Chemi Nutra Hires Supply Chain Manager

Austin, TX Chemi Nutra, is proud to announce that Cassandra Heiden has joined the company as Supply Chain Manager. In this new position, Cassandra will be responsible for customer service, planning, import/export and domestic transportation, inventory management, and overall logistics, for Chemi Nutra’s family of proprietary, health benefiting specialty ingredient products, currently marketed and sold to the natural products industry. Chemi Nutra’s proprietary ingredients are widely used as keynote ingredients in dietary supplements, sports nutrition, functional foods/beverages, medical foods, and pet nutrition.

Cassandra has spent the past five years working in the import/export and logistics arenas, managing air and ocean freight shipments, booking shipments, managing freight clearances with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, managing inventory, and being involved in billing and rate quotations. Most recently, Cassandra was employed by Kuehne+Nagel, Austin, TX, working as Air Import Coordinator. Kuehne+Nagel is part of the Swiss owned global transportation and logistics company, a major player in the world’s air and sea freight business, operating in over 100 countries,

“Cassandra is a great addition to our Chemi Nutra team, and because of our continued growth as well as added regulatory requirements by customers, state, federal, and international agencies, this is a very important, functional, position for our future. Specifically, Cassandra will manage import logistics, customer orders, and logistics, including vendor quality assurance forms, involving our branded, patented, specialty ingredient compounds, produced in Chemi’s own U.S. FDA inspected plants in Italy and Brazil – all of which will add speed and efficiency to our businesses,” said Scott Hagerman, President of Chemi Nutra.

Chemi Nutra is the US business unit of parent company Chemi S.p.A., a privately held pharmaceutical and nutraceutical company based in Milan, Italy. Chemi, with cGMP certified

manufacturing facilities in Italy and Brazil, is best known in the global nutritional arena for its introduction of SerinAid® PhosphatidylSerine (PS) and AlphaSize® Alpha-Glyceryl Phosphoryl

Choline (A-GPC), widely used, patented, health benefiting dietary supplement ingredient compounds used to enhance learning, memory, and concentration, exercise performance, power output, youthful wellbeing, and to reduce stress.

AlphaSize Shown To Increase Lower Body Force Production After 6 Days Of Supplementation

Advantageous For Speed And Power Athletes

A study just published in the prestigious Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition (JISSN) proves that the oral consumption of AlphaSize® Alpha-Glyceryl Phosphoryl (A-GPC), the only patented, full GRAS (GRN 000419) A-GPC ingredient compound in existence, is effective in increasing lower body force production after only six days of supplementation.

Athletes, sport performance coaches, and individuals are keenly interested in facilitating neuromuscular adaptations that can translate to faster reaction time, and increased speed and strength. Alpha-GPC is a well-studied, potent, choline donor for acetylcholine biosynthesis, the primary neurotransmitter that resides in the motor neuron which controls speed of muscle contraction – hence muscular power output.

Exhaustive and repeated exercise can compromise motor neuron activity at the neuromuscular junction, and it is believed that motor neurons cannot manufacture and release acetylcholine fast enough to maintain transmission of the action potential from the motor neurons to the muscles. In recent years, the theory that peripheral signaling fatigue is a primary contributing factor to muscular fatigue and loss of strength has gained much support in the scientific community.

In this randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, crossover study led by David Bellar, PhD, University of Louisiana-Lafayette, along with co-workers, involved 13 college aged males, who were engaged in resistance exercise bouts consisting of isometric mid-thigh pulls in a squat cage (Rogue Fitness, Columbus, OH) on a force platform (Advanced Materials Technologies, Inc., Watertown, MA) as well as upper body isometric tests against a high frequency load cell (iLoad Pro, Loadstar Sensors, Fremont, CA). The goal of the study was to determine whether six days supplementation with 600 mg Alpha-GPC (AlphaSize®) would provide greater change in lower and upper body baseline force production.

For the lower body test, Alpha-GPC treatment resulted in significantly greater isometric mid-thigh pull peak force change from baseline (p=0.044) compared to placebo. For the upper body test, Alpha-GPC treatment trended towards greater change from baseline force production but failed to obtain statistical significance (p=0.127). The data demonstrated a large effect size, suggesting the variability of subject’s upper body strength limited statistical power, however, it is likely that a real effect exists for this upper body strength data.

