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Contact: Claus Christian Wieczorek Job title: Business Development Manager, International Sales Company: TLL The Longevity Labs GmbH Contact: sales@spermidinelife.com Visit us: www.spermidinelife.com/en/
1How do you see the priorities and areas of focus changing within the healthy ageing category? How is your company innovating to fit the vision of the future market?
The healthy ageing category is currently considered one of the most fascinating research topics and many scientists have discovered new results about the ageing process in recent years. Leading scientists like Harvard’s David Sinclair are on the forefront and are trying to bring the topic to a wider audience.
The focus on the health of our cells, the smallest units in our body, has been one important area of research. The year 2016 marks a milestone when Japanese cell biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his contributions to the broader understanding of a cell recycling process better-known as autophagy.
Autophagy is the body’s ability to process and recycle old cell components and it ensures the disposal of harmful cellular waste. Autophagy is stimulated by fasting, exercise, and a substance called spermidine, which occurs naturally in the body.
The new research around spermidine is exactly the area in which our company Longevity Labs+ is focusing its efforts as we developed the world’s first naturally produced nutritional supplement made from spermidine-rich wheat germ extract.
2In what categories of healthy ageing are your ingredients ideally suited for formulation? Do your ingredients carry supporting studies?
Spermidine is a natural polyamine which can be found within our cells and plays an important role in the outlined process of autophagy.
Our product spermidineLIFE® Original 365+ was developed during years of research at the Karl-Franzens University Graz and is produced in Austria. Longevity Labs+ uses a unique and proprietary natural extraction process without strong solvents or chemicals. The wheat germ used is locally sourced and GMO-free. Furthermore, the product is made 100% of plant-based raw materials and supported with clinical studies to ensure safety and efficacy in slowing down the cell ageing process. An incredible 13,440 studies have been conducted on spermidine, highlighting its immense potential.
3How do you define your company’s point of differentiation and advantages in the market?
Our product spermidineLIFE® Original 365+ is a dietary supplement made from natural spermidine-rich wheat germ extract. In contrast to a variety of competitors, we do not use any synthetic spermidine and our extract received the Novel Food Approval of the EFSA Authority. Longevity Labs+ focuses on a scientific approach that is rooted in a strong cooperation with the University of Graz. The product is based on more than 10 years of research and is clinically tested. Furthermore, it is used by scientifically recognized research teams and is currently the only spermidine product applied in clinical studies.
We were the first spermidine supplement on the global market and since the product launch in February of 2019 we have won several Innovation awards in Austria and Germany and are expanding both in the US with our own subsidiary and in the rest of the world with selected partners.
4How are you supporting your customers in connecting to the growing population of healthy ageing consumers?
Our goal is to provide our customers with the best tools available to live a long and healthy life. We would like to offer the best spermidine product on the market and therefore we pay attention to every step in the value chain, ranging from sourcing of our wheat germ to production and packaging. Safety, stability and quality of the ingredients are crucial for our product development.
Moreover, we want to point out the importance of our cooperation with the University of Graz in Austria which allows us to be always up to date regarding new research developments und scientific findings.
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Contact: Suhail Ishaq Job title: President Company: BioCell Technology, LLC Contact: info@biocelltechnology.com Visit us: www.biocelltechnology.com
In recent years, we've seen a boom in demand for dietary supplements that address skin health and healthy aging surging across demographics. People are increasingly embracing skincare as a lifetime practice. For instance, we're seeing consumers in their twenties and thirties start to invest in upscale skin health and antiaging measures, which bodes well for the industry's growth both now and in the years to come. As a science-driven company, we continue to focus our R&D efforts on unlocking new insights on BioCell Collagen® and its impact on healthy aging.
BioCell Collagen® is a highly versatile ingredient that offers multi-functional benefits. Formulators can turn to BioCell Collagen® when developing nutricosmetics, joint health, or even broader healthy aging supplements. Decades of research support the safety and efficacy of BioCell Collagen for significantly improving visible signs of aging such as wrinkles, fine lines, and crow's feet and for providing internal support for healthy connective tissues and joints. Most recently, a peer-reviewed study published in the May issue of Journal of Functional Foods found that oral supplementation of BioCell reduced signs of uvb-induced photoageing, with significant decreases in wrinkles and transepidermal water loss, and significant increases in skin elasticity and hyaluronic acid content. These findings, along with prior studies in humans, add to a deep body of research on the efficacy of collagen as a safe and effective option for a healthy aging routine.
3How do you define your company's point of differentiation and advantages in the market?
BioCell Collagen® is a branded ingredient that is superior to isolated collagen ingredients for a variety of reasons. With BioCell Collagen®, you are getting much more than collagen peptides alone, and it has a lower effective dosage than other collagen ingredients. BioCell Collagen® is composed of a matrix of naturally-occurring hydrolyzed collagen II peptides, chondroitin sulfate, and hyaluronic acid, which was proven effective in multiple human clinical trials. BioCell Collagen® has a clinically substantiated dosage of only 1 g per day as a beauty supplement and 2 g per day as a joint health supplement.
Look for BioCell's trademarked logos of authenticity proudly displayed on the labels of finished consumer products that contain the BioCell Collagen® ingredient.
BioCell Collagen® offers tremendous value from the supply chain to consumers in today's dietary supplement market. From clinically substantiated claims to a supply chain that is only in the US and Europe.
Dietary supplement CPG brands that use the BioCell Collagen® ingredient in their finished consumer products can substantiate specific structure-function claims based on clinical evidence with regulatory compliance.
Dietary supplements that contain a daily dosage of 1 gram of BioCell Collagen® can substantiate: • Reduces facial lines and wrinkles* • Reduces crow’s feet* • Improves skin elasticity* • Reduces skin dryness* • Boosts skin collagen and hyaluronic acid*
Dietary supplements that contain a daily dosage of 2 grams of BioCell Collagen® can substantiate: • Promotes joint comfort and mobility* • Promotes cartilage health and stimulation* • Promotes synovial fluid health* • Boosts hyaluronic acid*
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
Contact: Elsa Trotier Job title: Product Manager Company: Ingredia Contact: i.communication@ingredia.com Visit us: www.prodiet-fluid.com
We see more and more seniors practicing sport to stay healthy and avoid sarcopenia. Thus, we worked on the problematic of mobility by formulating “Move Up”, a high-protein drink featuring a slow release protein to fight sarcopenia, Prodiet® Fluid, combined to our bioactive OsteumTM CPP to prevent osteopenia.
This being said, seniors do not want to feel categorized and want healthy food that taste as good as younger adults’ foods. At Ingredia, we have the objective to propose native proteins with a delicious milky taste to formulate indulgent and healthy products for seniors.
Our nutritional ingredients are ideally suited to prevent night fasting, sarcopenia and osteopenia, either in ready-to-drink or puddings formulation.
Ingredia developed two concepts of high protein drinks illustrating it: The first one is “Keep Up” with our native micellar casein Prodiet® Fluid and our hydrolysate S25, a drink that fights against night fasting and helps prevent sarcopenia.
The second one, “Move Up” is a high-protein drink featuring our micellar casein Prodiet® Fluid and our bioactive OsteumTM CPP that helps prevent sarcopenia and osteopenia.
During Vitafoods, we will present a third concept for seniors, an indulgent high-protein pudding for a healthy snack.
Our company proposes native proteins coming from fresh milk, obtained with a gentle process. They contain all of the essential amino acids, they are rich in BCAA (Branched Chain Amino Acids) especially in leucine which triggers muscle synthesis and help prevent sarcopenia to support healthy ageing. Our proteins are dedicated to high-protein products. Prodiet® Fluid is a native micellar casein to formulate high-protein drinks up to 14% protein. Prodiet® Advance is a native micellar casein to formulate high-protein puddings up to 12% protein.
Ingredia not only proposes outstanding proteins to help our customers launch delicious high-protein products, we also formulate innovative concepts to inspire them in their futures development.
Finally, we propose our R&D expertise to help them formulate with our proteins and bioactives. Our technicians and our food technologists are specialized in application and are dedicated to your innovation. This R&D energy contributes to the new features development and their implementation with the perfect knowledge of raw materials, processes, formulations. Experts on innovation, Ingredia work alongside its customers to increase the performance of products and support them to set out to capture new markets.
Contact: Lorenzo Carlini Job title: Founder Company: LC Ingredients Contact: contact@lcingredients.com Visit us: www.lcingredients.com
With the global population growing older we have noticed a consolidation of the Healthy Ageing segment from trend to adopted standard. While the elderly population consider supplement as part of their routine, younger generations have shown a different approach to the matter, refusing traditional delivery methods often seen as unnecessary medicaments. Our challenge is to capture their interest with innovative solutions that can make supplements funnier and easy to use. Ideally, we would like to increase the consumption opportunities, to make supplements a natural everyday choice adaptive to different budgets, interests and lifestyles.
With this goal in mind, we encourage new developments towards functional food, functional drinks, gummies, stick packs, chewable and many others.
Clinical studies and science-based ingredients are in the DNA of LC Ingredients, we have always investigated the efficiency and functionality of our actives towards the areas of applications identified. Thanks to this approach we are nowadays able to offer a full range to target the Beauty from Within sector with proven efficacy to reinforce Hair, Skin and Nails, by stimulating keratinocytes activities and protein synthesis, as well as the Joint Health segment by promoting development and regeneration of cartilage. Our ingredients are also covering a wider range of anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant applications, protecting from UV lights and promoting the production of SOD and glutathione.
A unique area of expertise resides in the natural pigmentation of Hair and Skin by boosting the melanogenesis process. Of course we also offer a wide range of more basic ingredients, such as organic vitamins and minerals, optimized curcumin or collagen.
Finally, most of our ingredients have been tested and approved for Supplements and Cosmetic application, for a holistic approach to preserve the functionality of our ageing body.
We never stop seeking potential innovation, even when exogenous, to our value proposition. Thanks to our team and selected partners we always evaluate potential synergies with other actives into disruptive delivery methods to enhance the efficiency of our ingredients. Our dynamic structure allows us to move quickly and effectively in a complicated environment, making us the perfect partner for any company willing to launch a new product. We strive to offer the best solution matching with our partners’ needs, it can be just selling an ingredient, it can be formulating a finished product or even launching a clinical study to help marketing teams in their promotion.
We like to offer ourselves as a developing platform where our knowledge is at the service of our customers. We tend to share consumer perspectives, new regulations, growing trends, new technologies and market leaders’ preferences. We look at global trends while respecting local peculiarities, we value successful stories as the foundation for future developments.
We look at the best-in-class operations re-engineering processes to identify the matrix of success. Most importantly we are honest, transparent and we keep an open conversation with our partners for a cohesive approach to meet customers’ needs.
Contact: Isabel Gomez Job title: Global Marketing Manager Company: Lubrizol Life Science Contact: nutraceuticals@lubrizol.com Visit us: www.lipofoods.com
The wake of the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the demand for nutraceutical products focused on healthy aging. This is driven by increasingly health conscious consumers who are taking preventative healthcare measures by a proactive approach to managing health and are looking for products that protect their health for future years.
In this respect, nutraceuticals have an exceptional positioning within healthy ageing. They can address nutritional needs of consumers as they are proved to be a good solution to support an active healthy lifestyle for consumers as a preventative approach.
However, building trust in nutraceuticals through established and health claim-validated ingredients remains necessary. To provide more comprehensive benefits for the consumers, Lubrizol´s science-backed branded ingredients are aimed at addressing the different health needs of consumers as they age.
By a wide range of science-backed branded botanical and mineral ingredients, we address the different needs of consumers as they age including solutions for bone and joints health, heart health, cognitive function and mental support, beauty from within and immune health to support an active lifestyle and healthy aging across all life stages. Some of our ingredients include: ASTAGILETM microcapsules, a naturally stable astaxanthin with proven neuroprotective efficacy, LIPOFERTM microcapsules, a highly stable and bioavailable iron with clinical data on superior iron absorption, CURCUSHINETM microcapsules, a bioavailable source of curcumin with anti-aging proven claims and MAGSHAPETM microcapsules, a highly concentrated source of magnesium with proven benefits on enhanced muscle function and relaxation.
Our company specializes in added-value functional food ingredients, enabling differentiated nutraceutical solutions with scientific backing. Our differentiation comes from our core technology strength in microencapsulation applied to botanical and mineral ingredients, that gives us potential basis to enable our customers to develop premium products with leading performance claims. Some benefits of using Lubrizol´s microencapsulation technology include: controlled interactions with other components, minimized unpleasant taste, enhanced bioavailability, improved stability and dispersibility in final formulas as well as controlled release of functional ingredients.
To contribute to the success of our customers in the healthy aging space, we offer a differentiated value proposition by providing forward-looking content by connecting trends, consumer insights and science coupled with our unique technical capabilities and clinical efficacy in our branded ingredients offering. Therefore, we can deliver value to our customers by providing consumer-validated products and ideas that let them get to market faster and more effectively.