Articles by Eric Munson
2025 NIE New Ingredient Awards
In 2019, the staff of Nutrition Industry Executive (NIE) magazine, was looking for a way to highlight the most cutting-edge and advanced natural branded nutritional ingredients backed by science. As a result, the NIE New Ingredient Awards were created. The 2025 NIE New Ingredient Awards highlights several notable ingredients launched since Oct. 1, 2023, for ...
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[Extra! Extra!] 3 Immune Health Ingredients Across Life Stages
As the immune health category continues to grow, Kaneka Probiotics (Houston, TX) is uniquely positioned to meet the clinically studied solutions across life stages, according to the company. It has three ingredients for immune health consisting of AB21 for children and adults, KAPB Mature Immune Defense for older adults and DR7 with data in upper ...
Investing In Immune Ingredients
Sales of immune health ingredients remain strong and are expanding to all demographics. Immune health is one of the fastest growing health categories and continues to grow stronger. According to Research and Markets, global sales of immunity health supplements grew from $67.39 billion in 2024 to $72.77 billion in 2025. The category is expected to ...
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[Extra! Extra!] 6 Unique Muscle and Strength Ingredients From Gencor
Gencor (Austin, TX) provides an array of ingredients for athletic men and women that cater to various needs. Maggie McNamara, vice president of global marketing, elaborated on how some of the company’s ingredients can help support muscle strength, growth, performance and recovery. Levagen+ Levagen+, a branded palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) ingredient, has been clinically proven to enhance ...
Improving Muscle Mass
Ingredients for muscle and strength are experiencing a holistic and diverse approach to address consumer expectations. The muscle and strength category has been expanding from traditional “muscle-building” to holistic muscle health including strength, recovery, mobility and inflammation management. According to Coherent Market Insights, the global workout supplements market is projected to reach $47.87 billion by ...
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[Extra! Extra!] Four Ingredients for Men’s Health Support
Cepham’s (Somerset, NJ) ingredient portfolio includes four products that can help support men’s health. Anand Swaroop, PhD, founder and president of Cepham elaborated on the science and health benefits of these ingredients. Furosap Furosap is a water-soluble fenugreek seed extract containing protodioscin to boost free and total testosterone levels, improve sperm profile and morphology, enhance ...
The Natural Man
Natural ingredients for holistic men’s health support. According to Grand View Research, the global men’s health supplement market was estimated at $75.09 billion in 2024 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.07 percent from 2025-2030, reaching a valuation of $132.13 billion. The growth of the men’s health supplements ...
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[Extra! Extra!] The Science and Safety of CuberUp
Euromed (Mollet del Vallés, Barcelona, Spain) has an innovative ingredient for bone and joint health, and pain and inflammation support called CuberUp, which is derived from cucumber extract (Cucumis sativus L.). Ester Risco, PhD, botanical medical advisor at Euromed elaborated on the science, safety and efficacy of CuberUp. She said CuberUp is well-suited for consumers ...
Freedom From Pain
Proactive consumers of all ages value natural ingredients to maintain quality of life with less pain and inflammation. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), when the body suffers an injury or infection, inflammation is a normal part of the healing process. Most people are familiar with acute inflammation where the skin swells up, ...
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[Extra! Extra!] Three PLT Ingredients for Healthy Aging
Steve Fink, vice president, marketing at New Jersey-based PLT Health Solutions, elaborated on how AprèsFlex, Strengthera and Nutricog can benefit healthy aging and longevity. AprèsFlex AprèsFlex 5-Day Joint Support is a patented, synergistic Boswellia serrata gum resin extract. In four human clinical studies, it has been shown to enhance joint comfort, improve flexibility, functional mobility ...
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