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As the global joint health market grows a steady 7 percent over the next three years, the category’s staple dietary ingredients and products are giving way to a fresh wave of botanicals and specialty compounds, bringing researched joint and inflammation management to a wider, active audience than those with aging bodies. Beyond Relief. “Consumers want products…
The head of FDA on Monday announced a goal to implement “one of the most significant modernizations of dietary supplement regulation and oversight in more than 25 years.” A quarter century after Congress passed the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA), the industry has thrived with tens of billions of dollars in…
Athletic and active consumers, including soldiers, are paying increased attention to cognitive health and function, including protection/recovery from brain injury. Much of sports nutrition focuses on muscles, joints and entire cardiovascular system. However, the brain is the control center, and athletic and active consumers are paying increased attention to cognitive health and function, including focus,…
t’s true cannabidiol (CBD) is a drug. GW Pharmaceuticals went to great effort and expense to determine the clinical benefits of CBD. The specific, single-entity chemical is considered a drug because FDA approved it as one, and that is how the U.S. regulatory system operates. The regulatory system also renders items as drugs based exclusively…
The world is half female. At least half of the sporting world is female; however, most products are formulated for men or based on research conducted mostly on men. Women are not small men. They are different anatomically, physiologically, biologically and biochemically. The biggest difference, and one of the primary reasons given for lack of…
Fatty acids belong to a category of biological molecules called lipids (or fats), which are generally water-insoluble but highly soluble in organic solvents. Chemically, a fatty acid is a non-polar long aliphatic hydrocarbon molecule chain that has an acidic carboxylic acid group (COOH) at one end of its molecule, and a methyl group (CH3) at the other…
In the past decade, products made with plant proteins have evolved to include a wide variety of flavors, textures and formats for every eating occasion. A broader range of consumers now seeks plant-based protein goods, particularly consumers under age 40 who eat meat but are incorporating other options. Dairy alternative, sports nutrition and snacks are…
Over the past few years, cannabidiol (CBD) has become a household term. Moms, dads, brothers, sisters and even grandparents know what CBD is. At the least, they have probably heard of it. Cannabis sativa L. is a plant that includes both marijuana and hemp. CBD is a naturally occurring cannabinoid found in the cannabis plant. Hemp has…
If you spend any amount of time around industry events or targeted social media pages, you have likely heard… “There are way too many brands today!” …from brand owners, brand employees, retail shop owners, and every other stakeholder in the industry. So, is there actually too many nutritional supplement brands? I mean it certainly feels…
As the variety of supplements, functional foods, ingredients, and bioactives continue to diversify to meet an ever more sophisticated list of health/wellness issues, it’s not surprising that consumers are beginning to worry if they’re getting enough of the specialty nutritional ingredients they perceive important for their needs. While 20% of adults don’t think they get…