Mounting research into causes of dementia and cognitive decline have produced the recognition that two of the potentially modifiable risk factors into these conditions are diet and exercise. In a recent study at King’s College, London 418 adults age 65 and up were tested every two to three years over a 12-year period. Results revealed that cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s Disease were linked to levels of neural stem cell death. Importantly, underlying which was low levels of vitamin D, carotenoids, and lipids

In response to consumers’ continually changing behavior, Comax Flavors introduces the 2022 Flavor Trends divided into four different flavor collections. Pizza Pizzazz caters to consumers’ love for pizza while Get Grillin’ addresses consumers’ interest in BBQ flavors. Trust Your Gut taps into consumers’ digestive health journey while Sweet Decadence spotlights consumers’ retreat to comforting sweets. Each Comax Flavor collection is comprised of a variety of food and beverage applications.

Brenntag Food & Nutrition, part of Brenntag SE, invites its customers, suppliers, and the interested public to its first Global Virtual Nutrition Event, which will be staged online on November 9, 2021.

The new vegan drink is made with 100% whole grain oats, and heart-healthy beta-glucans.

The new A88CBD functional waters are powered by Vessel Closure, a patented technology that stores the CBD and other active or functional ingredients in a pressurized chamber in the bottle cap.

Health is one of the 12 megatrends recently defined by the Future Institute in Frankfurt. It informs all facets of daily life and dominates entire lifestyles.

Ingredients that affect gut health are characterized as prebiotics, probiotics, synbiotics, and newly defined “postbiotics.” Ongoing research is elucidating the mechanisms by which these ingredients confer health benefits, demonstrating how trending ingredients such as fiber affect the gut microbiome on a molecular level, by interaction with microorganisms either directly or within intestinal cells. 

Snacks represent a huge and diverse market as eating patterns have become less formal. Consumer demand for physical and mental energy boosts through the day continues to increase. In combination, these trends leads to growing demands for snacks with energizing properties.

AIDP, Inc. said that BeautyOLIGO®, from Neo Cremar Co Ltd. (Seoul, Republic of Korea), was granted a Natural Health Product Number by Health Canada. Natural health products cannot be sold in Canada unless they have undergone an exacting review by Health Canada and are then approved and licensed with a Natural Product Number (NPN).