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Herbalife reveals key market opportunities in APAC on the back of new record high for sales volume

Herbalife has identified three key opportunities in APAC's dietary supplement market, ranging from obesity to ageing after the firm saw a 23% year-on-year rise in sales in the region.

Seaweed and tree fern: $1.1M Māori-led research announced to create new NZ functional foods

New Zealand’s High-Value Nutrition (HVN) National Science Challenge and industry partners are seeking to establish two new ‘highly functional natural foods’ – Karengo, a type of edible seaweed, and Mamaku, a type of tree fern.

Scope for expansion: Digestive health still centre stage in India’s probiotic market –Lumina Intelligence

The Indian probiotics market is still largely focused on digestive and immune health, meaning there is huge scope to drive sales by educating consumers of their multiple benefits.

Trend Tracker: Hemp and CBD gaining interest in Asia, functional foods the key driver of Australian market growth, yogurt for skin health

In this round up, we feature the current and upcoming health and nutrition trends, including supplement firms' interest in Thailand's hemp and CBD market, functional foods and supplements becoming a key contributor to Australian market by 2030...

Boosting Indian competitiveness: Five major food categories to benefit from US$417m World Bank collaboration

Prepared and packaged foods are one the five key categories identified by an India-World Bank collaborative programme to boost the nation’s food manufacturing sector, which has now moved to the cabinet approval stage.

Modified quercetin facilitated muscle growth in young athletes, study finds

A modified form of queretin has been shown to increase muscle mass in a trial with teenaged athletes, opening up a potential new application for this antioxidant ingredient.

‘Top-tier evidence’: Major Australian meta-review backs EPA for improving mental health

Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), and in particular eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), has shown the strongest evidence for improving cognitive disorders, such as depression, according to a meta-review.

Curcuminoid power: Thai juice firm Tipco’s biotech arm aims for fast growth with new high grade ingredient

Thai firm Tipco Biotech is eyeing a revenue boost with its high grade curcuminoid that is expected to launch next year.

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A natural oral ingredient helps to prevent and repair skin damage caused by pollution

According to the United Nations, approximately 7m people worldwide die prematurely each year from air pollution-related diseases, with about 4m of them occurring in Asia-Pacific. The most damaging air pollutants are fine particles less than 2.5 micrometers,...