Authoritative Release of “Research Status and Industrial Application of Post-biotic Elements”

The Probiotics Branch of the Chinese Institute of Food Science and Technology invited more than 20 authoritative experts in the industry to form a review article on “Current Research Status and Industrial Application of Postbiotics” after many discussions, and to condense the “Five Scientific Views of Postbiotics”. 1. The definition and scope of postbiotics are … Read more

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National Standards for Tuna oil DHA

On July 28, the National Health Commission and State Administration for Market Regulation jointly issued “36 New National Food Safety Standards”, which also include “docosahexaenoic acid oil (tuna oil)” (GB 1903.26-2022), filling the gap of no national standard for tuna oil DHA. As we all know, being included in the health food raw materials catalog … Read more

Nutrition and Health Listed Companies Compete for “Limited Partnership”

Increasingly more listed companies are choosing to cooperate with investment institutions to set up investment funds as Limited Partnerships. BY-HEALTH has announced its participation in two funds this year alone, with a proposed capital contribution of more than RMB 100 million yuan (USD $14.9 million). In the first half of 2021, nutrition and health listed … Read more

Probiotics China News Bites – June 2022

In just 10 minutes on 6·18 Shopping Festival, JD.com’s probiotic products sales increased by 518% year-on-year. The group standard “General Principles of Probiotics for Food” was officially released. Japan’s Morinaga Milk Industry released multiple IR reports. On June 29, ADM released its outlook on the global human microbiome market, which is expected to balloon to … Read more

Probiotics China News Bites – May 2022

Novozymes released the “Pylopass™ and Helicobacter pylori White Paper” Morinaga Milk’s strain Bifidobacterium longum subsp. BB536 was approved for use in China infant food Morinaga Milk’s strain Bifidobacterium infantis M-63 has obtained FDA’s GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe). Vland Biology (603739.SH) announced that Vland Biology and ADM group jointly established a probiotic joint venture- ADM … Read more

Analysis: Filing of Dietary Supplements in China First Half of 2022

In the first half of 2022, State Administration for Market Regulation issued a total of 885 health food (dietary supplement) registration approvals, 134 of them are new health food products. CIRS conducted a detailed summary of these 134 new products, and analyzed them from the following points. 1. The Overall Situation of Health Food Registration Approvals Announced … Read more

Summary of Health Food Filing in the First Half of 2022

As of July 5, 2022, the website of the State Administration for Market Regulation shows 1483 filed health food 1483 and 54 registered health food in the first half of 2022. In this data, only Jamieson and Nature’s Care filed imported health food, demonstrating the strong activity of OEM enterprises and a lack of imported … Read more

Sirio Pharma Announces Agreement to Acquire Best Formulations

Sirio Pharma Co., Ltd. (Sirio) and Best Formulations, Inc. (Best) today announced that they have entered into an agreement for Sirio to acquire 80% equity of Best, a contract manufacturer of nutraceuticals and dietary supplements based in City of Industry, California. Best Formulations, founded in 1984, is a leading contract manufacturer of softgels in North … Read more

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Beijing Introduced Quality Management Standards for Sports Nutrition Food

Beijing Municipal Administration for Market Regulation issued the “Quality Management Standards for Food Production Enterprises, Part 1: Sports Nutrition Food”. This is the first domestic quality management standard for the use of nutritional food production enterprises. To better regulate the sports nutrition food industry, this document specifies requirements for the quality management system, quality and … Read more