As the nutritional supplement industry continues to develop, consumer needs are becoming increasingly clear, and they tend to choose products designed for specific health and lifestyle needs, such as healthy aging, metabolic health, women's health, and cognitive health. In addition to seeking flexible production solutions, brands and manufacturers are also looking for complementary ingredient systems and reliable ingredients to help them transform these market opportunities into commercially valuable products.
Against this backdrop, Vitafoods Asia 2026 provides an important platform for ingredient suppliers, brand owners, manufacturers, and industry professionals to jointly explore new opportunities in the Asia-Pacific nutritional supplement market. The exhibition will be held from September 2nd to 4th, 2026 at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre (QSNCC) in Bangkok.
From Popular Ingredients to Precision Solutions
The next generation of functional products is not simply about adding another popular ingredient to the formula. For product developers, the more important questions are:
What consumer needs are we trying to address? Which ingredient combinations can help us create a more differentiated product concept?
At this year’s show, Herb Green Health will bring together a range of plant extracts, functional ingredients, and product development solutions built around the most valuable opportunities in today’s market, and attempt to offer its own answers to the questions above.
1. Rare Ginsenosides, Elevated —— The opportunity: Premiumizing traditional botanicals
Ginseng remains one of Asia's most recognizable botanical ingredients, but modern product development is increasingly looking for more differentiated approaches to traditional ingredients.
Rare ginsenosides such as Rg3 and Rh2 offer opportunities for brands seeking to build premium, differentiated ginseng concepts rather than relying solely on conventional ginseng positioning.
Our showcase features:
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Rare Ginsenosides including Rg3 and Rh2
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CLEAN-GINSENG® Ginseng Extract
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Customized specifications and ingredient solutions
These ingredients can be explored for:
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Premium dietary supplements
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Healthy aging formulations
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Vitality products
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Functional foods and beverages
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High-end botanical blends
For brands looking to elevate a traditional ingredient into a more differentiated product proposition, standardized and customized ginseng solutions can provide a stronger starting point.
2. Smarter Carb Management —— The opportunity: Moving beyond conventional weight-management positioning
Metabolic health and weight management are becoming increasingly interconnected with broader concepts such as daily nutrition, healthy aging and lifestyle management.
Instead of positioning a product around weight alone, brands can explore more targeted concepts around carbohydrate management and balanced daily nutrition.
Our featured solution is Disugar® Mulberry Leaf Extract (DNJ), complemented by ingredients such as:
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Theaflavins
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Amla Extract
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Pu-erh Extract / Theabrownins
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Berberine
The combination creates opportunities for product developers to build more differentiated metabolic-health concepts around complementary botanical ingredients.
Suitable product directions may include:
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Carb-management supplements
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Weight-management formulas
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Functional beverages
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Daily wellness powders
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Metabolic health blends
The focus is not simply on one ingredient, but on building a formulation platform that can be adapted to different market needs and product formats.
3. Glow Beyond Sugar ——The opportunity: Connecting beauty, nutrition and healthy aging
Beauty-from-within is evolving beyond traditional beauty ingredients. As consumers take a more holistic approach to wellness, opportunities are emerging around the intersection of skin health, nutrition, metabolic wellness and healthy aging.
This is particularly relevant in Asia, where beauty-from-within is an established category and where industry observers expect the gut-skin axis and longevity to remain important innovation themes.
Our featured Guava Fruit Extract is presented alongside:
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Olive Leaf Extract
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Amla Extract
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Roselle Extract
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Sakura Polyphenols
This combination provides a botanical platform for brands exploring more differentiated beauty and healthy-aging concepts.
Potential applications：
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Beauty-from-within supplements
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Skin wellness formulas
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Antioxidant-focused formulations
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Functional beverages
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Healthy-aging products
Rather than treating beauty as an isolated category, brands can increasingly explore formulations that connect beauty with broader everyday wellness.
4. Women's Healthy Aging —— The opportunity: More targeted solutions for women's life stages
Women's health is becoming an increasingly important area of supplement innovation, with brands looking beyond general wellness toward products designed around specific life stages and needs.
Healthy aging for women presents a particularly interesting opportunity, as consumers seek more targeted and convenient solutions during midlife and beyond. Industry coverage ahead of Vitafoods Asia 2026 also identifies women's health as an important area of innovation in the region.
Our featured ingredient is:
- 5% S-Equol Fermented Soy Germ Extract Powder
Its standardized format provides a practical ingredient option for brands developing women's health concepts.
Potential applications：
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Women's health supplements
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Menopause-focused formulations
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Capsules and tablets
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Functional powders
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Daily wellness products
For brands entering or expanding in women's health, ingredient selection, standardization and finished-product format all play an important role in creating a commercially relevant concept.
5. Mood, Stress & Sleep Support ——The opportunity: From single-function products to holistic wellness
Mood, stress and sleep are increasingly interconnected in consumers' everyday wellness routines.
