Chicago, IL—ADM’s Board of Directors announced their fourth quarter earnings in a press release. Highlights: Net earnings of $504 million, EPS of $0.90—up from $0.55 in 2018—and higher year-over-year results for Ag Services & Oilseeds and Nutrition segments. ADM’s Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.36 per share...
Evanston, IL, and Pennsylvania—Eating red meat and processed meat drives risk of heart disease up, according to new research from Northwestern University and Cornell—and eating a plant-based diet drops that risk, according to separate research from Penn State. The study from Northwestern and Cornell, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, pooled...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Move over meat...more Americans are branching out and opting for “flexitarian” lifestyles, eating both traditional meat and plant-based alternatives—and, according to a report from data analytics company Nielsen, these consumers are ushering in a new area of protein consumption (1). The Nielsen report, titled “The F Word: Flexitarian is Not...
Sydney, Australia—“Everything in moderation” goes for good things, too. Branched chain amino acids (BCAAs), used for muscle building, can cause serotonin depletion, leading to overeating and depression—but not, importantly, because BCAAs are harmful, according to a study published in Nature Metabolism. Rather, a press release on the study reports, it’s...
An overarching trend in the dietary supplement category? Plant-based. This won’t come as a surprise, if you’ve been following the trends at all: as health and environmental research comes out, with all of it pointing towards the importance of plants, demand is rising. And it’s rising in unexpected places. This...
Note: The views and opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and contributor(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the publisher and editors of WholeFoods Magazine. Specialty food is the fastest growing segment in the food industry and at the Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco, California, which took...
Washington, D.C. – The Natural Products Association (NPA) is opposing a bill that Massachusetts state representative Kay Kahn is proposing, according to a press release. The new law would ban minors from purchasing certain nutritional supplements such as protein powders, thermogenics, and lipotropics. Natural supplements aid in health and are derived...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A new Fact.MR study projects that the nutraceutical supplements market will account for around $80,700 million in 2019, according to a release. Fact.MR says the growth can be attributed to increasing adoption of nutraceutical supplements as pharmaceutical alternatives, increasing healthcare costs and rising consumer preference for simple over-the-counter medicines, and...
PROTEIN POWDER Solgar® Spoonfuls makes it easy to add a plant-based source of protein to your diet every day. Three small scoops throughout your day gives you 20 grams of protein, plus whole-food and plant-based concentrates, nutrients and a rich complement of essential vitamins. With Spoonfuls, you can take your...
Elgin, IL—Amano Enzyme has introduced Protein Glutaminase “Amano” 500 (PGA 500), a protein glutaminase that improves the solubility of proteins at low pH levels, according to their press release. Ken Iritani, vice president, technical services, said “we expect this enzyme to be a breakthrough development for beverage companies wishing to...
