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Webinar preview: Morinaga Milk unpacks bifidobacteria’s role in healthy aging and immunity

Morinaga Milk’s upcoming webinar will examine what bifidobacteria may mean for healthy aging beyond the gut. The free webinar, “Bifidobacteria and Healthy Aging: New Insights into Aging and Immunity,”  takes place on November 19 at 15:00 CET (14:00 UTC) and is open for registration.
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Next-gen supplements pair precision nutrition with consumer-friendly formats
The next generation of supplements is moving beyond traditional formats and one-size-fits-all solutions toward science-backed nutrition in simpler, more enjoyable formats. Manufacturers spot opportunities in targeted solutions, personalized healthy aging, metabolic health, and functional food and beverages. Nutrition Insight speaks with Sirio, ADM, Gelita, Lubrizol, Concordix, and Ourvita to explore how evolving consumer expectations are driving supplement innovations. They also underscore the importance of balancing ingredient efficacy and clinically relevant doses with convenience and sensory appeal. 
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Nitrosamine risk could become focus for nutraceuticals, says LabAnalysis’ Sharad Vora
Consumers increasingly expect nutraceuticals to deliver high levels of quality, consistency, and safety, a shift that may push manufacturers toward more sophisticated testing strategies, according to Sharad Vora, sales manager UK and Nordics at LabAnalysis Life Science. When a company develops a new vitamin, protein supplement, or other nutraceutical, it must evaluate purity, impurity profiles, stability, and batch-to-batch consistency, Vora tells Nutrition Insight.
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Beyond Longevity: The science behind healthier aging
Discover how science-backed nutrition is shaping the future of longevity and healthspan. Stratum Nutrition’s latest white paper explores clinically studied ingredients supporting mobility, cognitive function, skin health, digestive wellness, and more, highlighting innovative formulation opportunities to help consumers age healthier and live better.

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SupplySide Global 2026: Wecare Probiotics scales up production and launches CDMO services

Dr. George Zhou, director of applied technology at Wecare Probiotics, introduced the company’s new client services in research and contract development and manufacturing (CDMO), supporting customers with clinical studies and regulatory solutions for probiotic strains. He shared clinical research on gummies with Wecare Probiotics’ Weizmannia coagulans BC99 strain, showing benefits for immunity in adults and children. Zhou also highlighted the company’s latest facility expansion, which adds 500 metric tons of probiotic production capacity annually.

