Functional Foods & Beverages

Chobani Launches Charitable Peanut Butter Flavored Spreads

100% of profits from the newly-launched nutritional spreads will go to childhood hunger and malnutrition nonprofit Edesia Nutrition.

09.21.21

Oat Milk Now the Frontrunner of Plant-Based Alternatives in U.K.

Mintel noted that oat milk surpassed almond milk for the first time in 2020.

09.20.21

DSM Announces Commitments for Social and Environmental Sustainability

The company seeks to contribute to resolving food insecurity, reducing emissions and environmental footprints, and improving farmer's quality of life.

09.14.21

Lycored Survey Shows Increased Consumer Focus on Beauty-From-Within Category

Since the pandemic hit, Americans and Britons have been more occupied on overall beauty and the role their diet could play in it.

09.13.21

Bio-K Plus Introduces Drinkable Probiotic Supplements

The Extra line of functional supplements feature the added branded ingredients Wellmune, Cereboost, and Cyracos.

09.13.21

Botanicals Appeal to Consumers with Health, Flavor, and Function

Food, beverage, and dietary supplement brands can leverage positive perceptions of functional botanicals to deliver holistic wellness solutions.

By Helene Moeller, Vice President, Product Marketing Flavors & Colors, ADM 09.09.21

Impossible Foods Launches Plant-Based Chicken Nuggets

Seven out of 10 consumers preferred the plant-based alternative to animal-based chicken nuggets in a blind taste test, the company reports.

09.08.21

Supermarket Layouts Can Improve Customers’ Food Choices, Study Finds

The location of healthy and unhealthy foods have a psychological effect on consumers’ shopping patterns, as quantified in a selection of stores.

09.08.21

Daily Avocado Consumption May Help Reduce Visceral Fat Among Women

While the same benefits weren’t seen in men, the ability to target visceral fat through a nutritious addition to daily meals is meaningful to metabolism.

09.08.21

Beverage Containing Lactic Acid Bacteria and Beta-Carotene Could Help Reduce Flu Incidence, Study in Japan Suggests

Throughout the winter season, supplementing with the supplement candidate reduced flu infection rates by 52% in healthy people under age 40.

09.02.21

Grape Extract Achieves Self-Affirmed GRAS Status

Bionap’s standardized cognitive support formula, Cognigrape, achieved the status through third-party firm Nutrasource.

09.01.21

Two Probiotic Strains Well Tolerated Among Newborns

A new study, conducted by the probiotics supplier Probi, involved babies as young as 11 days of age.

08.31.21

Low Vitamin D Associated with Increased Insulin Resistance in Obese Women

Obesity may heighten the likelihood of both vitamin D deficiency and insulin resistance through the same inflammatory pathway, researchers in Brazil found.

08.31.21

Flavonoids Linked to Improved Blood Pressure Levels with Help From Gut Bacteria

In over 900 participants, flavonoids were linked to potential protective effects on the cardiovascular system with a possible link to their gut microbiomes.

08.30.21

Yemoja Joins MIGAL Institute to Study Microalgae’s Effects on IBD

The four-year research initiative will focus on algae-sourced compounds that could have the potential to reduce inflammation and inflammatory bowel disease.

08.30.21