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How Kerry tackles nutrition trends in women’s health, weight loss and longevity

As the nutrition industry is increasingly focusing on innovations in trending health areas of women’s wellness, healthy aging, and weight loss, Kerry tells Nutrition Insight how it uses clinical trials to address underserved needs and consumers in these segments.The team highlights its research targeting real-world health gaps and consumer groups, such as expanding women’s health solutions beyond traditional products, conducting trials in older populations for its healthy aging products, and supporting GLP-1 users with gastrointestinal side effects.
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Gut health champions: Tribiotic supplements, sweetening fibers & ultra-stable postbiotics
Rapid advances in the global gut health market are bringing forth multifaceted gut health ingredients developed to target more than one wellness area. Driven by diversifying ingredient research, innovation highlights range from stable postbiotics engineered for functional beverages to comprehensive “tribiotic” blends and sweetening prebiotic chicory root fibers. Nutrition Insight speaks to Ingredion, ADM, and Royal Cosun (Sensus) about multi-benefit solutions, formulation efforts to close the global fiber gap, and how the rise of ultra-stable postbiotics is unlocking new functional food and beverage categories.
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Lifesum partners with Calm app to connect nutrition, sleep and mindfulness
Nutrition and healthy eating platform Lifesum has teamed up with mental health app Calm to explore how behavioral insights across sleep, mindfulness, and nutrition can inform more connected experiences for users across both platforms. This includes studying how shared behavioral data from across these fields could better support everyday outcomes such as sleep quality, energy levels, stress patterns, and eating habits. Nutrition Insight meets with Lifesum nutritionist Victoria Strandlund to discuss how the partnership signals a broader shift within digital health toward connected ecosystems that support behavior change more holistically.
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Vitafoods Europe 2026: Nektium targets energy, cognition and stress with botanical trio

Anna Beltran, the R&D project manager at Nektium, talked about the company’s three botanical platforms targeting calm energy and stress resilience. This includes its Rhodiolife coffee concept, Zynamite for caffeine-free cognitive enhancement, and Vanizem for stress-mood-sleep cycle support.

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Vitafoods Europe 2026 review
The nutrition industry highlighted its latest innovations and scientific advances at this year’s Vitafoods Europe (May 5–7) in Barcelona, Spain. Longevity, women’s health, metabolic health beyond weight loss, hydration, and nutricosmetics stood out as key trends driving research and product development in the industry. Companies also presented sensory-driven delivery formats beyond pills and capsules for consumers who seek flavorful solutions that combine efficacy with convenience.

