Natural Products Insider

Sandy Almendarez and Alex Smolokoff discuss trends seen at SupplySide West 2019, including collagen everything, natural colors and help getting through the stresses of daily life.

SupplySide West 2019 offered numerous trends, highlighted by innovation in capsule and pill delivery formats and a continued focus on formulation for the e-sports and gaming communities. INSIDER’s Connor Lovejoy, assistant editor, joins Sandy Almendarez, content director, to discuss the latest trends at SupplySide West 2019, including: • A shift in philosophy for brands offering plant-based capsules and pills. • Pill and capsule innovation in how ingredients are delivered through a pill. • The interesting from brands to offer products for the e-sports and gaming communities. • How brands are no longer just looking to offer consumers energy but mental energy.

While supply chain players do a good job of keeping up with trends happening globally, the success of micro-markets and individual ingredients lies in the hands of regional consumers and that all-important regulatory red tape. Vitafoods Insights’ associate editor, Charlie Bastiaanse, joins Sandy Almendarez, content director, to compare trends across North America, Europe and Asia. This podcast will cover: • Retail-ready CBD in all its glory gaining traction in the U.S. market compared to Europe, which continues to face regulatory challenges. Despite consumer awareness and demand, CBD remains classified as a Novel Food with food authorities delaying reclassification until research advances. • Sweeteners and flavour technology in the spotlight, especially for CBD and omega-3 ingredients. • Digestive health is particularly prominent in Europe and across the APAC region, especially in beverage finished products. • Why claims and certifications matter, and how to adjust messaging to the confused consum

This podcast at SupplySide West explored several issues around CBD and the 25th anniversary of DSHEA.

Judie Bizzozero offers key insights into macro forces driving healthy food and beverage innovation in 2019, including plant-based nutrition, sugar reduction and sustainability.

Steve Myers talks about how the growing awareness of the importance of cognitive performance in sports was manifested in SupplySide West 2019 ingredient offerings.

Efficacious ingredients, human clinical research and product differentiation are all vital components of natural products success. They were also widely on display at SupplySide West 2019. In this podcast, INSIDER’s Karen Butler Sandy Almendarez discuss these and other trends Butler in dietary supplements and functional food and beverage.

At SupplySide West 2019, the great minds of the health and nutrition industry gathered to discuss large concerns that affect all businesses in this space. Heather Granato, vice president of content, health and nutrition, Informa Markets, which hosts SupplySide West and publishes Natural Products INSIDER, was onsite to cover these macro issues.

Brands need to show consistency of responsibility of oversight during every step—up to and including—the finished product, explained Heather Fairman, CEO of DF Guardian Consulting.

Jennifer Cooper, chief scientific officer, Savant Science, reviews how emerging science is revealing the microbiome’s impact on cognitive health.

Firmly established in the marketplace and widely recognized by consumers, beneficial bacteria have endless opportunity, particularly as research continues to reveal new findings. Scott Bush, president of Probiotic Consulting, discusses the industry—from where it’s been to where it may be headed—along with ways probiotics marketers are differentiating, tips for overcoming challenges unique to the niche, and more.

Jeff Hilton, co-founder of BrandHive, offers tips on how brands can effectively incorporate certifications without causing “certification fatigue.”

Ingredients ebb and flow in popularity across the natural products space; understanding the success rate both in the supply chain and with consumers is critical to finding the whitespace for market success. Unfortunately, data can be more challenging than one might think in the health and wellness industry. In this SupplySide West edition of the Healthy INSIDER Podcast, Eric Pierce, vice president of business insights for NEXT Data & Insights (whatsnextinnatural.com), and Evan Cobb, manager of client relationships, discuss suppliers’ needs for data to address challenging questions and bolster business growth. Eric and Evan will be presenting at SupplySide West in Las Vegas on the SupplySide Central Stage; their talk, “Real-World Best Practices: Suppliers Using Data to Drive Success,” takes place Friday, Oct. 18, at 1 p.m. (https://west.supplysideshow.com/en/Events_and_Education/session-details.html?SessionID=80) In this podcast, Pierce, Cobb and Informa’s Heather Granato discuss: • The questions keeping sup

Macro issues such as the aging U.S. demographic and the health issues that brings; an interest in transparency in the supply chain; and a move toward “tribes” related to wellness initiatives and product purchases are all impacting the way brands can connect with consumers in the dietary supplement space. In this SupplySide West edition of the Healthy INSIDER Podcast, Tracy Landau, president of MarketPlace (market-pl.com), and Megan Hook, growth strategy director, discuss new consumer research techniques they used in a recent study about consumer desires in the supplement space, including the use of video capture to offer qualitative insights. Tracy and Megan will be presenting at SupplySide West in Las Vegas on the SupplySide Central Stage; their talk, “What Consumers Want in a Supplement Brand,” takes place Friday, Oct. 18, at 2:30 p.m. (https://west.supplysideshow.com/en/Events_and_Education/session-details.html?SessionID=80) In this podcast, Landau, Hook and Informa’s Heather Granato discuss: • How the i

Kurt Schneider, president, Tech Bridge West, offers advice to help brand owners in the process of forming and establishing an effective contract manufacturing partnership.

FSMA swept in much-needed food safety regulations for U.S. brands, but many companies continue to struggle with foreign import requirements, notes Rae Martin, Continuum Partner Consulting. The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), when signed into law in January 2011, created regulatory requirements for preventive controls across the supply chain for human and animal food facilities. This unprecedented law better ensured imported products meet U.S. standards for safety, notes Rae Martin, president, Continuum Partner Consulting, in this podcast with Sandy Almendarez, editor in chief, Natural Products INSIDER.

Upcoming SupplySide West sports summit speaker Kevin Turner, Ph.D., the Carbery Group, explains why fermented ingredients are back in vogue and popping up more often in performance nutrition for active consumers.

Technology is having a profound effect on the supply chain, from how we communicate to the way ingredients are produced. New types of genetic engineering are allowing the production of ingredients not before seen in the dietary supplement space, sometimes without clear communication about how they were developed and commercialized. In this SupplySide West edition of the Healthy INSIDER Podcast, Dana Perls, senior food and agriculture campaigner at Friends of the Earth (foe.org), discusses steps that buyers and marketers should take to ensure they’re sourcing ingredients that align with their values, and communicating clearly with consumers. Dana will be presenting at SupplySide West in Las Vegas in the “Unraveling the Biotech Conundrum” workshop on Thursday, Oct. 17. In this podcast, Perls and Informa’s Heather Granato discuss: • How technologies like gene editing are changing how ingredients can be developed despite the potential for unforeseen consequences. • Which categories of ingredients are prioriti

In this SupplySide West edition of the Healthy INSIDER Podcast, David Foreman, science engineer and media medical expert, Herbal Pharmacist Media, reviews critical considerations when developing stress support products, including causes, health effects and nutritional solutions.

Blake Ebersole, president, NaturPro Scientific, reviews delivery considerations that are essential to a product’s success.