Functional Ingredients

Video: Raw Material Ingredient Supply Report

What's the climate like for suppliers in 2010 and beyond?

New Breakthrough in Women's Health

Learn how boosting your enterolactone levels with HMRlignan could promote breast and cardiovascular health and help manage the hot flashes of menopause.

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Podcast: Vitamin D researcher Dr. Robert Heaney reacts to IOM report

Renowned vitamin D researcher Robert Heaney, MD, talks to Functional Ingredients editor-in-chief Todd Runestad about the IOM report that advocates lesser amounts of vitamin D intake than Heaney says are supported by the research.

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"Vegetarian awareness"

Learn more about why the benefits of both a liquid and a vegetarian product appeal not only to vegetarians, but also to those consumers with specific cultural needs.

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The True Costs of Switching From HFCS to Sugar
On-demand Webinar
How much can switching sweetening ingredients (such as a switch from high fructose corn syrup to granulated or liquid sugar) impact costs for food and beverage manufacturers? And does switching pay off at retail? The increased ingredient costs are only the beginning.

The Science of Pterostilbene:
The next-generation resveratrol
On-demand Webinar
Agnes Rimando, Ph.D., Dennis Feller, Ph.D. and Jeremy Bartos, Ph.D., explain the science behind pterostilbene's ability to improve cholesterol and how it acts to reduce oxidative stress and promote anti-aging.

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2009 US Nutrition Industry Overview issue

Dietary-supplement sales grew from 5.8 per cent 6.3 per cent in 2008, shattering the prediction by some that consumers' falling disposable income would drown dietary-supplement sales. Overall, there were $102 billion in nutrition-industry consumer sales last year, the magazine reports. Growth slowed in categories other than dietary supplements, but remained positive nonetheless.
NBJ covers these and other 2008 sales and growth estimates in its 2009 US Nutrition Industry Overview issue.

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