Applying magnitude based inference suggests that Alpha-GPC was 68.3% likely beneficial for increasing upper body isometric force, and 86.5% likely beneficial for increasing lower body isometric force production. “Chemi Nutra continues to explore how its branded, patented, AlphaSize® Alpha-Glyceryl Phosphoryl Choline (A-GPC) can improve exercise performance, by focusing on its powerful role in facilitating explosive power output, speeding up reaction time, improving jumping ability, improving eye-hand coordination, and of course improving all cognitive measure – focus, memory, learning, and recall.”

“Now we have a number of university studies that demonstrate just how powerful Alpha-GPC can be for individuals engaged in various exercise regimens. Currently we have evidence from other research studies that our Alpha-GPC can be more effective than caffeine in a number of performance outcome measures, and this is important for youth and adults who want to avoid caffeine or reduce their caffeine use, and for those who exercise in the evening, for example,” said Scott Hagerman, President of Chemi Nutra, sponsor of the study, and global leader in production, research, and intellectual property surrounding Alpha-GPC.

About Chemi Nutra
Chemi Nutra is the US business unit of parent company Chemi S.p.A., a privately held pharmaceutical and nutraceutical company based in Milan, Italy. Chemi, with cGMP certified manufacturing facilities in Italy and Brazil, is best known in the global nutritional arena for its introduction of SerinAid® PhosphatidylSerine (PS) and AlphaSize® Alpha-Glyceryl Phosphoryl Choline (A-GPC), widely used, patented, health benefiting dietary supplement ingredient compounds used to enhance learning, memory, and concentration, exercise performance, power output, youthful wellbeing, and to reduce stress.

Sports & Motion Special

The latest Branded Ingredients Sports & Motions newsletter contains articles of:

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More innovative ingredients can be found in the Sports or Musculoskeletal Health categories.

Vitamin K2 – New Findings & Trends for Heart and Bone Health

As a leading ingredients innovator, PLT Health Solution’s priorities lie in delivering high-quality, scientifically-supported ingredients and impactful solutions. At this year’s Supply Side West Global Conference & Expo, PLT Health Solutions proudly sponsored a first-of-its-kind workshop on Vitamin K2 which provided new science and insights to its captive audience.

The well attended workshop entitled, “Vitamin K2: New Findings & Trends for Heart and Bone Health” featured world renowned experts on the topic of Vitamin K2 and its effects on global health.

  • Dennis Goodman, MD, Cardiologist, Director of Integrative Medicine at New York University, and author, presented “Vitamin K2’s Impact on Heart Health: Changing the Standard of Care”.
  • Ted Reid, Ph.D., professor at Texas Tech, presented “New Discoveries in Vitamin K2 Function- Neurons, Muscle Health and Energy Output”.
  • Leon Schurgers, PhD, Associate Professor of Biochemistry at University Maastricht and CARIM (the Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht), presented “Vitamin K2: Key Vitamin in Controlling Vascular Calcification”.
  • Katarzyna Maresz, PhD, President of the International Science and Health Foundation presented“Vitamin K2 Essential for Children’s Bone Health”.

You can now view this in demand workshop here:

Brain Health Special

The latest Branded Ingredients newsletter contains articles about Brain Health of:

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New Published Study Further Displays Benefits of BLIS K12

Dunedin, New Zealand and Saint Charles, MO USA – BLIS Technologies and Stratum Nutrition announce the recent publication in the International Journal of General Medicine (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S92488)

[1] of a new clinical study in children evaluating the upper respiratory immune health benefits of the probiotic, BLIS K12®. The new results confirm and extend earlier findings in both children and adults, establishing the importance of a healthy oral cavity microbiome and demonstrating the striking benefits of BLIS K12® supplementation in improving resistance to both bacterial and viral pathogens.[2],[3],[4]

Daily supplementation with Streptococcus salivarius BLIS K12® was tested in reducing the incidence of otitis media (middle ear infection) -a frequently encountered bacterial or viral condition in pediatric populations, affecting approximately 80% of all children at some point during childhood. A common repercussion of acute otitis media (AOM) and a lingering problem in some children is secretory otitis media (SOM), an asymptomatic inflammatory condition characterized by persistent fluid in the middle ear cavity. If left untreated it can lead to hearing-related complications.

