From ensuring a world-class quality program and verifying botanical materials to sports nutrition, healthy aging, and innovation in proteins, industry experts covered some interesting and important topics in these 10 webinars in 2018. View them on-demand or share with a colleague. And look for more coming in 2019 … 
 
 
 
Keys to Raising Your Quality IQ
Learn what best-in-class companies are doing to establish their quality processes and practices. This webinar covers:
 

• Consumer expectations and reservations
• Key lessons and experience of building a world-class quality program
• New tools, capabilities, and support available to design a quality program

 

Innovations in Protein & The Importance of Muscle Protein Synthesis
The current protein landscape is dynamic and evolving based on consumer preference, formulation advances, and understanding about health benefits and need states. Learn more about:
 

• What consumers are looking for when it comes to protein products
• Demand drivers for alternative forms of protein
• Health benefits and formulation advantages/challenges for these new forms
• Importance of MPS and BCAAs
• Innovative ingredients and unique results that impact MPS in protein formulations

 
 
Personalization: Goodbye to One Size Fits All
Consumers are empowered by technology, information, and choice. Learn more about products and services that can help companies tailor their products for discerning consumers. 

• Consumer trends and expectations for personalization
• How to leverage ingredients to support a broad consumer need yet still develop specific solutions
• Technology, solutions, and capabilities to support a diverse portfolio of consumer needs

 
 
How to Evaluate Pesticide Limits in Dietary Supplements
Speakers from NSF International discuss the increased need to identify pesticide limits, the organization’s proposed evidence-driven approach for deriving maximum allowable levels, and how this new pesticide evaluation impacts the dietary supplement industry.
 

• NSF/ANSI 173-2017 Dietary Supplements and NSF Guideline 229-2017 for Functional Food, Beverages and Dietary Ingredients, which evaluates dietary supplement products for NSF certification
• Understanding Maximum Allowable Levels (MALs) for pesticide residues in dietary supplements
• Development of pesticide limits, top hurdles identified, and impact on the dietary supplement industry

 
 
Aging Well Before 30: The Millennial X Factor
Usually associated with consumers over 40, healthy aging is now on the minds of younger generations. Learn more about the aspirations and influencers of the younger generations.
 

• Consumer trends and expectations for Millennials and iGen
• How to leverage ingredients to support a broad consumer need yet still develop specific solutions
• Technology, solutions, and capabilities to support a diverse portfolio of consumer needs

 
 
Protecting Dietary Supplements from Adulteration and Counterfeiting with Edible Security Tags
An increasingly globalized distribution and supply chain paves the way for potential product integrity issues. 
 

• Understand one company’s story about how it integrated an on-dose product identity solution to its premium products globally
• Understand how TruTag Technologies’ edible GRAS microparticles are manufactured, and learn about the specific steps and timing for integrating this on-dose solution in your own products
• Discover certain post-launch strategies for identification, diagnosis, and enforcement using TruTag Technologies’ on-dose product identification platform in your markets

 
 
Joint Health Innovations for the Action Era
In the joint-health space, innovations to help people have fun, stay motivated and get into the best shape of their life are proliferating. 
 

• Gain access to marketing data that examines the latest trends and innovations that are impacting the nutraceuticals industry
• Learn how different generations approach health, fitness and maintain joint comfort and flexibility
• Discover how the rise of personalized nutrition will affect the joint-health category
• Find out what’s next for Lonza’s UC-II undenatured type II collagen

 

Botanical Materials Verification
Join subject matter experts from NSF International and Alkemist Labs as they discuss next-generation sequencing, chromatographic confirmation of botanical identity, the strength of an orthogonal approach to testing, and NSF’s DNA Authenticated verification program. Attendees will learn more about:
 

• NGS, its applications and importance in supply chain management
• Additional laboratory techniques to investigate and detect adulteration
• The on-label DNA authentication verification mark

 
 
Fueling Fitness with Brain Power
As sports nutrition goes mainstream, consumers are taking charge of their health and physical fitness. Learn more about:
 

• Emerging insights in sports/active nutrition
• The role of cognitive health and the impact on health and fitness
• Technology, solutions, and capabilities to address these market needs

  

L-Carnitine, Much More Than Sports Nutrition
Consumers continue to take health and wellness into their own hands, fueling $28.3 billion in U.S. sales in the nutritional supplement industry in 2017. While you may be aware of L-Carnitine and its benefits in sports nutrition, this webinar reinforces its versatility in positively impacting many different stages of life, from infancy through senior living. Learn the latest consumer nutrition trends and how evolving science supports a variety of Carnipure L-Carnitine applications including:
 

• Sports performance & recovery
• Weight management
• Heart health
• Healthy aging
• Infant nutrition
• Pet health