NutraIngredients celebrated one decade of annual industry awards last night (May 15) with the winners of this year's competition announced at a VIP Party in Geneva.
Norwegian fishery and biotech company Aker BioMarine announced that it has partnered with Kilyos Nutrition to introduce its Superba Krill oil ingredient to key supplement brands in Brazil.
Norwegian fishery and biotech company Aker BioMarine announced that it has partnered with Kilyos Nutrition to introduce its Superba Krill oil ingredient to key supplement brands in Brazil.
AstaReal builds IP for Astaxanthin to support ‘next-gen’ beneficial gut bacteria The US Patent and Trademark Office has granted a patent covering the use of astaxanthin to boost levels of Akkermansia muciniphila.
The patent states that the industrial applicability is:
“The present invention is effective for increasing bacteria belonging to the genus Akkermansia in an intestinal bacterial flora and astaxanthin can be ingested in various methods. Increase of the bacteria (muciniphila) belonging to the genus Akkermansia in the intestinal bacterial flora can allow for, for example, ameliorating a symptom of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and ameliorating or preventing obesity. Therefore, the present invention is also useful in ingestion as a pharmaceutical composition.”