Top 10 most watched health and nutrition news videos of year 2022 revealed

Premium positioning: Fonterra seeks to capture South East Asia’s cultured milk drink market with new launch​

Fonterra has launched its first brand of cultured milk drinks branded Nurture in Singapore. 

The new line is part of the dairy giant's strategy in driving innovation around its dairy products, with South East Asia a region of interest.

Watch Kiril Simonovski, director, sales and marketing services, Asia Pacific, Fonterra explain more about the launch of Nurture.  

WATCH: Vinamilk and H&H on the hottest ingredients in Vietnam’s infant formula market​

Human milk oligosaccharide (HMO) is one of the hottest and most commonly seen ingredients in Vietnam’s infant formula products these days, according to Vietnam homegrown firm Vinamilk and Hong Kong-headquarted Health & Happiness Group (H&H Group). 

H&H Group entered the Vietnamese infant formula market only in June this year, while Vinamilk's Optimum Gold and Dielac Alpha Gold were the key sales engine for the firm's infant formula portfolio. 

Watch Vinamilk’s CMO Nguyen Quang Trí and H&H Group's regional CEO, Asia and ANZ, Nick Mann, analyse the market. 

Iron it out: Nestle and Wellnex Life on how new tech is propelling iron nutrition innovation​

The iron nutrition sector could move ahead by using a new source of iron, as well as using encapsulation technology to enable the slow release of iron supplements in the body, according to Nestle and Wellnex Life. 

Wellnex Life, for example, has developed slow release iron gummies under the brand The Iron Company, while Nestle has launched BUNYAD Iron+ for children in Pakistan.

Watch Wellnex Life's CEO George Karafotias and Petra Klassen Wigger, global scientific advisor nutrition and health at Nestle R&D explain the science behind the products. 

Fonterra enters cognitive performance supplement market with new brand – WATCH​ 

New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra has launched BioKodeLab – a supplement brand aimed at improving cognitive performance.

Consisting of three product SKUs, namely Focus Plus, Calm Plus, and Probiotic Plus, the products are exclusively sold via the direct-to-consumer channel in New Zealand.

Watch Carl MacInnes, director of sales and marketing disruption at Fonterra elaborate more about the launch. 

WATCH: NutraIngredients-Asia Awards 2022 winners announced live TODAY​

On September 5, we announced the winners of the NutraIngredients-Asia Awards for 2022. 

This year, we held the Awards for the fifth time, with the aim of recognising and rewarding the region's brightest and best across ingredients, finished products and initiatives.

Catch up on the award ceremony here. ​

Fast and furious: Wellnex Life in race to be one of Australia’s early pharmacy OTC cannabidiol winners​​

Wellnex Life said it was preparing to register its over the counter medicinal cannabis product with the Australian authorities in what it hoped to be one of the first in the country.

In Australia, schedule 3 medicinal cannabis is a nascent market, with the regulator, Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) permitting schedule 4 cannabidiol (CBD) to be downscheduled to schedule 3 less than two years ago.​

Watch CEO George Karafotias introduce the product format and its functions. 

Seize the spray: Why oral spray vitamins are gaining traction across APAC – WATCH​

Oral spray vitamins and mineral supplements are gaining interest across Asia-Pacific markets beyond the novelty factor, due to the ease of convenience and efficacy that they can provide, according to two pioneering firms in the category.

This is according to UK’s BetterYou and US-based SpectraSpray which both have products sold in Asia-Pacific. 

Watch our interview with Andy Thomas, founder and CEO of BetterYou and Janet Ryan, founder of SpectraSpray Global to find out more. 

Maternal health innovation: Probiotics and algal oil DHA help move market on from multivits - WATCH​

The maternal health dietary supplements category has diversified with the introduction of products containing probiotics and algal oil DHA – although multivitamins and folic acid remain the mainstays.

German-based Mom’s Garden, for example, has developed Prenatal Bird’s Nest DHA – a chewable soft gel containing algal oil DHA and sialic acid from edible bird’s nest. The product is currently sold in China.

Watch our interview with Naeyoung Kang, director of innovation and branding, Mom's Garden GmbH, to find out more. 

Probiotics and beyond: Digestive health category buoyed by prebiotic growth and emerging ingredients – Watch​​

Prebiotics and other functional ingredients, including mandarin peel extract, have created new product development opportunities in the digestive health category – alongside ongoing innovation with probiotics, according to industry experts.

We spoke with Canada-based Tait Labs on the potential of using functional food waste and Australia's Pharmacare Laboratories on the benefits of probiotics for digestive health. 

Watch our interview with Dr Andrew Tait, president and director at Tait Laboratories and Brooke Benson Campbell, NPD and communications manager - Bioglan/Medlab at PharmaCare Laboratories to find out more. 

‘A habit sticks’: P&G and Holista Colltech on why immune product demand will persist - WATCH​

The COVID-19 has led to new habits that are here to stay, including taking supplements that benefit the immune system, according to P&G and Holista Colltech.

Both companies have launched new immune-related supplements late last year, with vitamin D a common active ingredient in their products.

Watch our interview with Aalok Agrawal, Senior Vice-President, P&G - Personal Healthcare (Asia, India, Middle East & Africa) and Dr Rajen Manicka, Managing Director and CEO at Holista Colltech to find out more.