Six ingredients for healthy skin from the inside out
Hype for resveratrol starts with the oft-mentioned theory that it’s the polyphenol responsible for the “French paradox” health benefit of red wine. This is not true.
Resveratol, green tea, cocoa and other plant sources may not function like vitamins C and E, but they do perform.
Though 30 percent of consumers say they make it a point to eat fiber-rich foods, Mintel reports that only one in five shoppers actually looks for products with added fiber in the store.
Five companies are updating the ingredients in cocoa, cranberry supplements, stevia, fish oil and personal care products to be more ecologically friendly. Check them out here.
Bob Hutkins, a professor of food science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, explains the future of ingredients like probiotics in this Q & A with Todd Runestad.
Natural Sweet Ventures, a joint venture of PureCircle and Imperial,will formulate a new sweetener with the intent to combine the age-old preferred flavor of sugar with stevia.
The darlings du jour of the grocery department, superfruits are jumping the aisle to become the next personal care star. The same nourishing qualities that these superfruits and plants offer when eaten also boost the skin’s health and beauty when used topically. Here’s a look at how seven rediscovered exotic botanicals are changing the face of personal care products.