Some suppliers have long delivered safe, high-quality nutraceutical ingredients for the pharmaceutical and dietary supplement industries, but interest is growing among food companies. Some attendees witnessed this at one supplierís booth at the 2010 Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Annual Food Expo in Chicago.

BI Nutraceuticals currently offers more than 200 ingredients that have been determined as safe for use in foods and beverages, under Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS)--including acai, ginkgo leaves extract, American and Oriental ginseng root, goji berry, guarana seed and yerba mate.