{"id":2428,"date":"2022-11-09T21:17:08","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T21:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovactiv.com\/?p=2428"},"modified":"2023-03-06T09:53:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T09:53:19","slug":"challenges-of-custom-liquid-natural-extract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/innovactiv.com\/en\/challenges-of-custom-liquid-natural-extract\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond the pill: challenges of custom natural extract"},"content":{"rendered":"

Health products have evolved beyond traditional capsules and tablets with gummies, sports drinks, shots and other non-traditional formats taking 52% of the market*.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Consumers are now asking for concentrated and efficient products delivered in various ways.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Because of their health benefits and beneficial nutrients, herbal extracts are widely used to create a variety of shots, RTD beverages and powder drinks.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Riding on the back of this development, the global organic herbal extracts market will observe robust growth in the forthcoming years. The global herbal extracts market can expect a rise from USD 9.7 billion in 2018 to USD 13.96 billion by 2023**.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However, producing a highly concentrated liquid natural extract from specific vegetable biomass is not so quickly done. While they benefit from favourable consumer perception and nutritional profile, seaweeds are particularly challenging to work with as they contain high-viscosity fibres and polysaccharides, preventing the separation of soluble components from insoluble ones.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With over 15 years of experience developing seaweed extracts, we\u2019ve recently developed a custom natural extract<\/a> for a multinational liquid supplement manufacturer.<\/span><\/p>\n

We rapidly identified two challenges:<\/span><\/p>\n