In this pilot study, conducted by a Milan, Italy-based research team, 22 children ages 3-9 years old with a recent history of AOM and fluid in one or both ears for at least 2 months were selected for participation in the study.  All of the children finished the study with no reported side effects. They were each administered a once daily chewable lozenge containing BLIS K12® for of 90 days. During that time period, the rate of AOM infections (number of episodes per month per child) dropped by over 40% (p<0.05) when compared to diagnosed infections from the prior 12 months. In addition, there was a 50-60% improvement in specific measurements for hearing (p<0.01) as well as an approximate 40% improvement in the appearance of the ear canal and eardrum (p<0.05), including reductions in fluid buildup in the middle ear.

The results of this study also reconfirm the excellent safety profile of BLIS K12® in children and show for the first time, a beneficial effect in children with a history of chronic middle ear asymptomatic ear infections.

BLIS K12® is a unique strain of Streptococcus salivarius, a bacterial species commonly found in the oral cavity of healthy individuals. Supporting a beneficial microbiome in the oral cavity through BLIS K12® supplementation can be one of the best ways to maintain continued optimal upper respiratory health. For more information on these studies, please contact Dr. Joseph Evans at Joseph.Evans@StratumNutrition.com.

About Us

BLIS Technologies is the manufacturer of oral probiotic products based on the natural human mouth bacterium Streptococcus salivariusStratum Nutrition is the exclusive North American distributor of BLIS probiotic products including BLIS K12 and BLIS M18.  BLIS K12® is a probiotic member of the bacterial species Streptococcus salivarius developed in Dunedin, New Zealand for the support of oral health. Visit http://www.stratumnutrition.com/ingredients/blis-k12/ for more information on BLIS K12.

References

  1. Di Pierro F et al (2015) Int J Gen Med 8:303-308
  2. Di Pierro F et al (2012) Int J Gen Med 5:991-997
  3. Di Pierro F et al (2014) Drug, Healthc Patient Saf 6:15-20
  4. Di Pierro F et al (2013) Exp Opin BIol Ther 13:339-343

Fytexia Takes New Step in US Extension by Joining American Herbal Products Association (AHPA)

AHPA_MemberFollowing a strong growth of its business in the States in the past few years, Fytexia decided to increase its involvement in the industry by signing-up as an Active Member of the American Herbal Products Association.

The company intends to contribute to ongoing changes that will affect the future of the US herbal industry, where its presence has significantly extended since the set-up of Fytexia Corp. in New York City in 2013. Fytexia’s clinically proven ingredients from fruit & vegetables polyphenols can now be found in several leading supplement brands distributed through multiple distribution channels across the country.

According to Lionel Schmitt, President and CEO of Fytexia, “the AHPA is a key influencer on questions related to science, regulations and communication on botanical products, which makes it the perfect fit for us. In order to secure a healthy growth of our business in the US, it’s critical that consumers keep access to high-quality herbal products, and that they can trust labels and claims on those products. We look forward to contributing to that mission within the Association.”

PLT Health Solutions Launches Transparency & Trust Building Initiative for Ingredient Portfolio

PLT360™ Combines Programs that Focus On Ingredient Integrity, Quality Assurance, Sustainability and Efficacy to Help Customers Build Trust with Consumers & Strong Brands

MORRISTOWN, NJ – PLT Health Solutions, Inc. announced today that it has launched a formal transparency and trust-building initiative for its ingredient portfolio. The initiative is designed to support emerging opportunities for food, beverage and supplements companies that can deliver assured ingredient quality, demonstrable efficacy, and clean labels in consumer products. Called PLT360, the initiative has a major quality assurance component that focuses on Ingredient Integrity and Quality Compliance. It also includes programs that focus on Sustainability and Efficacy. The process framework of PLT360 is designed to build value into PLT’s ingredients that can be transferred by consumer products companies through their own products into the market – building trust and also responding to important and emerging consumer preferences. PLT started the ingredient review process with some of its flagship brands this summer and will continue the review through 2016.

