“Take back your weekend” movements have somewhat stalled, as consumers’ mountainous in-boxes seem to get bigger every day, and double- or triple-income families are more of a rule than an exception. Customers are always looking for that next jolt of quick energy—but they want it without the jitters.

Watson’s BetaClear is ideal for beverages and other solutions when minimum color contribution is desired. BetaClear 15% SD F080263 is an orange-red, free-flowing powder of encapsulated beta-carotene. Upon dissolution in water, BetaClear 15% SD F080263 forms a colloidal crystalline dispersion.

LycoRed Ltd. offers new formulations uniquely designed for hair and nail nutrition, based on vitamin B-complex and amino acids. LycoRed showcased these systems, made with LycoRed’s proprietary microencapsulation technology, at VitaFoods Europe in Geneva, Switzerland. Consumers recognize that vitamin B and amino acids build hair protein and protect nails.

Already one of the world’s most popular fruits, mangos might also be one of the healthiest. New research, presented at the FASEB Experimental Biology 2012 meeting, not only suggests people who eat mangos have a better diet, but note that the fruit also contains a substance that could have an effect on breast cancer cell proliferation.

Blake Rasmussen, Ph.D., and colleagues presented a clinical study at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) Experimental Biology 2012 conference. The study was titled, “Effect of Protein Blend vs. Whey Protein Ingestion on Muscle Protein Synthesis Following Resistance Exercise.”

Prepared food and beverage processors can identify new weight management product formulation ideas in the latest tech paper from Fortitech. The article, “In Demand Nutrients Targeting Weight Management,” is available free by visiting www.fortitech.com.

Applied BioClinical Inc. (ABC) is a new bioclinical research facility in Irvine, Calif., from FutureCeuticals Inc., a company involved in the research, development and manufacture of fruit, vegetable and grain-based products for the functional food markets. Zbigniew Pietrzkowski, Ph.D., will lead ABC’s research efforts as chief science officer.

Baby formula that is supplemented with fatty acids in an attempt to mimic breast milk does not boost infants' brainpower any more than formula without extra fatty acids, according to a new review of several studies.

While the Mediterranean diet has been established as good for the heart and body, a new study has found it is also good for the soul.

The evidence of a growing problem in teens is already out there.