02 Jun 2023 --- This week in nutrition news, Bayer created a new division to deliver personalized nutrition and health care, while Abbott Nutrition teamed up with Real Madrid’s charity foundation to combat malnutrition in... Read More

29 May 2023 --- Lallemand Bio-Ingredients has received authorization from the Ministers of Primary Care and Public Health in England, Scotland and Wales to expand the use categories for its Lalmin Vita D yeast in Great Britain.... Read More

24 May 2023 --- Action on Sugar and a group of NGOs, including the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, World Cancer Research Fund and Diabetes UK, are today calling for UK Health Secretary Steve Barclay to release the... Read More

22 May 2023 --- French scientists have found a link between toddlers’ gut bacteria and a prediction of obesity by the age of five, predicted by Body Mass Index (BMI). The study evidences that the bacteria... Read More

16 May 2023 --- Several food organizations have signed a letter to the CEO of Nestlé UK and Ireland, pointing out that the way its new breakfast cereal inspired by the candy bar KitKat is marketed is... Read More

09 May 2019 --- Ingredia Nutritional has debuted Pep2Dia at Vitafoods Europe 2019 an ingredient to help prevent Type 2 diabetes. The dairy bioactive is the result of extensive research and collaboration between Ingredia’s scientists and LIENSs-CNRS La Rochelle University in France. Pep2Dia has proven efficacy on glycemia after meals. Pre-clinical and clinical studies support Pep2Dia’s action to reduce postprandial glycemia with a significant effect versus a placebo. Aurore Chemineau discusses one of this year’s show highlights from the Geneva event.

01 Apr 2019 --- Goncalo Real, Communications Director at Algalenic Labs spoke to NutritionInsight at Nutraceuticals Europe 2019 in Madrid, Spain on the company's microalgae ingredients. “We produce chlorella in Porto Santo island, where the ingredient gets all the purity of the Atlantic ocean,” Real says. “We use this ingredient to produce health supplements and supplements targeting sports nutrition. We also have products like shakes and protein powders, which all have microalgae as the base ingredient.”  The major area that Real sees a lot of consumer interest in is related to metabolic disease and anything to do with diabetes, heart health and sugar or cholesterol levels, which are the areas Algalenic Labs' ingredients cover.

18 Oct 2018 --- Digestive health was another key theme a key theme at Vitafoods Asia. The role for probiotics and prebiotics in addressing metabolic health syndrome remains on the rise. “Some of the most recent studies focused on metabolic health and the effect on things like diabetes, weight management and more. That is where we see a lot of interest. A recent study involved more than 400 studies given probiotics for more than 6 months. If you look at the build-up of fat mass, you see a significant loss in both the probiotic group and another where probiotics are combined with polydextrose,” says Anders Henriksson of DuPont Health & Nutrition, who presented at the Vitafoods Asia conference on this study.

19 Dec 2017 --- With diabetes becoming more and more of a concern worldwide, nutritional solutions are needed to address it. “Both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are becoming almost an epidemic on a global level,” says Troels Laursen. “More than 400 million people worldwide are suffering from diabetes. But besides that, you also have a very large population that’s in a pre-diabetic state where their blood glucose levels are at an unhealthy level.” Arla Foods Ingredients offers its high-protein premium shot ingredient to serve a high amount of whey protein in a drink format. It has worked with Newcastle University on studies to support a serving of this amount of whey protein’s effects on controlling blood sugar levels.

26 Oct 2016 --- Susanne Klaus of the German Institute for Human Nutrition notes a “protein paradox” when it comes to the surge in high protein diets and marketing. “On the one hand high protein diets have been shown to be very effective in weight loss and reducing liver fat content for people with fatty liver disease, but on the other there are epidemiological studies which show that a high protein intake is associated with a greater risk of diabetes or maybe even increased mortality. So these facts don’t always fit together.”