National Health Commission: Two New Food Ingredients Approved

On March 1, the National Health Commission issued Notice No. 1 of 2022, which pointed out that two new food ingredients, Guanshan cherry blossom and pyrroloquinoline quinone disodium salt, 11 new varieties of food additives, and 19 new varieties of food-related products have passed the review. Furthermore, there is a lack of sufficient information on … Read more

WonderLab’s Two New Products

Recently, WonderLab has launched two new products, Lutein Ester Sandwich Gummies and Taurine Caffeine Chewable Tablets, focusing on the health of workers. Lutein Ester Sandwich Gummies adopt the golden ratio of 10mg lutein + 2mg zeaxanthin, with special addition of astaxanthin and the use of embedding molecular technology to help better absorption. Caffeine Taurate chewable … Read more

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Latin American Dietary Supplement Market Insights

HPA-Global Insights’ host, Jeff Crowther, welcomes Francisco Jimenez, founder and director of FJS International Solutions to the show. Francisco provides an overview of Latin America’s regulatory environment for dietary supplements as well as discusses some news about Hemp usage in the region.

Innova Announces Top 10 Food and Beverage Trends in China for 2022

On February 16, Innova Market Insights released the top 10 food and beverage trends in China for 2022. 1. Amplified Experiences 2. Consumer Centricity 3. Premiumization 4. Back to the Roots 5. Shifting Occasions 6. Healthy Eating 7. Modern Anxiety 8. Planted-Based: Tailored to Culture 9. Specific Market Exploration 10. Collaboration for Success Innova Market … Read more

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Probiotics China News Bites – January 2022

AB-Biotics published an article in the Journal Gut Microbes, “Probiotic improves symptomatic and viral clearance in Covid19 outpatients: a randomized, quadruple-blinded, placebo-controlled trial”. P The first product launched by YuanQiForest in 2022 was the DuiCe SODA Lactobacillus drink. It adds the patented strain Bifidobacterium lactis CECT8145 from ADM. Thalys group announced that it has signed … Read more

Guidelines for Health Food Brand Endorsement

On February 7, the Shanghai Administration for Market Regulation issued “Compliance Guidelines for Commercial Advertising Endorsement Activities”, which not only clarifies the definition of advertising endorsers and advertising endorsement activities, but also specifies a list of 21 negative advertising endorsement conducts. Among them, the Guidelines stipulate that medical procedures, medicine, medical device, health food, and … Read more

Expo West: HPA-China Seminar

The association is once again hosting its annual China Supplement Seminar with partners CIRS, Informa, Early Data, TMO and WalkTheChat. HPA-China’s executive director, Jeff Crowther, will attend and host the event, which is FREE to the attendees of Natural Products Expo West. Due to international travel inconveniences, some of the presentations will be offered via … Read more

China: Current Supplement Industry Figures and Segment Patterns

China’s health food industry has grown steadily, from $23.5 billion USD in 2017 to $29.2 billion USD in 2020, with an average annual compound growth rate of 7.75%. It is expected that the market size of China’s health food industry will exceed $31.7 billion USD in 2022 . At present, the functions of those popular … Read more

Free Webinar: Latest Updates of China Health Food (Dietary Supplement) Registration/Filing Regulation and Practical Skill Sharing

Background In 2021, China has expanded the health food filing dictionary, some functional ingredients such as Coenzyme q10 has been officially included in the filing dictionary, also DHA and protein may be included in the filing dictionary soon. A series of new regulations are assisting the health food filing to a new stage. However, the … Read more

The Summary of 2021 Registered Health Food Products

As of December 31, 2021, the website of the State Administration for Market Regulation showed a total number of 190 domestically registered health food products attributed to 139 subjects, with no newly approved imported registered products. In terms of dosage form, capsule dosage forms are still the most common, followed by tablets and powders. In … Read more

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