Using scientific evidence to bring products to elite athletes and active consumers is a job potentially fraught with pitfalls so the industry has to simplify the science for shoppers and comb away the confusion entangled into social media.
As consumers become more supplement savvy, companies are increasingly under pressure to improve the health profiles of their products. Many companies are opting for various clean label and quality certifications.
Talk with product formulators and one of the big frustrations is that there are not many novel ingredients coming onto the market. Could AI crack open this bottle neck?
Moms Across America, a national non-profit whose mission is to ensure a safe food supply with an emphasis on eliminating GMOs and glyphosate, has launched a three-tier 'gold standard' seal for products that have achieved specific levels of organic...
Sustainable Bioproducts - which is developing new-to-the-world protein-packed whole food ingredients from microbes - plans to launch a consumer brand to help familiarize Americans with a new fungal food source that could be used in everything from meat...
Less than 2% of over 800 recalls initiated in 2019 involved dietary supplement products, says a new report from AHPA that supports “overall safety of the dietary supplements”.
The role and impact of influencers in sports nutrition product marketing, how AI can deliver the next wave of ingredients that formulators are waiting for, and why female athletes are an underserved opportunity are among the many highlights lined up for...
With patent-pending proprietary technology that is more reminiscent of the pharmaceutical industry than that of food and beverage, Bio-Up Mimetic Technologies hopes to take ‘functional’ beverages to a new level.
A new nitric oxide test called MyFitStrip is offering what the company calls a “next generation saliva test strip” to detect dietary inorganic nitrate and the presence of the healthy oral microflora.
Health and wellness brand, GNC Holdings, announced a partnership with professional retail operator, BFG Brasil Comercial de Vitaminas LTDA, to help grow its brand awareness and reputation in Brazil.
As consumers continue to fuel the trend of personalized nutrition, retailers are recognizing it is a big business. The Vitamin Shoppe took notice and recently announced the launch of Only Me, a monthly subscription that offers daily packs of vitamins...
A class action has been filed on behalf of employees to recover lost wages in the case of the abrupt closure of longtime sports nutrition player Ultimate Nutrition.
Utah-based contract manufacturer Capstone Nutrition has been acquired by a private equity firm, showing there is still room for growth in the contract manufacturing sphere despite reports of overcapacity.
Supplementation with curcumin may reduce muscle damage and soreness without impacting the ‘natural inflammatory response’, says a study from Mississippi State University.
Dietary supplement manufacturer NOW has expanded its reach in the specialty multivitamin category by purchasing SuperNutrition, the company announced today.
The manufacturer of a timed-release melatonin product has publicized an additional year of adverse events data which it says bolsters the safety of its product.
A sports nutrition company called Ultimate Nutrition has abruptly ceased operation. Employees were greeted this week with locked doors at the company’s headquarters in Connecticut.
A new protein brand has launched in the US, which is basing its value proposition on plastic neutral packaging and grass fed and organic claims on its ingredients.
With the $1bn cash acquisition of the fast-growing, protein-focused brand Quest Nutrition, Simply Good Foods Company adds muscle to its already strong portfolio of healthy lifestyle brands, which includes the complementary low-carb brand Atkins Nutritionals....
Food authorities make available a new report highlighting the swallowing issues elderly people face as key consumers of dietary supplements such as vitamins or mineral-based tablets.
The Natural Products Association, the oldest trade organization in the dietary supplement industry, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection yesterday, according to an NPA statement.
Healthy Directions, a company which retails nutritional supplements and topical products co-branded with and formulated by doctors, announced that it is now a corporate sponsor of Vitamin Angels.
This week, two sports nutrition brands announced new mass retail partners—Optimum Nutrition goes to a club store, while Redcon1 partners with an outdoor and sporting goods store.
Energy drink company Celsius continues its meteoric rise with a greater emphasis on marketing spend, distribution growth and a new tie in with an esports organization. And like many other beverage companies, Celsius has a CBD product waiting in the wings.
In its quest to cater to a new generation of parents, New York-based Little Spoon launched a new line of nutrition Boosters—powder supplements to sprinkle into baby food.
Personalised nutrition and other specific therapeutic functions with a focus on changing the concept of ageing are the way forward for ChromaDex’s flagship nicotinamide riboside (NR) supplement, said the firm.
Nature’s Sunshine, a network marketing company that concentrates on the sale of dietary supplements, announced a plan to restructure its business in Latin America and elsewhere as it eked out a slender overall sales increase during its second quarter...
The Clorox Company is yet another CPG giant that has found a salve for sore earnings in the nutritional products sector. Recent investments in the dietary supplment category provided bright spots in an otherwise flaccid year end report.
Japanese chemical trading firm Nagase Group acquired Prinova, an Illinois-based manufacturer and distributor of food, beverage, and dietary supplement ingredients.
A supplement brand created by a chemist with a background in the pharmaceutical industry has launched an energy product that aims to boost mitochondrial function without caffeine.
Medlab Clinical Ltd, an Australian firm with proprietary probiotic strains and a delivery technology for vitamins and other dietary ingredients has announced plans to launch in the US market with a partner.
Herbalife’s share price plunged after the company reported disappointing second quarter earnings and reduced its future outlook that foresees sales possibly falling for the full year results.
Japanese dairy giant Morinaga Milk Industry, a probiotic strains supplier, has plans in the upcoming year around to expand the application of its functional proprietary probiotic strain into infant formula, to aid with gut health and immune protection.
When Adel Villalobos first entered the nutraceutical industry, he noticed that contract manufacturers often “held brands hostage.” He started his own contract manufacturing company with a goal of being different.
The latest product launch from legacy sports nutrition brand MusclePharm is called Protein Candies—little gems of protein-packed chocolate reminiscent of Mars’ M&Ms or Nestlé’s Smarties.
The potential of pre-workout blends (PWBs) remain untapped, says a new report, which points to its ingredients as possibly improving muscle development, endurance, power output and focus.
New Jersey-based ingredients specialist PLT Health Solutions launched a Certified for Sports Grade version of its branded Rhodiola rosea, called RhodioLife, to the US market.
David Winston, RH (AHG), founder of herbal products company Herbalist & Alchemist, was presented with an honorary Doctor of Science degree from National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, OR.
Supplement brand Further Food has extended its line of products with a chocolate flavored collagen powder, a launch which places the brand well to capitalize on an upswing in the sales of beauty products.
