Natural specialty ingredients manufacturer, Naturex, recently unveiled its ultimine iron mineral, designed to answer consumer calls for flavor, function, and nutrition in plant-based foods.
The American Botanical Council has brought the climate crisis question full circle, with a new article that resists some of the findings from an article on the subject the organization first published a decade ago.
An upcoming webinar will explore the taxonomic changes to the genus Lactobacillus and the implications for brands, from labeling to consumer education.
New Nutrition Business, reveals that prebiotic fiber inulin is growing in popularity, leading the consumer trends researcher and provider to ask, is 2020 the year of inulin?
Nutrition innovation investors, Roquette Ventures, have signed an agreement with bio-venture company, Advanced Protein Technologies, to produce new human breast milk components for food, nutrition and health markets.
It’s been a busy week for the nutra- industry around the world: Stay on top of the global nutra-news with our weekly round-up of key news from across the globe.
Functional food and dietary supplement manufacturers have different options when it comes to using nutritious ingredients to address the worldwide diabetes epidemic, according to Tate & Lyle.
CBD has caught the public's imagination as an ingredient offering a host of potential health benefits. But for all the hype, CBD also courts controversy. To move from a trending ingredient to an ingredient trend, the sector will need to address some...
Higher intakes of lutein during pregnancy are associated with better behavior regulation in the children at mid-childhood, suggests a new study from Tufts University and Harvard Medical School.
It’s been a busy week for the nutra- industry around the world: Stay on top of the global nutra-news with our weekly round-up of key news from across the globe.
Nutritional progression will take front and center stage throughout LATAM as public consultations, models and regulations drive change, says a regulatory expert.
Ubiquinol, a reduced form of coenzyme Q10, may reduce lactate build-up and fatigue after acute exercise, and thereby help exercise performance, suggests animal data from Taiwan.
Krill harvester Aker BioMarine has received an A-rating for its fishery sustainability for the fifth year running, only days after an international report found more krill in its fisheries than in 2000.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arm for Latin America and the Caribbean receives the United Nations Interagency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of NCDs (UNIATF) award.
The oral absorption of omega-3 fatty acids can be significantly boosted using the AquaCelle self-emulsifying drug delivery system (SEDDS) without requiring a high-fat meal, says a new study.
It’s been a busy week for the nutra- industry around the world: Stay on top of the global nutra-news with our weekly round-up of key news from across the globe.
A combination of Rhodiola crenulata and Cordyceps sinensis may enhance training-related body composition adaptions in young people, suggests a small preliminary study from Taiwan.
The mainstreaming of sports nutrition backed by the ever-rising importance of online reviews and ratings and social media validation, are key findings from a 6-pack of sports nutrition sub-sector reports published by Lumina Intelligence.
Personal health testing developer Wellmetrix and ingredient suppler Royal DSM announced a research collaboration to explore a diagnostic platform for personalized nutrition.
Probiotics could be key in addressing malnutrition, according to Bill Gates, who calls the nutritional imbalances affecting around 200 million children under five ‘the greatest health inequity in the world.’
As world leaders adopt a high-level United Nations (UN) Political Declaration on universal health coverage (UHC) — the most exhaustive body of health commitments ever implemented at this level — we ask Agnes Soucat, a Director in the UHC and LifeCourse...
The nutrition and biosciences arm of DuPont is building its presence in Latin America through its plant-based and probiotics products. Daniel Borges, the company’s LATAM Sales and Industry Leader of Probiotics, Fibers and human milk oligosaccharides (HMO),...
Acute consumption of a flavonoid-rich wild blueberry drink may improve memory and attentional aspects of executive function in healthy children, suggests a study from the UK.
The sports nutrition world in Latin America is experiencing a fast-paced and seismic shift, which sees it move out of the performance, athlete-rich arena into a wider, health-centered sphere.
Supplements of curcumin from turmeric may improve endothelial function, according to a systematic review and meta‐analysis of 10 randomized controlled trials.
Plant-based ingredient player Roquette has released its fiber consumer survey results in a bid to increase our understanding of the perceptions around fiber in our diets.
Throughout Pan-America, schools and communities are celebrating Wellness Week 2019. Their aim is to “build healthy schools” to promote the importance of access to health for students around the world.
The path forward for the sale of CBD consumer products in Latin America may be constrained by high price points and the region's patchwork of regulations, but a few countries are setting the stage for a CBD retail market, according to Brightfield...
The World Health Organization (WHO) urges the globe to place more emphasis on nutrition in health as it has the real potential to save more 3.7 million lives by 2025.
As sustainability e-commerce platform, Denda, injects capital into its nutrition and health-focused brand, we spoke to the company’s CEO Felipe Parragué to find out more about its environmental stance and growth plans.
While healthy lifestyles, disease prevention and demographics all influence the vitamin and dietary supplement (VDS) segments in Latin America, adhering to price sensitivities proves a fundamental part of growth. We take a look at the region with Olivia...
A new study by scientists from California-based Evolve Biosystems has found that feeding babies B. infantis EVC001 along with breast milk may lower the levels of antibiotic resistance genes in the infant gut microbiome by 90 percent.
Supplementation with curcumin from turmeric may boost levels of adiponectin, a protein hormone with multiple beneficial effects, including regulating blood sugar levels and anti-inflammatory action.
As the development of front-of-pack (FOP) labeling continues to evolve to meet ever-growing consumer and market needs for transparency, we look at their prevalence and the current measures being explored to harness the functional food and nutrition markets...
Shot accuracy and muscle performance during games of tennis may be increased by sodium citrate supplementation, says a new study in nationally ranked young Brazilian tennis players
Supplementing the diet with a combination of different probiotic strains may modulate behavior in healthy volunteers, says a new RCT from Austria that supports the role of the gut-brain axis.
Nature’s Sunshine, a network marketing company that concentrates on the sale of dietary supplements, announced a plan to restructure its business in Latin America and elsewhere as it eked out a slender overall sales increase during its second quarter...
There is a heavy spotlight on how Latin American countries can tackle the contrast between the prevalence of overweight citizens and obesity in the region, its levels of hunger and malnourishment, and its rates of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
Medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs), hot ingredients in the dietary supplement space, may boost muscle strength and function in frail older people, says data from a randomized controlled trial.
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