New Zealand’s High-Value Nutrition (HVN) National Science Challenge and industry partners are seeking to establish two new ‘highly functional natural foods’ – Karengo, a type of edible seaweed, and Mamaku, a type of tree fern... Read

A modified form of queretin has been shown to increase muscle mass in a trial with teenaged athletes, opening up a potential new application for this antioxidant ingredient... Read

Researchers from ADM Protexin have published a list of recommendations for future probiotic trials in migraine sufferers in order to improve the body of evidence in the field, after they discovered it was impossible to perform a meta-analysis in this area... Read

After its sell-out 2019 edition in Copenhagen, Probiota will be heading to Dublin in February 2020. Check out the key themes and outline agenda for the leading probiotic, prebiotic and microbiome event … and register now for the three-day festival of science and business!.. Read

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) says there is no single age to introduce complementary infant feeding in Europe, citing individual characteristics and development as deciding factors... Read

A technical report by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) details safety concerns the Agency has for placing leaf powder of Moringa stenopetala on the market as a traditional food (TF)... Read

Norway’s Food Safety Authority, Mattilsynet instructs food stores to withdraw a Yerba mate tea product from the market after traces of a laxative drug were found by inspectors... Read

Probiotics, vitamins and minerals are under scrutiny by the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) as a governing body proposes their removal from a list of routinely prescribed remedies... Read

The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (CAFIA) is warning consumers to avoid food supplements containing excess mercury levels that are available on the auction site eBay... Read

An Israeli collaboration of investors, food and beverage manufacturers are launching a FoodTech incubator focusing on improving food’s nutritional value as well as advancing personalised nutrition... Read

Talk with product formulators and one of the big frustrations is that there are not many novel ingredients coming onto the market. Could AI crack open this bottle neck?.. Read

FrieslandCampina Ingredients has identified three global trends that disparage the one-bite-fits-all approach... Read

What's happened this week around the Nutra-Verse? Stay on top of things with our weekly round-up of key news from across the globe... Read

More than 29,000 members of the natural and organic food and beverage industry descended on Baltimore last week to showcase and scout products at the forefront of the health and wellness trend at Natural Products Expo East. Among the products exhibited by more than 1,550 companies, several trends emerged and others were reinforced, including all things keto, fresh twists on shelf stable staples, new uses for eggs and much more... Display

Digital ingredient exchange, Kemiex, has revealed what’s moving at the nutrient coalface and what trends are influencing the sector... Read