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Taking a Pulse Check on Heart Health

Consumers are educating themselves and investing to protect the body's key organ, today and tomorrow.

January 16, 2025

Richard Ortega, Associate Editor, WholeFoods Magazine

Industry experts discuss the current landscape, explore today’s support options, and find out which trends will dominate heart-health space in 2025.

What's New in Nutri-Beauty

Get the scoop on trends and emerging research!

June 12, 2024

Richard Ortega, Associate Editor, WholeFoods Magazine

To help map out today's popularity trails in the beauty-from-within category, we gathered insight from industry insiders and highlighted the trends customers are leaning into, along with the need-to-know science.

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Research Updates: Active Nutrition, Women's Health, Immune Support & More

Get the latest science overviews from companies in the natural products industry, including TSI, Bioiberica, Kaneka Probiotics and others.

May 9, 2024

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Natural products industry companies share overviews on the latest science on their branded ingredients to support wellbeing.

Natural Products Industry News Briefs: Kaneka, BGG, FrieslandCampina & More

What's new in the natural products industry? Catch up on the latest for Earth Day, Vitafoods, and more.

April 22, 2024

Richard Ortega, Associate Editor, WholeFoods Magazine

Read up on all the latest news in the natural products industry, including Earth Day events, Vitafoods updates, and more.

SupplySide West 2023 Show Preview!

We invited industry companies to share what they will be spotlighting at this year's show in Las Vegas. Check it out!

September 6, 2023

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

We invited industry companies to share what they will be spotlighting at SupplySide West 2023 in Las Vegas. Check it out!

L. plantarum DR7: Next Generation Probiotic for Enhanced Gut and Brain Health

Understand how the gut and brain work together via the gut-brain axis.

July 3, 2023

WholeFoods Magazine Contributor

Kaneka Probiotics offers an immersive look at how DR7 can improve the performance and relationship between the gut and brain, supporting mood and immune health.

Kaneka Cardio

April 3, 2023

WholeFoods Magazine Contributor

The wide range of supplements bearing the “supports a healthy heart” promise includes an array of ingredients focusing on several mechanisms. One of the newer and very intriguing offerings is probiotics.

Study: Probiotic May Have Positive Effects in COVID Patients

January 18, 2022

Julia Peterman

A new study has found that a branded probiotic formulation may have significant positive effects in COVID-19 patients. The clinical trial, published in Gut Microbes, used the AB21 probiotic formulation from Kaneka Group/AB-Biotics, which consists of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum strains KABP022, KABP023, and KABP033 and Pediococcus acidilactici strain KABP021. The study...

Kaneka Gut-Brain Probiotic Achieves Self-GRAS

October 18, 2021

Julia Peterman

Pasadena, TX—Kaneka Probiotics has completed the self-affirmation process to qualify its Floradapt Brain Lactobacillus plantarum DR7 as Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) in accordance with FDA guidance regarding independent GRAS conclusions, according to a press release. DR7 is intended to work along the gut-brain axis, promoting healthy brain metabolism by...

Study: Vegans May Have Lower Ubiquinol Levels than Omnivores

August 31, 2021

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Brussels, Belgium—Ubiquinol levels among vegetarians and vegans are significantly lower than those of omnivores, according to a new study conducted by Kaneka and Kaonkai Miura Hospital in Osaka, Japan. According to data from Kaneka, half of the 60 study participants were vegetarians/vegans and the other half were omnivores. None of...