NutraIngredients NutraCast
Episodes
Biomarkers may hold the key for nutrition and health claims
13 Nov 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Biomarkers to measure the state of our health may hold the key to establishing the benefits of a dietary compound or ingredient, but more efforts are ...
The healthy immune health market
12 Nov 2009
Contributed by Lukas
As swine flu continues to grab headlines around the world, interest in immune health has never been healthier. Stephen Daniells talks to Jay Udani fro...
AERs reflect supplement usage patterns, says AHPA
15 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The adverse event reporting system for dietary supplements is an association system, not a cause and effect system, says trade group AHPA, stressing t...
Antioxidant methods vital for ensuring health benefits: Expert
09 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The implied health benefits of antioxidants are strong in the minds of consumers. Stephen Daniells talked to Covance’s Darryl Sullivan, associate di...
Probiotic guidance that industry’s ‘been waiting for’
02 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The International Probiotics Association (IPA) hopes that a new probiotics monograph issued by Health Canada will encourage other governments to provi...
Functional market won’t wait for procrastinators, says analyst
18 May 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Innovation in the functional food and beverage industry is currently passing the eye before the storm, and manufacturers must not hesitate to act or t...
Grand plans for vitamins
10 May 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Vitamin Angels – often referred to as the humanitarian arm of the natural products industry – provides the framework for companies to donate nutri...
Market expected to rebound from Hydroxycut blow
10 May 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The recent recall of the top-selling weight loss supplement brand Hydroxycut will further erode consumer confidence in the category, but the market wi...
Euromonitor breaks down functional foods and supplements market
06 May 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Euromonitor analyst Daniel Latev tells NutraIngredients-USA.com which categories in the functional foods and supplements sector have driven growth in ...
How the EU health claims process could impact US
05 May 2009
Contributed by Lukas
How will the new health claims system in Europe impact the state of play in the North American market? Lorraine Heller speaks to a leading internation...
Immunity claims are next on FTC’s radar, says legal expert
04 May 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Immunity is likely to be the next major focus for the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as it closes its fist over fraudulent dietary supplement produ...
Fierce clamp-down for swine flu supplements
03 May 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Marc Ullman, partner at Ullman, Shapiro & Ullman tells NutraIngredients-USA.com what is in store for companies falsely marketing dietary supplements a...
GMP inspections likely to start by fall, says FDA
29 Apr 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Although all medium-sized dietary supplement manufacturers in the US will be required to meet new GMP regulations as of June this year, FDA has said i...
Banker: nutraceuticals stay hot amid economic freeze
28 Apr 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Supplements and healthy foods are proving to be more resilient than other sectors in the midst of the current economic freeze. Investment banker David...
Playing ball in China's health claims park
27 Apr 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Lorraine Heller met with Randy Dennin, chairman of the Chinese branch of US trade group Natural Products Association (NPA), at Supply Side East and as...
Supply Side East preview
26 Apr 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Today is the first day of Supply Side East, one of the major east coast trade shows for the functional foods and supplements industries. Lorraine Hell...
Why omega-3 nutrient claims are important, GOED
19 Mar 2009
Contributed by Lukas
A proposed ruling to prohibit the use of omega-3 nutrient content claims would generate consumer confusion by limiting the ways in which manufacturers...
Reading between the omega-3 aisles at Expo West
18 Mar 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Shane Starling takes Michael Chubb, the sales director at Canadian fatty acid specialist, Bioriginal, into the organic and natural product extravaganz...
CRN: GMP blind spots remain
12 Mar 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The staggered implementation of America’s controversial GMP rules is underway and due for completion in June, 2010. For the Council for Responsible ...
Israelsen: 'You wouldn’t know there is a recession'
11 Mar 2009
Contributed by Lukas
At Expo West recently, Shane Starling sat down with industry stalwart, Loren Israelsen, to discuss the Obama effect, Senator Richard Durbin of Illinoi...
FDA: we will enforce GMPs
10 Mar 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been criticized for not enforcing Good Manufacturing Practises, but according to the FDA’s Brad Williams,...
What NutraIngredients-USA took away from Expo West
09 Mar 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Signs of the current economic recession were largely absent from the Expo West trade show in Anaheim, California, this year, with continued innovation...
GOED prepares petition for omega-3 RDA
06 Mar 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Omega-3 trade group Global Organization for EPA and DHA (GOED) is preparing to petition the US Institute of Medicine (IOM) to establish a recommended ...
Approaching Expo West
05 Mar 2009
Contributed by Lukas
As the doors open today on Expo West, the year’s major trade show for the natural, organic and functional food industries, Shane Starling shares his...
Petitions: The new tool to attack supplements
21 Nov 2008
Contributed by Lukas
The petition filed earlier this year by GSK in an effort to wipe out the dietary supplement category for weight loss is unlikely to pass. But it highl...
The biggest challenges in making GMPs work
31 Oct 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Many medium and small dietary supplement companies are still not close to meeting new GMP requirements, despite the looming deadlines. Lorraine Heller...
Supplements, functional foods and the era of tighter regulations
30 Oct 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Lorraine Heller talks to Danisco’s director of regulatory and scientific affairs in North America – Stuart Craig – who predicts an environment o...
Exploring the sweet future for stevia
29 Oct 2008
Contributed by Lukas
As regulatory approval for stevia and its extracts gathers pace in the US, Mark Blumenthal from the American Botanical Council gives his thoughts and ...
What is Section 912?
29 Oct 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Stuart Craig, Danisco's director of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs, North America, explains why Section 912 could have a major impact on the way di...
What NutraIngredients-USA took away from SSW
27 Oct 2008
Contributed by Lukas
The curtains have closed on SupplySide West 2008. Our reporters Stephen Daniells and Lorraine Heller share their thoughts on the major take-aways from...