Archives for March 29, 2018

NEWS IN BRIEF

CRN announces newly elected board directors, full list of board and officers

The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), a trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry, announced a slate of eight new directors, elected by CRN’s membership to the association’s board of directors.

Call for new category of herbal products likely to fall on deaf ears

Suppliers of herbal ingredients that are well characterized with reams of research continue to chafe about the strictures involved in communicating the benefits of these ingredients in the US market. Word on the street is, that situation is unlikely to...

ONHA files petition for health claim on Vitamin D and fewer preterm births

The Organic & Natural Health Association has submitted a citizen’s petition asking FDA to approve a health claim connecting vitamin D supplementation with a reduction in premature birth risk.

How our gut bacteria interacts with tryptophan digestion may hold clues for IBD, researcher says

There is evidence that when food-microbe interactions are broken, conditions such as inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) can develop, but underlying factors are still unclear. One McMaster University researcher has won a grant to study the relationship...

Arjuna launches ‘highly potent’ ashwaganda; clinical trials on ingredient ongoing

Indian ingredients company Arjuna launched a new ashwagandha extract product called Shoden for the US market this week.

Asian entrepreneurs among world's most confident business owners: Amway survey

Entrepreneurs in Asia tend to have a more positive view of their business environment compared to their peers in other regions, according to Amway's Global Entrepreneurship Report 2018.

HI SOUTH EAST ASIA 2018

Eyeing better vision: Concerns over ocular health creating business opportunities in APAC

Eye health is now the greatest health concern in the Asia Pacific region, according to a survey by global market and consumer intelligence firm Ipsos.