Minneapolis, MN—Taiyo announced that its branded ingredients Sunfiber, Suntheanine, Matcha and Teavigo have received LGC’s Informed Ingredient certification. This certification confirms that the ingredients are free of impurities and substances banned in sports nutrition products and therefore safe to be used by athletes without concerns of adulteration or contamination. “The...
Phenolaeis, in collaboration with Taiyo and Bioenergy Life Science, has launched First Date’s Date & Oat Bites, a chewy, on-the-go functional snack available for private label. Made with dates, palm fruit extract, suntheanine, bioenergy ribose, and raw coffee powder, the product is gluten-free, non-GMO, trans-fat free, contains healthy fats, fibers...
Japan—A preliminary study may have found a link between gut microbiota and female fertility. The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition, states that “fertility depends on a receptive state of the endometrium and hormonal adaptations as well as the immune system. Local and systemic immunities are...
New Delhi, India—Taiyo Kagaku India (TKI) has won the Functional Food Ingredient Company of the Year award, according to a press release. The juried award was presented at the India Food Safety Summit & Awards, held in New Delhi. TKI manufactures soluble prebiotic fiber Sunfiber. “TKI and its Japanese parent...
Taiyo, maker of branded ingredients Sunfiber and Suntheanine, has recently published two human studies on their ingredients. One study, published in Nutrients, was performed on 44 adults. In the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, adults took either 5g of Sunfiber per day or a placebo for 12 weeks. The findings: Those...
