Why Is CoQ10 a Critical Supplement for Heart Health?
What does coq10 do for the heart? Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is a naturally occurring compound that plays a crucial role in cardiovascular health including cellular energy production and antioxidant function.
Formulating the Best Liquid Vitamin K2 Supplement: A Novel Solution
The foundations of vitamin K from a formulation perspective to create a stable, effective liquid Vitamin K supplement. Here’s what you need to know to bring the best K supplement to market.
Lutein: A New Functional Ingredient for Eye Health
If you have lutein for eyes in your sight as a new functional ingredient, here is what you need to know about effects, recommended daily dose, and solubility.
How To Make Water-Soluble Cannabinoids: Product Development Solutions
The infused cannabinoid drinks industry is booming, but we need better formulation strategies to increase their flavor, effectiveness and appeal. With brands facing several challenges, there is a game-changing approach ready to upgrade the drink market.
The New Ageless Ingredient: Formulating Pterostilbene Products and Supplements
Naturally found in berries, pterostilbene is like resveratrol, but its challenging to formulate. We get into this new anti-aging ingredient, including benefits, and innovations in formulation.
Formulating with Vitamin E: Is Vitamin E Water Soluble?
Vitamin E is crucial for maintaining vital bodily functions and is found in many foods. However, its lack of water solubility presents challenges in formulation. Discover how innovations are addressing this issue for more effective product development.
Functional Ingredient Bioavailability and Strategies to Overcome the Challenges
If functional ingredients are part of your products, bioavailability matters. This is an intro to absorption, and methods used to increase bioavailability for better products.
The Benefit of a Dietary Resveratrol Supplement, and Considerations for Formulating
Resveratrol is compound found in red wine that offers antioxidant properties for wellness. This is an examination of the challenges associated with formulating dietary resveratrol supplements.
Liquid Vitamin D: Developing the Best Form of Vitamin D for Absorption
Is Best Form of Vitamin D for Absorption: Liquid or pill? And more importantly, how do you capture that form in a stable formulation for beverage or other consumer packaged good. Here's how.
The Future of Hemp: A Look at the Latest Developments
As regulators look to the 2024 Farm Bill to rein in the adaptations producers have made to the 2018 Farm Bill to create intoxicating hemp products, its pitted cannabis vs. cannabis.
Liquid Vitamin A: What is the Most Bioavailable Form of Vitamin A?
Fortifying your products with liquid vitamin A? Start here to understand the challenges of bioavailable vitamin A and new innovations to solve for them.
11 Commonly Used Surfactants in Food and Beverage
The food grade surfactant list of the commonly used natural surfactants for food, from their properties to applications to certifications.
The Entourage Effect with CBD: Are There Full spectrum Benefits for Topicals?
What do we know about the entourage effect for topicals? A look at the current research, and how it could translate into therapeutic value cannabinoids in topicals.
Ingredient Strategy: 5 Popular Supplements for Heart Health
Heart disease is the number one cause of death in the US, here we examine CoQ10, resveratrol, vitamin D, stanols, and magnesium —popular supplements for heart health.
The Best Way to Get Your Daily Dose of Ubiquinone (CoQ10)
Learn how Spoke Sciences are revolutionizing Ubiquinone coq10 supplementation, for higher bioavailability and easier ingestion.
An Introduction to Surfactants: The Secret Ingredient Powering Your Functional Beverages
Discover the role of surfactants in functional beverages, their safety, and why transparency on ingredient labels is essential for consumer trust and health.
A Glossary of Organizations and Terms Related to the Manufacturing and Toxicological Assessment of Drug/Cosmetic Products
A Glossary of Organizations and Terms Related to the Manufacturing and Toxicological Assessment of Drug/Cosmetic Products
General Techniques for Preparing Formulations of Poorly Water-Soluble Compounds.
Water insoluble (lipophilic) compounds and techniques for formulating with them.
Guide to Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS)
General background information on GRAS designations
Guide to New Dietary Ingredients (NDI)
General background information on NDIs and New Dietary Ingredient Notifications