According to Devin Stagg, VP, Strategy & Business Development at PLT Health Solutions, changing markets create new opportunities for forward-thinking companies. “The natural ingredients market is very active right now – with consumers demanding ingredients they can trust in cleaner, simpler, healthier formulations and increased scrutiny on quality and claims. PLT360 is a recognition that ‘best-in-class’ ingredient solutions go beyond the demands for traceability, ingredient identification and quality compliance. They must also be efficacious and sustainable,” he said. “PLT360 examines every aspect of an ingredient that we supply in an effort to provide transparency with our operations, build trust with the health & well-being community and, together with them, support healthier, happier lives for the consumers we serve. The program is designed to create a new type of value for consumers and as a way to differentiate ingredients that build brands and win market share,” he added.

A Four-Pillar Framework

The four main pillars, or activity areas, of PLT360 are Integrity, Quality, Sustainability and Efficacy.

Ingredient Integrity is an important first step in the PLT360 program. It involves source traceability, an identification process that verifies chemical/physical makeup, and a baseline safety analysis that starts with raw materials and ends when the materials are used by consumers. It also includes verification of important qualifiers like GMO, organic and other certifications. Ingredients in the PLT360 program will be ID Verified™ by a 3rd party source.

The Quality pillar of PLT360 encompasses every international quality assurance and compliance standard that is important to PLT customers – GMP, FDA, USP and more. With a baseline program that focuses on meeting a specification each and every time for all of the company’s ingredients, Quality at PLT will examine the regulatory and quality program requirements in each region the company serves and work closely with the Quality programs at each individual customer to help them reach their goals for their own businesses. An important part of PLT’s Quality pillar is a robust supplier evaluation and monitoring process – as the company sources ingredients that are produced on 5 continents. In many instances, PLT works consultatively with its customers and ingredient manufacturers in aligning quality processes and requirements.

According to PLT, strong consumer brands of the future will be built on sustainable ingredients. The Sustainability pillar of PLT360 strives to improve the impact of an ingredient’s harvesting, manufacturing and delivery on the Earth’s environment and the lives of the people who are involved with its production. Programs related to this pillar include an Ethical Sourcing Review and the examination of the environmental impact of manufacturing processes. PLT preferentially selects sustainable ingredients to bring to market.

The Efficacy pillar of PLT360 places an emphasis on delivering high levels of efficacy and the most positive consumer experience in each ingredient class the company offers. Premium ingredients offered for sale by PLT Health Solutions receives a baseline scientific evaluation to ensure that it offers best-in-class efficacy. For many ingredients, PLT conducts a multi-targeted, on-going program of scientific evaluation to support customer marketing activities and develop differentiation and intellectual property. Scientific dossiers and 3rd party reviews are a part of PLT’s Efficacy efforts. An important component of PLT’s scientific support of ingredients is the company’s ability to translate research into commercially significant value statements for consumers. Beyond the consumer, a strong program presenting information on efficacy can address the concerns of government and regulatory agencies – a major issue with consumer product companies today.

According to Seth Flowerman, Executive Vice President of PLT, PLT360, while a major initiative for the organization, is in keeping with the company’s core principles of delivering market-ready, science-backed ingredients that help its customers build strong brands. “The PLT360 Program is a formalization of many of the things we currently do to provide value and confidence for our customers. It is also a roadmap to how we plan to improve our company, our manufacturing network and our ingredient offerings in the future. Finally, it is part of a dialogue we want to have with our customers to ensure that – together – we are always looking to serve the best interests of consumers,” he said.

About PLT Health Solutions
Headquartered in Morristown, NJ, USA, PLT Health Solutions is a trusted discoverer, developer, and marketer of high-quality, scientifically-supported ingredients that enhance health and functionality. As a leading ingredients innovator, PLT’s global network of strategic partnerships provides unique access to impactful solutions. By delivering an unsurpassed mix of expertise, resources, and service, PLT is committed to helping both its strategic partners and valued customers grow

For more information, visit www.PLTHealth.com/plt360

 

Nutramunity Obtains the Informed-Sport and Informed-Choice Certifications

NutraQ, a Norwegian supplier of premium baker’s yeast beta-1,3/1,6-glucan ingredients and finished products, today announced that Nutramunity™ Beta-Glucan (NBG®) is now registered with Informed-Sport® and Informed-Choice®. The programmes certify that Nutramunity™ is free from banned substances and can be safely added to sports nutrition products.

