FROM SPORTS SUPPLEMENTS TO SLEEP HEALTH

Whether it's European regulation of precision fermentation-produced products or research into rising melatonin use among US children, Vitafoods Insights has the highlights of this month's top industry stories from around the world.

Third-party certification and sports supplements

Testing sports supplements for contamination with banned substances can be a difficult ask in a category that is brimming with innovation. Terence O'Rorke , business development manager at Informed Sport, a third-party testing and certification programme for the global sports nutrition industry, sat down with Vitafoods Insights to talk testing, trends, and tricky ingredients.

EU regulation on precision fermentation-produced nutraceuticals

Precision fermentation is a sustainable and scalable means of making a range of nutraceutical ingredients. But which ones have passed the notoriously difficult approval process to make it on to the European market? We spoke to European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) experts about the novel foods process and how it is used to regulate precision fermentation-produced products.

Experts urge caution over soaring melatonin use among children

Nearly one in five school-aged children now takes melatonin for sleep, with some parents routinely giving the hormone to preschoolers, US researchers have warned. The figures are particularly concerning given that from 2012 to 2021, reports of melatonin ingestion to poison control centres increased by 530%, largely occurring among children under the age of five, they say.

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