer VMI Nutrition to far surpass its original goals, said managing partner Bruce Remund.

Protein supplements effective for muscle mass boosts in young and old: Meta-analysis

26-Nov-2012 By Stephen Daniells

A meta-analysis of 22 clinical trials shows that protein supplements are effective for boosting muscle mass and strength gains during resistance exercise in both younger and older subjects.

Gatorade responds to July article on controversial scientific study

Gatorade and bananas: Comparing apples and pears?

23-Nov-2012 By Ben Bouckley

PepsiCo brand Gatorade tells BeverageDaily.com that a direct comparison between the drink and bananas should not be made, after a recent US study concluded that the fruit was as effective in promoting sports performance.