Legacy supplement retailer GNC recorded slightly higher profits amid a continued erosion of sales as the company struggles to resize itself to match new market realities.
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The market for plant-based nutrition will move beyond single-source ingredients to synergistic combinations that strengthen the nutritional and sensorial profile of final products, says DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences.
Pomegranate and jacaranda seeds, both rich in conjugated linolenic acids (CLnAs), can be converted into powder form and used to fortify dairy foods like yogurt, say researchers.
The future of sports nutrition is in clean label, as brands work to improve their quality credentials and appeal to a wider audience, says a new deep-dive research report from Lumina Intelligence.
Beneo has opened its first regional application center in South America to provide a more localized approach to business and grow its market presence further, its LATAM managing director says.
It’s a global industry and there’s a lot happening. We know it’s not always easy keeping up with everything that’s happening around the world. The answer? Our weekly round-up of key news from across the globe.
It’s a global industry and there’s a lot happening. We know it’s not always easy keeping up with everything that’s happening around the world. The answer? Our weekly round-up of key news from across the globe.
Adding collagen supplements to a resistance exercise training may lead to greater improvements in muscle strength, body mass and fat-free mass, compared to training alone, says a new RCT from Germany.
It’s a global industry and there’s a lot happening. We know it’s not always easy keeping up with everything that’s happening around the world. The answer? Our weekly round-up of key news from across the globe.
Bogotá will join the esteemed global megacity list this year, thrusting Colombia into the catchment for the first time and presenting great investment opportunity for industry, says Euromonitor International's senior city analyst.
E-commerce start-up MyPharma2Go, which started as a portal for healthcare practitioners to bring in US supplements and OTC products to patients in Brazil, has recently launched a direct-to-consumer portal, thanks to Brazil’s shifting regulatory landscape...
Latin America's competitive retail space will see more consolidation in the coming years but this won't be bad for the nutrition industry, it should instead provide uncharted scale and reach, says the head of retail insight at the Institute...
In a Brazilian clinical trial, padel athletes who ingested caffeine showed improved efficiency in specific strokes compared to athletes who ingested the placebo.
Creatine monohydrate supplementation may improve biomechanical parameters of running, and may reduce the shock impacts, says new small study from Brazil.
Latin America's nutritional marketplace is thriving with opportunity thanks to evolving consumer trends and innovation advances but succeeding requires a digital-first strategy, says the co-founder of BrandHive.
Soy and pea are seeing increased demand in Latin America's protein ingredients market but it will be animal-sourced variants like whey and beef collagen fueling future growth, says Grand View Research.
In a study on 21 football athletes, researchers found that antioxidant supplements reduced oxidative stress, but didn’t do much on markers of muscle damage or muscle soreness.
Packaging must draw consumers in and make sense within three seconds, and whilst it's tempting to make numerous claims brands must stick to the essentials, says Mintel's global packaging director.
A burgeoning interest in fitness, sport and healthier lifestyles across Latin America will drive dietary supplement demands, presenting huge opportunity for new entrants and domestic players in particular, says an expert.
Supplementation with L-theanine may beneficially improve immune health status in elite rowers undergoing strenuous training, suggests a new study from Poland.
Sambazon, a company that pioneered açai as an ingredient in the North American market, has denied press reports that it was subject to a fine in Brazil for violating biopiracy rules.
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Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) has released updated guidance on its 2018 dietary supplement regulations to help industry better understand and implement the framework.
Supplement retail giant GNC will add an additional 20 stores to its Mexico network this year, despite some financial setbacks related to peso devaluation and import taxes, says the CEO of GNC Mexico.
Brazil’s world leading diversity of plants conceals another as yet unexplored universe—the vast number of bacterial and fungal species living within these plants in a symbiotic relationship. These organisms could be the source of as yet undiscovered active...
European birch water startup ÖselBirch has received interest from purchasers in Mexico and Brazil and one expert believes the product could work with the right entry strategy, but there are numerous challenges facing such a long-distance expansion of...
Consumers in Latin America actively seek out pro-environment products which, combined with all-natural and organic, will become an essential attribute for any company wanting to succeed in the market, says Nielsen's head of Thought Leadership &...
Consumers across Latin America are increasingly focused on weight management and digestive health, opening up plentiful opportunities for prebiotics, sugar alternatives and low GI products, says Beneo.
Benexia, a Chile-based supplier of chia and other plant-based nutraceutical ingredients, says the low market penetration of dietary supplement ingredients in the continent means the market has a huge potential upside.
Nutrigenomics specialist Nordic Group has found a Mexican lab to take charge of its genetic testing platform DNAlife as part of its wider goal to drive personalized healthcare in Latin America.
Nutrition consciousness in Latin America is rising towards maturity and DSM aims to grow business in the region by 5% year-over-year, its VP for human health and nutrition for Latin America says.
The multi-level marketing (MLM) giant reported that sales in Central and South America plunged by 10%. This is in stark contrast to Herbalife’s 15% increase in sales globally, with record sales in China and the rest of Asia.
Over half of the sports nutrition products available online in Brazil contain a botanical, with acai, guarana, and beetroot among the favorites, according to data from Lumina Intelligence.
Supplementation with carbohydrates and glutamine may mitigate the negative effects of playing sports or doing other rigorous activities in high altitudes, suggest Brazilian researchers.
If you want to stand out in the sports nutrition space, betting on chocolate and vanilla alone won’t cut it anymore. Here’s a list of up-and-coming flavor trends in Latin America: