Supplement Industry News

Key Takeaways Unilever's $1.2B Wellness Push: The consumer goods giant has acquired greens supplement brand Grüns, signalling a major strategic shift toward premium health and wellness categories. FDA Rethinks "Dietary...

Key Takeaways FDA Reevaluates Dietary Ingredients: The FDA is reviewing how new ingredients from precision fermentation and cell culture fit within DSHEA, causing industry uncertainty. Widespread Potency Failures in Oregano...

Key Takeaways Regulatory Evolution: The FDA is re-evaluating the definition of "dietary substance" to accommodate new manufacturing technologies like precision fermentation. Fiber Innovation: Nootropics Depot launched InfiniFiber, a 12-ingredient synbiotic...

Key Takeaways Danone Enters Functional Nutrition: The food giant's €1 billion acquisition of meal-replacement brand Huel signals a major shift toward specialized nutraceuticals. Personalized Supplements Gain Traction: Herbalife's $55 million...

Key Takeaways Herbalife Expands Personalized Nutrition: A $55 million acquisition of Bioniq accelerates Herbalife's shift toward data-driven, customized wellness solutions. AI Maps the Gut Microbiome: Ingredion and Holobiome are leveraging...

Key Takeaways Herbalife Acquires Bioniq: A $150 million deal to expand personalized nutrition capabilities, integrating data-driven technology with global distribution. Cymbiotika Enters Ulta Beauty: The liposomal supplement brand brings the...

Key Takeaways Danone Acquires Huel: A €1 billion acquisition expands Danone's footprint in the complete nutrition market. Herbalife Expands Personalization: The acquisition of Bioniq assets for up to $150 million...

Key Takeaways Danone Enters Complete Nutrition: The French food giant acquires British meal supplement maker Huel for a reported €1 billion, signaling mainstream growth for the $5.9 billion complete nutrition...

Key Takeaways FDA Re-evaluates DSHEA: A public meeting on March 27 will explore expanding the definition of "dietary substance" to include novel ingredients like precision fermentation products. Danone's €1B Acquisition:...

Key Takeaways Danone Acquires Huel: The dairy giant expands its functional nutrition portfolio by acquiring the UK-based plant-based meal solutions brand. Myprotein x Mars Wrigley: A new MARS Impact Whey...

Key Takeaways Major Distribution Merger: Europa Sports Products and Lone Star Distribution are merging to form Europa Sports Nutrition, significantly reshaping the sports nutrition distribution landscape. FDA CBD Policy Review:...

Key Takeaways FDA Crackdown on GLP-1 Compounders: The FDA issued 30 warning letters to telehealth companies for misleading marketing of compounded GLP-1 products, signaling increased scrutiny. Lonza Divests CHI Business:...

Key Takeaways Plant-Based Protein Innovation: NNB Nutrition's PeptiClear soda concept demonstrates how hydrolyzed pea protein and dileucine peptides can match whey's muscle-building potential without the earthy taste. Nutraceuticals in Clinical...

Key Takeaways FDA Targets GLP-1 Compounders: The agency issued 30 warning letters to telehealth platforms marketing compounded GLP-1 products, cracking down on misleading claims of equivalence to approved drugs. Lonza...

Key Takeaways Manufacturing Expansion: Icelandirect acquires Soma Labs, significantly expanding its solid dosage form manufacturing capabilities. Moringa Safety: The FDA closes its investigation into a Salmonella outbreak linked to moringa...

Key Takeaways Lonza Divests Capsules Business: The company is selling its Capsules and Health Ingredients division to Lone Star Funds for $3 billion, completing its transformation into a pure-play CDMO....

Key Takeaways FDA Issues Urgent Warning: 29 dietary supplements sold online found to contain toxic yellow oleander instead of labeled ingredients. NEXTY Award Winner: Big Bold Health's Immunity Chews featuring...

Key Takeaways Lonza's $3B Divestiture: Lonza is selling its Capsules & Health Ingredients business to Lone Star Funds, signaling a major shift in the ownership of a key supplement delivery...

Key Takeaways Lonza Divests CHI Business: The $3 billion sale to Lone Star Funds marks Lonza's final step in becoming a pure-play CDMO. Non-UPF Seals Gain Ground: The movement against...

Key Takeaways Nature publishes landmark investigation into the science behind "science-backed" supplements, using ashwagandha as a case study and highlighting the gap between marketing claims and clinical evidence quality across...

Key Takeaways Landmark omega-3 trial delivers 43% cardiovascular risk reduction — The PISCES trial, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, found that four grams of daily fish oil...

Key Takeaways Multivitamin aging breakthrough — A landmark COSMOS trial published in Nature Medicine found that daily multivitamin use slowed biological aging by approximately four months over two years, with...

Key Takeaways Lone Star Funds acquires Lonza's Capsules & Health Ingredients division in a landmark $3 billion transaction, signalling continued private equity appetite for nutraceutical supply chain assets. Indian FMCG...

Key Takeaways Precision fermentation enters the protein mainstream: French startup Verley closed an oversubscribed €32 million Series A to bring animal-free whey protein to the US market, boasting 11% more...

Key Takeaways Regulatory watershed ahead: Industry lawyers predict 2026 could be the most significant regulatory year for dietary supplements since GMPs were introduced, with the FDA planning to close the...

Key Takeaways PK Consumer Health acquires HealthAid in its second VMS platform deal, accelerating its strategy to become Europe's leading retail-first supplement company. MartinBauer unites three companies into a single...

Key Takeaways FDA announces landmark public meeting on the scope of dietary supplement ingredients, scheduled for 27 March 2026, addressing precision fermentation and novel ingredient classifications. Global supplement market projected...

Key Takeaways PK Consumer Health acquires HealthAid in its second deal since November 2025, accelerating its bid to become Europe's leading retail-first VMS platform. FDA schedules March 27 public meeting...

Key Takeaways Bulletproof enters functional coffee with creatine — The brand has launched Coffee + Creatine, combining 5g creatine monohydrate with electrolytes in an instant coffee format, debuting at Expo...

Key Takeaways Global Trade Recognition: The World Customs Organization has formally recognized dietary supplements as a distinct category, effective 2028, bringing clarity to international trade. Ronaldo Deepens Herbalife Ties: Cristiano...