At NutriScience Innovations, the company takes innovation seriously. As a leading global ingredient developer and supplier, NutriScience offers innovative ingredients based on science and efficacy. The company’s high-quality ingredients are used in the dietary supplement, nutraceutical, functional food & beverage, animal health and personal care industries. Both NutriScience’s branded and specialty ingredients provide unique formulation solutions to customers striving to create products that are one of a kind and benefit both human and animal kind alike – Ingredients Matter.

Alan Yengoyan is the president and CEO of NutriScience Innovations. He joined NutriScience in 2017 to help build the next generation of proprietary ingredient suppliers that understand the health concerns of consumers, the needs of brands and product formulators, and the importance of developing scientific and clinical support on high-quality ingredients. He has been working in the consumer goods space for more than 25 years in a variety of roles. Prior to NutriScience, Yengoyan worked with Glanbia (an Irish PLC) prior to its acquisition of Optimum Nutrition where he served as the companies general manager and vice president marketing. Yengoyan has also served as the executive director, co-CEO and a Board Member of another fast-growth privately owned consumer nutrition brand, Professional Supplements (ProSupps) LLC, and has served several of the world’s leading consumer brands at McKinsey & Co.

NIE: NutriScience recently acquired XSTO Solutions. What does this acquisition mean for the company going forward?

Yengoyan: The acquisition of XSTO Solutions by NutriScience marks an exciting step forward, significantly expanding the company’s portfolio of science-backed ingredients across a broader range of health benefit categories. With this acquisition, NutriScience is now able to offer more targeted solutions for areas, such as bone health, cardiovascular support, digestive health and healthy aging. This further strengthens the company’s commitment to delivering clinically supported, innovative ingredients that meet the evolving needs of the marketplace. Additionally, this supports NutriScience’s ongoing commitment to expanding U.S. manufacturing capabilities, ensuring greater supply chain security, meeting the highest quality standards, and reducing lead times.

NIE: The company showcased MålTor at SupplySide West. What is MålTor and what benefits does it offer?

Yengoyan: MålTor is a patent pending novel taurine-L-malic acid complex that supports muscle health, energy production and overall resilience. This makes it ideal not only for sports nutrition but also to support healthy aging. As we age, maintaining muscle strength and mass, reducing fatigue and promoting faster recovery are key to staying active and independent. MålTor helps enhance muscle recovery, supports efficient energy production, and promotes power output, which naturally declines with age. By helping to reduce muscle soreness and promoting more efficient use of energy, MålTor offers a daily nutritional strategy to support an active lifestyle and ensure delayed onset muscle soreness doesn’t slow you down.

NIE: Please review some of the recent studies on NutriScience’s ingredients.

Yengoyan: MålTor is supported by a recent pilot human clinical study showing it can reduce muscle soreness and help preserve muscle strength after exercise. Participants taking MålTor experienced a significant improvement in pain threshold and better recovery compared to the placebo. These results highlight MålTor as a unique solution for muscle health and recovery, ideal for those focused on peak performance, active individuals and those focused on healthy aging.

KeraGLO is a highly bioavailable form of hydrolyzed keratin that is supported by a new human clinical study showing it works quickly to deliver significant improvements in skin, hair and nail health at both 500 mg and 1,000 mg daily doses. Participants experienced benefits as early as day 45, with continued improvement through day 90. The results demonstrate that even the lower 500 mg dose it effectively supports healthier skin, hair and nails, making KeraGLO a versatile option for daily beauty-from-within formulations.

Finally, we recently completed a large-scale clinical trial on our innovative, next generation GI (gastrointestinal) support ingredient ButyraGen and we’ll have exciting new science coming shortly.

NIE: Quality and safety seem to be important to the company. What are some of the ways that NutriScience ensures that the company’s standards are being met?

Yengoyan: At NutriScience, we strive to provide the highest quality clinically researched ingredients and continually endeavor to exceed our customers’ expectations in quality, safety and service. We are cGMP (current good manufacturing practice) certified and regularly inspected by both state and federal regulatory authorities, reflecting our strong commitment to quality and compliance. Our comprehensive ingredient approval process includes reviewing regulatory statuses, clinical research, food safety standards and utilizing third-party lab testing to ensure each ingredient meets or exceeds both regulatory requirements as well as our elevated internal standards. This rigorous process enables us to provide our customers with comprehensive product dossiers that thoroughly address their quality and safety needs when incorporating our ingredients into their formulations. It is this level of diligence and documentation that sets NutriScience apart.

NIE: Is there anything else you would like to add?

Yengoyan: Our highly experienced team brings many years of combined formulation, product development, sales and marketing experience, understands the unique challenges that brands face in bringing successful formulas to market. We believe that exceptional products start with innovative ingredients and that it takes a village to make a product a success. NutriScience’s unique consultative approach aims to support our customers through all steps of the process from ingredient selection to formulation, labeling guidance, regulatory and marketing support. We aim to be a true partner in innovation with brands looking to bring novel products to market that will make both man and animal kind healthier and happier.