Spring, TX—The Coconut Coalition of the Americas (CCA) has launched an initiative to make it clear that coconuts are not tree nut allergens, according to a press release. CCA will spearhead the effort to request that FDA revise the FALCPA Guidance Document to remove coconut from the list of tree...
Purdy, MO—INS Farms’ North American black elderberry ingredient Elder Pure is now Tru-ID certified, according to a press release. The Tru-ID testing certification “authenticates that the elderberry is the species we have identified in the polyphenol fingerprint,” said INS Farms CEO Devon Bennett. “This DNA test is the primordial step...
Gainesville, FL—New research shows that disease-causing bacteria compete with their human hosts for a key micronutrient: queuine, called a “longevity vitamin” by Dr. Bruce Ames in a 2018 study. The report notes that queuine's importance is becoming clearer as more research is done on the micronutrient. This latest research is...
The plant protein ingredients market was worth over $5.5 billion in 2019, and a new report from Global Market Insights projects that demand will surpass 2.5 million tons by 2025. Growing adoption of veganism is driving market growth: In the U.K., 16% of new product launches claimed vegan or no...
City of Industry, CA—AIDP collaborated with Nutrasource Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Services, a contract research organization, to achieve pre-market approval for prebiotic claims on PreticX xylooligosaccharide (XOS), according to a press release. AIDP is working to expand internationally the regulatory approval for PreticX; the company worked with Nutrasource to develop a...
Washington, DC--As part of its modernization efforts, the FDA has a new system for accepting and storing electronic submissions for new dietary ingredient notification (NDIN) and structure/function claim notification (SFCN). The new system, called the CFSAN Online Submission Module (COSM), has replaced the the FDA Unified Registration Listing System (FURLS).
London, England—People who drink red wine have better gut health, according to a new study from King’s College London. A team of researchers explored the effects of beer, cider, red wine, white wine, and spirits on the gut microbiome in a group of 916 UK female twins, according to a...
Japan—Mushroom consumption may reduce the risk of development of prostate cancer among middle-aged and elderly Japanese men, according to a study published in the International Journal of Cancer. 36,499 men, aged 40-79 years, who participated in the Miyagi Cohort Study in 1990 and the Ohsaki Cohort Study in 1994 were...
Winston-Salem, NC—Researchers at Wake Forest School of Medicine found that a modified Mediterranean-ketogenic diet could help reduce levels of Alzheimer’s markers, according to a press release. In a small pilot study, researchers identified several distinct gut microbiome signatures in participants with mild cognitive impairment that didn’t exist in participants with...
Coffee intake is associated with low risk of symptomatic gallstone disease (GSD), according to a new study published in the Journal of Internal Medicine. Researchers looked at 104,493 individuals from the general population, with a mean follow-up of eight years. They also tested whether two genetic variants were associated with...
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