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Calorie absorption: New model calculates how much we take in through the gut
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A new mathematical model reveals that calories consumed are far more complicated than what is written on food labels. When food passes through the living microbial ecosystem in our guts, it may influence how many of those calories are actually absorbed. The digestion, absorption, and microbial metabolism (DAMM) model follows food as it travels through the digestive system, estimating what is absorbed directly or reaches the colon. It also observes how gut microbes help process the remaining foods that are either absorbed or excreted.
Clasado Biosciences partners with Prokopton to distribute Bimuno GOS in France
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Gut microbiome ingredients specialist Clasado Biosciences has partnered with Prokopton to expand its distribution footprint in France, which it highlights as one of Europe’s most significant prebiotics markets.  The deal entails that the Éguilles-based Prokopton will supply Clasado Biosciences’ prebiotic galactooligosaccharide (GOS) ingredient Bimuno GOS to brands and manufacturers in the French supplements, food and beverage, and pet nutrition sectors.
Lonza Capsugel’s Licaps Duocap demonstrates up to four times higher enzyme...
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Lonza Capsugel has published research on its Licaps Duocap capsule-in-capsule technology, demonstrating its ability to target delivery and improve protection of acid-sensitive enzymes in the gastrointestinal tract (GI). The study was conducted in partnership with ProDigest, a Belgium-based preclinical contract research organization.
Trace Minerals’ ZeroLyte electrolyte hydrates twice as fast as water after...
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A new clinical study conducted by the Hydration Science Lab at Arizona State University (ASU), US, reveals that Trace Minerals’ powdered electrolyte supplements ZeroLyte hydrates two times faster than water following exercise-induced dehydration, making it the first clinically studied “truly sugar-free” electrolyte shown to do so. ZeroLyte is Trace Minerals’ electrolyte drink mix formulated to replenish essential minerals lost through sweat. The formulation contains sea salt, coconut water, potassium, magnesium, and Trace Minerals’ signature full-spectrum ionic trace mineral complex sourced from the Great Salt Lake in Utah, US.
Sirio bets on longevity with science-backed ingredients in fun formats
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Amid a trend for healthy aging, Sirio built a longevity platform for daily habits that it introduced at Vitafoods Europe 2026. Nutrition Insight meets up with the company to discuss its take on longevity — science-backed ingredients in fun formats for daily adherence that are marketed responsibly.“We’re really just getting started,” Maria Pavlidou, head of Marketing at Sirio Europe, tells us. “It’s fascinating what is going on with longevity in different fields.”
Breaking news: IFF to sell Food Ingredients business to CVC in US$4.3B...
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International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) has today announced a definitive agreement to sell its Food Ingredients business to funds advised by CVC Capital Partners for approximately US$4.3 billion, representing an enterprise value-to-EBITDA multiple of around 10x. The transaction highlights IFF’s ongoing portfolio transformation, designed to sharpen its focus on higher-growth, higher-margin areas, while providing capital flexibility and enhanced shareholder value.
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Function & SuppCo offer biometric tests to personalize...
US health tracking platform Function recently acquired SuppCo (The Supplement Collective), which offers an app that independently tests the quality of commercial supplements. Function now offers access to SuppCo’s assessments alongside its own health screening service — which includes lab work, imaging, and clinician guidance — enabling consumers to more comprehensively track how specific dietary inputs are shaping their biology. SuppCo oversees “Tested by SuppCo,” an independent certification program that anonymously purchases off-the-shelf supplements and verifies their active ingredients through an ISO 17025-accredited laboratory. It does not directly profit from the sale of supplements.
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Sustainable Foods Summit 2026: Shaping resilient food...
Sustainable nutrition is increasingly under pressure as consumers demand more environmentally friendly health solutions, with the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development deadline looming, with less than four years remaining. Ahead of the Sustainable Foods Summit 2026 (18–19 June), Nutrition Insight meets with Amarjit Sahota, founder of Ecovia Intelligence, the organizer of the event to be held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Vitafoods Europe 2026: Spotlight on healthy aging, women’s...
At the recent Vitafoods Europe 2026 trade show, longevity, women’s health, delivery formats, the gut microbiome, and metabolic wellness took center stage. Industry players showcased new ingredients and consumer-centric formats to meet demand for proactive and targeted health solutions. On the show floor, Nutrition Insight explored the top trends in nutrition with experts from Sirio, Lallemand Health Solutions, Kerry, Rousselot, Lubrizol Nutraceuticals, and IFF Health Sciences. 

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Longevity nutrition: The next era of botanical innovationMay2026

Innova Market Insights data indicates that more than half of consumers globally find longevity very important and distinguish it from healthy aging. They also associate it with gut and immune health c...

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Gut health champions May 2026

According to Innova Market Insights, consumers show strong interest in supporting gut health, with 48% globally preferring fortified foods and beverages to improve it. Additionally, 53% of consumers recognize the connection between gut health and mental well-being, viewing it as directly linked to stress relief.

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Sleep & calm enhancersMay 2026

Consumers globally continue to prioritize mental well-being, with stress and sleep as top concerns. The market responds with a stable growth of 2% CAGR in supplement launches for insomnia and/or brain-mood health between April 2021 and March 2026.

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Vitafoods Europe 2026: Nektium targets energy, cognition and stress with botanical trio

Anna Beltran, the R&D project manager at Nektium, talked about the company’s three botanical platforms targeting calm energy and stress resilience. This includes its Rhodiolife coffee concept, Zynamite for caffeine-free cognitive enhancement, and Vanizem for stress-mood-sleep cycle...

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Vitafoods Europe 2026: Kerry looks to close clinical gap in women’s health nutrition
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Vitafoods Europe 2026: Inside Lehvoss Nutrition’s regulatory-first strategy for branded ingredients
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