O.C. Lugo, an international source for high-quality nutritional and functional ingredient for foods, beverages and supplements, is best known for its extensive line of gelatin products, including kosher fish gelatin.
In Japan, gelatin producer Jellice Co. has developed and introduced a functional food ingredient that is said to increase the body's ability to heal itself.
For consumers who dislike the large size and chemical-like odor of most chondroitin and glucosamine supplement pills (often taken together to improve joint health), Renutra Natural Health Products’ newly reformulated Hydra Joint[tm] Total offers a daily dose of Cargill’s OptaFlex[tm] chondroitin in one tablespoon.
Erie Foods International Inc. and Murray Goulburn Nutritionals have added lactoferrin and GMP to their current line of fresh curd caseinates, caseins, whey protein isolates and milk protein concentrates.
Proponents of nutrigenomics maintain that understanding one’s genetic make up provides for more accurate dietary guidance. Here’s a look at an emerging science that already has made significant advances.
Prolibra[tm] Whey Mineral Protein is an ingredient that induces positive changes in body composition by promoting fat loss, while maintaining lean body mass.
Few who follow the dietary supplement category would argue that the opinions of many Americans have swung away from what, half a decade ago, had been almost unconditional support for these products.
The most recent USDA dietary surveys report that about half of women in childbearing years have iron intakes below the mean requirements and some 95% have intakes below the RDA.
A backlash against Ephedra has spawned a new arsenal of weight control ingredients winding their way into foods and supplements. New scientific evidence makes a case for some, while others continue to be controversial.
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