Plant proteins and personalized nutrition, blue screen eye support and bacillus probiotics, and ashwagandha and adaptogens. All these trends and more were on display on the Natural Products Expo West/Engredea trade show floor. In this episode, Sandy Almendarez, editor in chief; Rachel Adams, managing editor; and Heather Granato, vice president of content, Informa Exhibitions; dish on the top trends they saw at Expo West 2017, including:
- Sports recovery with a focus on sleep and immune health
- Turmeric in tea for a relaxing beverage
- Respiratory care from probiotics and botanicals
- Yogurt—the fatter the better
- Chocolate with a story
- Quinoa in snack form
The editors discuss products and ingredients from these companies:
- Aker BioMarine
- Ardent Mills
- Berkeley Life
- Campbell’s
- Clean Machine
- The Epic Seed
- Europharma
- Gaia Herbs
- Ganeden
- Garden of Life
- General Mills
- Good Seeds
- Healthy Skoop
- Herb Pharma
- Jarrow
- Just Thrive
- Kerry
- LARA Bar
- Morinaga
- Nature’s Path
- Nature’s Plus
- NeoCell
- NOW Foods
- Numi Organic Tea
- OmniAcitve Health Technologies
- Organic Horizon
- Pacari
- Parabel
- Pukka,
- Sabinsa
- Source Naturals
- Solgar
- Spear Performance
- Stoneyfield Organics
- Theo Chocolate
- Traditional Medicinals
- TwinLab
Links and resources
- Ashwagandha Advantage
- Food Insider Journal
- SupplySide Editor’s Choice Awards—submit your product for the 2017 awards!
- Natural Products Expo West Coverage from the New Hope Network
- 2016 Expo West coverage from INSIDER: Image Gallery: Innovative Beauty, Personal Care Products at Expo West; Image Gallery: Supplement Trends, Honorable Mentions at Expo West; Image Gallery: 2016 Sports Nutrition Product Trends at Expo West