Brainberry® is the Winner of Ingredient Idol 2023, Nootropics
Maastricht, The Netherlands, 2nd November 2023
We are happy to announce that Brainberry® won the Ingredient Idol 2023 award in the Nootropics Category! The contest was organized by Informa Markets and held at SupplySide West on October 26, 2023 in Las Vegas.
Out of all ingredients that were submitted for the competition in the Nootropics category, Brainberry® was selected as one of the three finalists that was invited to give a 3-min elevator pitch at the SupplySide West show in Las Vegas. Brainberry® was voted as Winner by the respected jury because of its unique clinically validated benefits on psychomotor control, better focus and mental flexibility.
Judges were three experienced professionals in the field of health and nutrition:
- David Foreman, also known as “The Herbal Pharmacist” is an established author, and currently on the editorial advisory board for Nutritional Outlook and on the content advisory board for Vitafoods Europe, Vitafoods Asia and Vitafoods Insights.
- Douglas Lynch, CEO of MarketWell Nutrition Inc., has three decades of experience in the clinical nutrition and wellness industries. He has an award-winning product background in sales and marketing of dietary supplements, medical foods, functional foods, cosmetics, animal nutrition, and proprietary actives.
- Diana Morgan, VP of global regulatory and government affairs for Nutrabolt, makers of the famous C4 Energy, is the founder of What’s Up with Supps. She has numerous years of experience in the natural products industry, having worked for reputable brands in the US nutritional supplement industry.
We are thankful to the jury and all visitors at SupplySide West for voting Brainberry® as the winner in the Nootropics category of Ingredient Idol 2023. Brainberry® was recognized for its advantages such as the low daily dose of 65mg, clinically backed benefits for improving focus and eye-hand coordination, and convenience of formulating in different product formats.
We strongly believe in the importance of clinical research backing up all our ingredients in order to offer true innovation in the health ingredients market. Brainberry® is an extract from Aronia Melanocarpa, standardized for Cyanadin-3-O-glycosides (>25%) and, specifically cyanidin-3-O-galactoside (>15%). It is able to cross the blood-brain barrier and improve neuronal signaling and synaptic plasticity. It is positioned for brain and cognitive support suitable for students, workers, gamers and athletes.
Consumer studies with acute and 7-days intake of 65mg Brainberry® among gamers and professional basketball players demonstrate improved eye-hand coordination, focus and reaction time, without negative impact on sleep or anxiety in self-reported questionnaires.
To learn more about Brainberry®, visit www.brainberry.eu, to explore other clinically validated ingredients by Solabia-BioActor, click here.