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[Extra! Extra!] Talking Food-Bev Ingredients With Dr. Alvin Berger
Nutrition Industry Executive (NIE) reached out to Alvin Berger, PhD, MS, Founder of Wayzata, MN-based LifeSense Products. Here’s more of what he had to say: NIE: Broadly speaking, what’s most exciting today about ingredients for foods and beverages? Berger: Twenty-five years ago, we knew functional ingredients like vitamin D, omega-3s, phytosterols, anti-inflammatory ingredients, “carb-blockers,” prebiotics ...
Bone and Joint Health for Gen Z and Millennials
Why formulating bone and joint support products for younger adults will help broaden their choices—and how to make potential lifelong brand devotees. If it’s not going to help their sex appeal, then they don’t care—this has always been the prevailing idea about supplement purchase motivation of younger adults. That is largely true—however, the newest kids ...
3…2…1…Cognition!
Brain health ingredients are experiencing stratospheric growth. The panel: Gene Bruno, MS, MHS, RH(AHG), Chief Scientific Officer, Nutraland USA, Irvine, CA, https://nutralandusa.com Jennifer Clancy, Global Marketing Director, Nutriventia, Mumbai, India and Westfield, NJ, www.nutriventia.com Nena Dockery, Scientific Affairs Manager, Stratum Nutrition, Carthage, MO, www.stratumnutrition.com Annie Eng, CEO, HP Ingredients, Bradenton, FL, https://hpingredients.com Leslie Gallo, President, ...
Ahiflower Announced as an Official Nominee for 2024 Earthshot Prize
Natures Crops International’s (NCI, Salem, NC) plant derived source of omega-3s—Ahiflower—has been selected as an official nominee for the 2024 Earthshot Prize. This nomination not only validates NCI’s commitment to environmental stewardship with Ahiflower, but also speaks to the transformative potential of regenerative agriculture in mitigating climate change, according to the company. The Earthshot Prize ...
Vitux Opens New Production Facility in Canada to Expand Smart Chew System
On August 15, Vitux opened its first North American location to better meet growing global demand for its Smart Chew system, which packages nutrients in a chewable jelly matrix. The new production facility in Windsor, Canada adds much-needed capacity to Vitux’s parent plant in Norway, according to the company. Vitux is the originator of this ...
The Heart of the Matter
Navigating the cardiovascular health category today. The panel: Rob Brewster, President, Ingredients by Nature, Montclair, CA, www.ingredientsbynature.com Annie Eng, CEO, HP Ingredients, Bradenton, FL, https://hpingredients.com Steve Fink, Vice President of Marketing, PLT Health Solutions, Morristown, NJ, www.plthealth.com Alex Goh, Head of Business, ExcelVite, Perak, Malaysia, www.excelvite.com Dr. Karin Hermoni, Head of Science and Nutrition, Lycored, ...
CRN Reveals Data from 2022 Consumer Survey on Dietary Supplements
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has revealed initial findings from its 2022 Consumer Survey on Dietary Supplements. The survey’s key findings show supplement usage is back to pre-pandemic levels. Overall, three-quarters of Americans report using nutritional or dietary supplements. The vast majority of supplement users continue to be regular users. “This year’s data shows ...
Talking Plant-based Ingredients With Stratum Nutrition
Nutrition Industry Executive (NIE) magazine sat down with Nena Dockery, Scientific Affairs Manager for Cartgage, MO-based Stratum Nutrition, and here’s what she had to say. NIE: What are the latest developments in this area, in terms of innovative ingredient types, taste profiles, applications, delivery forms and types of products? The main area where innovation is ...
GC Rieber VivoMega Increases Omega-3 Side-stream Recycling by 165%
GC Rieber VivoMega, a Norway-based global supplier of omega-3 concentrates, said it has increased the recycling of its side-stream product by 165 percent since 2016, with most of the side-streams sold domestically and delivered from its docks. This means more of its unused products are being put back into the food chain, all while reducing ...
Kaneka Presents Webinar on Reduction of Blood Lipids
Kaneka Probiotics (Newark, CA) will be holding a webinar for the dietary supplements industry. Dr. Robert Barry will outline the unique hypolipidemic attributes of specific, clinically-tested KABP probiotic strains. The company will also cover published experimental and clinical data demonstrating lipid reductions and mechanisms of action. The webinar is made available for scientific exchange activities ...
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