Beauty and aging are vital issues for women over 40. As a result, beauty-from-within concepts create new opportunities in the fast-growing nutricosmetics market.
Treatment with tripotassium citrate (TPC) leads to significant increases in bone mineral density (BMD) and improvement of bone microarchitecture in healthy elderly people.
It is not surprising that, in 2011, “milk and other dairy drinks” was the leading market category for global product launches with a bone/joint health positioning, due to the calcium content in milk.
New research funded by Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas Inc., and presented at the FASEB Experimental Biology 2012 conference in San Diego, adds to the body of emerging research on fibers, including additional support for the role of soluble corn fiber in bone health.
Collagen proteins support connective tissues, including skin, bone, tendons, muscles and cartilage, as well as internal organs. In addition to being one of the most plentiful proteins (about 30%), there are more than 25 types of collagen in the body.
New product developments for bone and joint health continue to remain relatively niche, worldwide. According to global new product launch activity tracked by Innova Market Insights in 2010, calcium and vitamin D are the two most widely used ingredients for new products for bone/joint health claims.
This two-article series focuses on the different nutritional stages of a consumer’s life. Part 2, this article, provides an overview of the nutrition needs of teenagers, Baby Boomers and seniors. Part 1 touches on needs during pregnancy, infancy and childhood. Please see the link in the article.
Calcium is an essential macronutrient whose primary function is the mineralisation of the skeleton (it is about 25% of bone dry weight and represents an average of 1,5% body weight). Calcium enrichment helps to compensate for diets deficient in calcium and
helps fight against osteoporosis.
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