Archives for September 12, 2018

Market continues to grow for prostate health products

Prostate health is an often neglected area of men’s health, one that could drive significant growth in the future sales of herbal supplements as questions of healthy aging come to the fore, a prominent industry executive says.

Calming botanical drink Kalm & On, formerly known as Koppla, comes back to market

After a three-year hiatus, a calming botanical beverage is coming back to the market.

US botanical sales top $8 billion, notch 8.5% growth, ABC report says

Sales of herbal dietary supplements increased 8.5% in 2017, reaching $8 billion, according to a new report by the American Botanical Council. It was the strongest growth since before the 2008-2009 financial crash.

As protein category crowds, start-up Vade Nutrition shakes things up with dissolvable scoop ‘pods’

A Michigan-based, family-owned start-up wants to shake-up protein shakes with dissolvable protein scoops.

Editor's Spotlight: Startup Focus

Serious superfood: Plant-based supplement startup says transparency is 'a basic consumer right'

UK-based Evermore has developed a range of organic superfood capsules as part of a mission to drive transparency and quality in the dietary supplements market, its founder says.

Vitafoods Asia 2018

HMOs a goldmine of human health applications beyond infant formula: DuPont expert

Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) have extensive potential to offer a range of health benefits in products beyond infant formula, DuPont's global business director for HMOs, Steen Lyck, said at Vitafoods Asia on Tuesday.