Probar LLC, Salt Lake City, Utah, refreshed its companywide packaging and embraced Probar Base as a new name for one of its product lines.

Amazing Grass, Newport Beach, Calif., used Natural Products Expo West to showcase eight new products—including powdered supplements and nutrition bars—in its Green SuperFood line.

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Article 14 (Commission Regulation [EU] No 1160/2011 of November 14, 2011) expressed that its positive health-claim opinion about oat ß-glucan for cholesterol reduction complies with the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006.

Valensa International recently announced GRAS certification of its Parry Organic Spirulina ingredient.

Phytoestrogens primarily belong to the class of isoflavonoids and are plant-based compounds with estrogenic activity.

Indena says its olive fruit extract Opextan obtained self-affirmed GRAS status for use as a food ingredient in a number of food categories.

For the general American population, adopting a gluten‐free diet is becoming an increasingly popular solution to numerous health problems, stated Pam Cureton, RD, LDN in a presentation at the Food Marketing Institute's (FMI) 2012 Health and Wellness Conference, held in April in Orlando, Fla. Cureton is with the Center for Celiac Research based at the University Of Maryland School Of Medicine.

A natural supplement and food ingredient shows calming effects.

Can potatoes be the next functional food? Or a source of novel bioactive ingredients? New research and product development suggests that there is more to the common spud than French fries!

Two features first posted on NutraSolutions.com look at supporting research behind plant-derived peptides for blood pressure control and beta-glucans for immunity enhancement.