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Slide Show: Digesting the Market

The who, what, where and why of the digestive health market is just as important for product manufacturers looking to launch into the category as it is for established players. Datamonitor research explores who is buying what, where the hot markets are and what motivates ...More
February 7, 2012
Posted in Galleries
Fine-Tuning the Immune System

Immune health continues to be an important segment for consumers and industry, but only certain natural ingredients are backed by recent research. However, this growing library of research touches all corners of the supplement world, including basic nutrients, botanicals ...More
January 30, 2012 By Steve Myers
Posted in Articles, Immune Health
Why the Digestion Market Isn't Exploding

With all the consumer interest and need, it seems the market for digestive health products would be skyrocketing, but regulatory actions and distrust of health marketing claims has kept sales in check. ...More
January 17, 2012 By Sandy Almendarez
Posted in Blog
'Cobiotic' Patent Application Filed

NuMe Health LLC filed a patent application covering a proprietary formulation of its "cobiotic" product, NM504™, which is being developed for the prediabetic population. NM504 is designed to help prediabetic individuals achieve and maintain normal blood glucose ...More
October 31, 2011
Posted in News
Older Consumers Want ‘Modern Pills’

Those age 55 and older are the top users of supplements and the lowest users of functional foods and beverages, according to A. Elizabeth Sloan, Ph.D., president, Sloan Trends & Solutions Inc. Supplement manufactures that provide multifunctional products and innovative ...More
October 17, 2011
Posted in News
Stratum Nutrition ~ ACTAZIN™

Stratum Nutrition launched ACTAZIN™, a whole fruit kiwi ingredient for digestive regularity. ...More
October 5, 2011
Posted in News
Buckwheat Component Maintains Blood Sugar Levels

D-fagomine, an iminosugar isolated from buckwheat seeds (Fagopyrum sculentum Moench), helped to maintain healthy blood sugar levels, and also showed a prebiotic effect in a new study published online in the British Journal of Nutrition (DOI:10.1017 / S0007114511005009).The ...More
October 5, 2011
Posted in News
Postmodern Nutrition: Functional Foods, Beverages

The functional food and beverage market pulled in $39 billion in sales in 2010; but gone are the days when snack bars served only as a mid-afternoon snack, holding hunger over until dinner time. Consumers want their snack bars to actually do something … a lot of something. ...More
September 22, 2011 By Alissa Marrapodi
Posted in Articles, Immune Health, Sports Nutrition
Ingredients for Improved Weight Management

Obesity and overweight issues are not going away. Losing weight is not always simple, nor is it easy, but several nutraceutical ingredients have undergone research investigations that reveal some benefits for weight management. ...More
September 19, 2011 By Steve Myers
Posted in Articles, Sports Nutrition
BENEO Increases Price of Prebiotics

BENEO increased the prices of its prebiotic fibers, inulin and oligofructose, by 8 percent. The hike will go in effect as of January 2012. The company said the rise is due to inflation as well as rising costs in energy and raw materials—mainly chicory root in Belgium and ...More
September 9, 2011
Posted in News