Informed_Choice - Informed_Sport - LogoInformed-Choice® and Informed-Sport® are globally recognized quality assurance programmes for sports nutrition products, suppliers to the sports nutrition industry, and supplement manufacturing facilities. The programmes certify that ingredients and/ or finished products carrying the Informed-Sport® and Informed-Choice® logos have been tested for substances that are prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and manufactured to high quality standards.

“We’re excited to receive the Informed-Sport® and Informed-Choice® certifications,” said Simon Seward, Commercial Director at NutraQ. “Nutramunity™ is the ideal ingredient for sports nutrition products. It helps support healthy immune function, so both amateurs and professional athletes can recover faster from exercise stress.”

About Informed-Sport® and Informed-Choice®
Informed-Sport® and Informed-Choice® are quality assurance programmes for sports nutrition suppliers and products. The programmes certify that all nutritional supplements and/or ingredients that bear the Informed-Sport® and Informed-Choice® logos have been tested for banned substances by the world-class sports anti-doping lab, LGC. For more information, visit www.informed-choice.org and/or www.informed-sport.com.

About Nutramunity™
Nutramunity™ Beta-Glucan (NBG®) is a versatile immune health ingredient suitable for foods, beverages and dietary supplements. Nutramunity™ can also be used as a cosmetic ingredient in personal care products. NBG® is a beta-1,3/1,6-glucan, a potent and safe immune-enhancing component isolated from baker’s yeast that helps support healthy immune function. NBG® is naturally-derived, non-GMO, kosher- and halal-certified, non-allergenic, GMP-produced, GRAS, Informed-Sport® and Informed-Choice®-certified, and EU Novel Food-authorized. Learn more at www.nutramunity.com.

Natreon’s PrimaVie Significantly Increases Testosterone Levels in Healthy Volunteers

New Brunswick – Natreon’s PrimaVie®, a clinically proven and high quality Purified Shilajit from the Himalayas, significantly increased free and total testosterone levels in healthy volunteers in a new study published in Andrologia. In this randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled study, seventy five healthy volunteers between the ages of 45 and 55 received either 250 mg of PrimaVie® twice daily or identical placebo twice daily for 90 consecutive days. Results from the study showed that supplementation with PrimaVie® lead to a 20% increase in total testosterone levels and a 19% increase in free testosterone levels after 90 days. Results from study suggest that PrimaVie® would be an ideal ingredient for male sexual health products.

PrimaVie® consists of dibenzo-α-pyrones (DBPs), DBP-chromoproteins (DCPs), fulvic acid, forty different trace minerals, and it has very low levels of heavy metals. It can be used in beverages, even ready to drink beverages, as it is more than 90% soluble and stable in solution. In addition, PrimaVie® is pre-DSHEA, Kosher and Halal certified, and Natreon recently received self-affirmed GRAS status. Clinical studies have shown that PrimaVie® can increase exercise endurance and overall fitness level and it up-regulates genes in skeletal muscle coding for synthesis of collagen and related extracellular matrix proteins by several fold (patent pending). Results from these studies suggest that PrimaVie® would be ideal in sports nutrition and anti-aging or beauty from within products. Further studies are being done to evaluate these benefits.

About Natreon Inc.
Natreon Inc. is a 16 year old company located in New Jersey with a state of the art R&D facility in Kolkata, India, and is focused on developing and marketing Ayurvedic products backed by extensive research, high degree of standardization, multiple clinical studies, safety studies, and intellectual property. Natreon’s R&D team is headed by Prof. Shibnath Ghosal, a Fulbright scholar and an eminent natural product chemist with hundreds of publications in scientific journals and a group of Ph.D. and Master’s level scientists. Natreon’s scientific research includes process optimization, development of chromatographic analytical methods such as HPLC, HPTLC, GC-MS and LC-MS for standardization, development of marker compounds, and pharmacological studies. Safety studies are done in the USA and clinical studies are conducted in reputed institutes in India as well as the USA.