Kantha Shelke

Kantha
Shelke
Articles by Kantha Shelke
Ideal ingredient calling card: conjugated linoleic acid
Should you consider conjugated linoleic acid for your next formulation? Get some facts on this fatty acid.
27 facts about CoQ10 1
CoQ10 is as mysterious as it is ubiquitous. Here are some facts about this amazing substance.
Ideal ingredient calling card: Curcumin
Demand for curcumin (Diferuloylmethane—the bright yellow active principle of turmeric) is growing based on its purported healing powers.
Ideal ingredient calling card: Inulin
A linear fructan dietary fiber and prebiotic.
Ideal ingredient calling card: cocoa (Theobroma cacao)
Everything you need to know about cocoa (Theobroma cacao), from its history to market drivers and manufacturing constraints and nutrition.
Get functional in your deli
Kantha Shelke, PhD, food scientist and principal of Corvus Blue suggests several functional food ingredients to serve in your deli, bakery or juice bar.
Nutricosmetic ingredients that get better with age
While technology has introduced new nutraceuticals for nutricosmetic applications, some age-old stalwarts have stood the test of time and continue to be destination ingredients for consumers seeking ingestible beauty aids.
Ideal ingredient calling card: probiotics
Everything you need to know about probiotics, from their history and where they're found to market drivers and physiological effects.
Ideal ingredient calling card: omega-3s
The lowdown on EPA, DHA and ALA
Ideal ingredient calling card: pomegranates
Everything you need to know about pomegranates - from health benefits to market drivers to its bioactives.
Convert mainstream shoppers into natural foods store customers
Retailer-customer relationships attract Coke and Cocoa Puffs consumers to your store
Looking outward in the inner beauty nutricosmetic market
Nutricosmetics are poised to grow faster than the cosmetics market. See which countries will become hotbeds for the nutricosmetic market in the next several years.
Popular nutricosmetic ingredients around the world
Read more about nutricosmetic trends in Pan-Asia, Russia, Eurasia, Eastern Europe, North America and Latin America.
Superb ingredients, super functional foods
How do you design a product that's long on nutrition but short on ingredients? Fi contributing editor Kantha Shelke,
Is nanotechnology a no-no?
The very characteristics that promise exciting new possibilities also create unique and unpredictable risks for human
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