Potent saffron extract launched into Asia-Pacific market
Madrid-headquartered Pharmactive Biotech Products is launching its Affron Spanish saffron extract at Vitafoods Asia 2019 in Singapore this week.
Leave homeopathy reimbursement system as it is, Germany’s health minister says
Germany’s health minister, Jens Spahn, says statutory health insurance funds should continue funding homeopathy “to the small extent they do currently”. Spahn told a Berlin discussion panel last week the…
All in the mind: Report highlight’s Asia-Pacific’s need for more mental performance products
Today’s knowledge economy is driving consumers in Asia-Pacific to over-index on mental work. As consumers repond to this response to this, global research specialist Mintel says it is witnessing a…
BetterYou breaks into 10 new territories in 2019
Impressive export sales at UK-based supplements innovator BetterYou are helping the company deliver record growth of 40% in 2019.
CBD trade group would defy FSA on Novel Foods compliance
UK-based trade group the Cannabis Trade Association says it would fight any efforts from the country’s Food Standards Agency to enforce compliance of CBD’s recently classified status as a Novel…
Vegans urged to supplement ‘critical’ brain nutrient
Vegans and people switching to predominantly plant-based diets could be at risk of deficiencies of an “overlooked” but important brain nutrient, a prominent UK nutritionist has warned.
Berlin Wall remedy is gift for ‘arch sceptic of homeopathy’ Ernst
Edzard Ernst, a former professor of complementary medicine and latterly vocal critic of CAM approaches, has fired a fresh volley of criticism at the Prince of Wales over his support…
Nestlé acquires personalized nutrition leader Persona
Nestlé Health Science (NHSc), the nutritional science arm of the Swiss multinational, is expanding into personalized nutrition with the acquisition of Persona Nutrition, a US based personalized vitamin business founded…
CBD Charter sets out ‘compliance pathway’, UK trade group says
UK trade body the Centre for Medicinal Cannabis (CMC) today launched a new ‘quality charter’ for CBD products, which it says will help “foster a legally compliant, socially responsible and…
Nature’s Way invests in personalised nutrition ‘game-changer’ Baze
US heritage supplements brand Nature's Way is to make a significant investment in personalised nutrition start-up Baze.