Taiyo and NutriScience have partnered to help food and beverage formulators take advantage of elderberry’s popularity, according to a press release, which notes that sales of elderberry grew 150% in 2020, as per the American Botanical Council. The companies have created ElderMune, a combination of elderberry plus Taiyo’s Sunfiber, allowing...
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...
Purdy, MO, and Trumbull, CT—INS Farms and NutriScience Innovations have launched Eldermune, a combination of elderberry and Sunfiber, in certified organic and conventional, according to a press release. Eldermune was developed by INS Farms and will be marketed and supplied by NutriScience. Eldermune’s elderberry juice concentrate and the soluble prebiotic...
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...
Kyoto, Japan—A pilot study has found that soluble guar fiber may improve both constipation and irritability in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to a press release. The study was published in the Journal of Clinical Biochemical Nutrition. Researchers at the Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine gave 13 children...