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Fi Europe 2026 preview: Health, taste and affordability drive ingredient innovation
From clear protein drinks and prebiotic fibers to natural colors and sugar reduction, Fi Europe 2026 in Frankfurt, Germany (Nov 17–19), will showcase ingredients addressing manufacturers’ biggest (re)formulation challenges. Our preview explores what some of the world’s most innovative suppliers are bringing to the show, highlighting concepts and technologies designed to balance taste, texture, nutrition, sustainability, and cost, alongside opportunities across functional beverages, healthy snacks, dairy alternatives, and more.  
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UK HFSS rules flag half of UPFs as unhealthy, versus over 90% under...
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A statistical analysis has found that the UK faces significant inconsistencies in how unhealthy foods are defined and regulated. It reveals that current food regulations in the nation categorize 46–57.6% of processed and ultra-processed items as unhealthy, while new nutrient profiling models developed by the researchers to align with UK dietary guidance classify more than 90% of these products as such. 
Danone signs Children First Declaration, targets childhood anemia with global...
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Danone has signed the Children First Declaration, alongside more than 50 countries, seven international organizations, and 20 NGOs, philanthropies, and businesses pledging to place children’s well-being at the center of their policies, programs, and activities. Danone is the only global food and nutrition company among the founding private-sector signatories of the declaration.
UK is running out of time on healthy food reforms, warn 68 health groups
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Sixty-eight health organizations and experts are urging the UK government to speed up food policy reforms to target obesity and improve public health, warning that the government is running out of time to deliver promised healthy food reforms.
US industry and advocates split on GRAS reform as Democrats win Congress
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Democrats’ win in the US House of Representatives and the Senate in the November 3 midterm elections could shape the nutrition and health agenda over the next two years. Democrats will take control of both chambers in January 2027, chairing committees that oversee the FDA.In the November 3 midterm elections, Democrats won the US House of Representatives and the Senate, signaling a shift and raising questions about how this may affect the nutrition and health agenda over the next two years. The Democrats will take control of both chambers in January 2027, gaining control of committees that oversee the FDA.
21st.Bio files EU Novel Food application for precision-fermented...
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21st.Bio has filed an EU Novel Food application for BLG Essential+, its bovine milk protein beta-lactoglobulin (BLG) derived from precision fermentation. According to the Danish biotech company, the product is less resource intensive than traditional dairy, which could help address supply constraints in the European whey protein market. The application, submitted to the European Commission for safety assessment by the European Food Safety Authority, follows the US FDA’s “no questions” response to the company’s generally recognized as safe (GRAS) notice in October 2025. 21st.Bio had self-affirmed the ingredient’s GRAS status in September 2024.
Biospringer outlines ModuMax strategy for healthier food reformulation
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The acquisition of dsm-firmenich’s taste modulation technology is intended to strengthen Biospringer’s reformulation capabilities, with early validation pointing to opportunities in dairy, plant-based alternatives, and reduced-sugar beverages. Following its acquisition of ModuMax, the natural taste modulation technology developed by dsm-firmenich, Biospringer by Lesaffre is outlining how it plans to integrate the solution into its wider ingredient portfolio, targeting manufacturers seeking to improve nutritional profiles without sacrificing sensory appeal.
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Fi Europe 2026: Cosun Ingredients targets GLP-1 and gut...
At the upcoming Food Ingredients (Fi) Europe 2026 trade show (Nov 17–19), Cosun Ingredients will display new food concepts that bring its portfolio of protein, fibers, prebiotics, and texture solutions to life. The company notes these concepts meet consumer demands and trends in multifunctional products, gut health, protein, and GLP-1 companion nutrition. Margriet van Gurp, manager of application and technical sales at Cosun Ingredients, tells Nutrition Insight that visitors can sample a wide range of concepts at the event in Frankfurt, Germany. 
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Taste and smell changes fuel cancer malnutrition,...
Cancer patients face unique challenges to food consumption that can lead to malnutrition and thereby reduced treatment tolerance and response. Experts at dsm-firmenich explain to Nutrition Insight how cancer and its treatment affect patients’ taste and smell, while calling for routine monitoring of these alterations, as they are often overlooked in clinical practice. 
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October in review: GLP-1 nutrition, pharma-grade...
GLP-1 companion nutrition, microbiome science, and product substantiation continued to dominate the nutrition industry last month. We explored new opportunities at industry events in longevity and women’s  and metabolic health. In our October review, Nutrition Insight explores some of the month’s biggest stories, with industry experts urging GLP-1 companion nutrition complementing drugs and stronger clinical evidence for menopause supplements. Exhibitors at CPHI Milan 2026, Italy, highlighted pharmaceutical standards as a growing priority for nutraceutical manufacturers. At SupplySide Global 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, companies showcased innovations in women’s health, longevity, and the gut microbiome. 

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Gut-brain synergy in focusNov2026

Innova Market Insights data shows that consumers increasingly recognise gut health benefits beyond digestion, particularly its links to mental well-being, energy and sleep. Global food, drink and supp...

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Next-gen supplements Nov 2026

Innova Market Insights data indicates that the supplement category grew at a 2% CAGR from October 2021 to September 2026. Vitamins & minerals were the leading subcategory for supplement launches, accounting for 27% of launches from October 2025 to September 2026. Dietary fiber and antioxidant subcategories had the biggest increase in launches.

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Brain health supplement boostersNov 2026

Innova Market Insights data indicates that concentration and focus are top of mind for consumers. Brands are responding by increasing brain health supplement launches. Europe leads brain health supplement launches at 45%, followed by North America at 32%. Vitamins and minerals are the leading subcategory at 31%, capsules are the top format at 33%, and citicoline emerges as an ingredient with great potential for innovation.

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SupplySide Global 2026: Wecare Probiotics scales up production and launches CDMO services

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