India’s dietary supplement market will expand at an estimated compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of almost 12% over the next four to five years, with tech start-ups driving overall interest in health and wellness.
Major Japanese sports nutrition firm BodyPlus International has received BSCG (Banned Substances Control Group) drug-free certification for a number of its products as it seeks to boost its quality credentials in the build-up to the 2020 Olympics.
There is a great deal of evidence to link the bacterial populations that make up our microbiota to risk of developing hypertension, according to a new review that outlines recent evidence.
Consumers today associate the word ‘supplement’ with powders or beverages, more so than capsules, pills, tablets, and so forth, according to analyses of social media chatter by one marketing firm.
Supplementation with a single amino acid, L-phenylalanine, when combined with exercise, accelerates the breakdown of fat, according to a small Japanese trial funded by Meiji.
Vitamin manufacturer Swisse is throwing its weight behind the Australian government’s efforts to curb the country’s $8bn food waste burden by converting more local by-products and unwanted produce into supplement ingredients.
The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has issued a blanket ban on marketing and free sampling of infant formula in hospitals in Pakistan, following a meeting with Formula Milk Association office bearers on 26 September.
Athletic doping is a growing area of concern in APAC, with the Japanese Anti-Doping Agency (JADA) most recently issuing a warning about Anavite, a brand of nutritional supplements.
Probiotic strains found in yoghurts may help prevent complications associated with lupus, according to new mouse data that reports female mice given Lactobacillus have an altered microbiome and reduced symptoms.
Supplement retailer The Vitamin Shoppe has opened a digital platform in China, making the world’s most populated country its fifth new international market.
Singapore supermarket chain FairPrice has launched a house-brand low-cost infant formula range in the wake of consumer and government complaints about the rising cost of branded milk products.
More than 1,200 adulterants have been found in proprietary Chinese medicines (pCMs), which are the finished dose form of supposedly all-natural Traditional Chinese Medicines.