Food & Beverage Publications

In a crowded active‑nutrition marketplace where products are endlessly reformulated, ingredient differentiation is a strategic imperative. Brands are seeking science-backed bioactives that communicate performance, recovery and wellness. Formulators, in turn, are searching for ingredients that offer measurable functionality, and a compelling consumer story. AstaReal® Astaxanthin checks all the boxes. While widely recognized for its antioxidant […]

As 2025 comes to a close, we reflect on a year marked by momentum, scientific advancement, and global collaboration. This year reinforced AstaReal’s commitment to science, quality, and partnership. Here’s our 2025 wrapped. From Research to Global Conversation In 2025, our research efforts were firmly focused on active nutrition, achieving the first clinical study demonstrating […]

World Bakers industry magazine for the baking and biscuit industry published on the benefits of AstaReal Astaxanthin in baked goods.

Have Your Astaxanthin & Eat It Too Functional foods and beverages provide added biological or health benefits that go beyond basic nutrition. This nutritional category includes products with naturally occurring functional components (ex. orange juice containing vitamin C), foods enhanced with functional components (ex. eggs enriched with astaxanthin from hens fed H. pluvialis algae), and […]

Consider the Lobster Next time you have the opportunity to enjoy some lobster for dinner, consider that bright red color . It comes from astaxanthin that the lobster has synthesized using carotenoids supplied from a diet of small crustaceans and mollusks. But why is the lobster not red in nature? The lobster uses a protein […]

Making Healthy Choices With AstaReal® Many nutrients are not easy to obtain from diet alone, including astaxanthin. For example, to get the recommended 6mg of astaxanthin every day, you would need to consume a lot of wild caught raw salmon: 1.6 servings of Sockeye, 2.9 servings of Coho, or 12 servings of King daily. That […]