This creates opportunities for brands to move beyond single-benefit positioning and develop more holistic formulations designed around emotional wellness and daily relaxation routines.
Our featured SafDemo™ Saffron Extract is showcased with:
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Gardenia Extract
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Reishi Mushroom Extract
Together, these ingredients provide a starting point for developing botanical wellness concepts around mood, stress and sleep.
Potential applications：
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Mood-support formulas
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Stress-management products
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Sleep and relaxation products
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Women's wellness formulas
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Functional beverages and powders
For product developers, combining complementary botanical ingredients can create more differentiated concepts while allowing flexibility across markets and formats.
6. Vitality Rooted in Thailand —— The opportunity: Bringing Southeast Asian botanicals into modern nutrition
Southeast Asia offers a distinctive botanical resource for brands seeking ingredients with regional identity and differentiated product stories.
Our showcase highlights Black Ginger Extract, a botanical rooted in Thailand, together with:
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Cistanche Extract
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Epimedium Extract
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Maca
Potential applications：
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Men's vitality products
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Active nutrition
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Sports and performance formulas
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Energy and daily vitality products
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Botanical blends
The opportunity extends beyond sourcing a single ingredient. For global brands, Southeast Asian botanicals can provide new stories, formulation possibilities and points of differentiation.
7. Mushroom-Powered Wellness —— The opportunity: Expanding mushroom applications beyond traditional categories
Mushroom ingredients are increasingly being explored across a wider range of wellness concepts.
Our showcase features Lion's Mane Extract, together with:
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Reishi
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Golden Oyster Mushroom
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Maitake Mushroom
This broader mushroom portfolio allows brands to explore different ingredient combinations rather than relying on a single mushroom ingredient.
Potential applications：
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Cognitive wellness concepts
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Mushroom blends
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Healthy-aging products
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Functional foods and beverages
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Daily wellness supplements
For product developers, mushroom combinations can also create opportunities for distinctive ingredient stories and multi-ingredient formulations.
8. Healthy Aging & Cellular Vitality —— The opportunity: From traditional anti-aging to a broader healthy-aging strategy
Healthy aging is becoming a broader innovation platform rather than a single product category.
Recent industry coverage ahead of Vitafoods Asia 2026 points to healthy aging and longevity as major themes across the Asian nutraceutical market, alongside active nutrition, women's health and gut health.
Our approach brings together ingredients representing several complementary areas of modern healthy-aging formulation:
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Urolithin A
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Fisetin
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NMN / NAD+
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AKK Postbiotic
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Fermented Resveratrol
This portfolio enables brands to explore concepts spanning cellular vitality, healthy aging, gut health and broader longevity-oriented positioning.
Potential applications：
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Healthy-aging supplements
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Longevity formulations
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Cellular health products
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Gut-health and healthy-aging combinations
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Premium daily wellness products
Rather than treating longevity as a single-ingredient story, brands can consider building a broader formulation architecture around different aspects of healthy aging.
9. Proven Ingredients for Global Brands ——The opportunity: Turning ingredient sourcing into product development
Ingredient innovation is only one part of the product-development process.
For many brands, distributors and Asian contract manufacturers serving international markets, the real challenge is connecting ingredient selection with formulation, specifications, manufacturing and finished-product delivery.
Our showcase therefore also includes solutions designed for global product development, featuring:
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Berberine
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Fermented Resveratrol
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Curcumin
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Broccoli Extract / Sulforaphane
These ingredients can support a wide range of functional product concepts while giving manufacturers greater flexibility when developing solutions for different markets.
We support customers with:
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Customized ingredient specifications
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Ingredient combinations
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Formulation support
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OEM & ODM
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Private label development
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Contract manufacturing
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Finished product development
Our portfolio reflects two complementary strengths: distinctive Southeast Asian botanical ingredients and practical ingredient/manufacturing solutions for Asian manufacturers serving global brands.
This combination allows us to support customers not only at the ingredient-sourcing stage, but also as they move toward formulation and commercialization.
From Raw Materials to Opportunities
The development of functional nutrition will depend on how effectively brands identify emerging consumer needs, select appropriate raw materials, create differentiated formulations, and efficiently bring them to market.
This is one of the reasons we chose to participate in Vitafood Asia 2026.
From rare ginsenosides and Southeast Asian botanicals to metabolic health, women's wellness, mushroom nutrition and cellular vitality, we are bringing together ingredient solutions designed to help brands and manufacturers explore the next generation of functional products.
Whether you are looking for specific plant extracts, exploring new formulation ideas, or seeking OEM/ODM and contract manufacturing partners, we are happy to discuss your next product collaboration opportunities with you.
We look forward to meeting you at Vitafoods Asia 2026 to explore the future trends of functional ingredients.
Dates: September 2-4, 2026
Location: Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre (QSNCC), Bangkok, Thailand
Booth: H2-H42
Contact: emma.hsin@taiyi-nb.com
Location: Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre (QSNCC), Bangkok, Thailand
Booth: H2-H42
Contact: emma.hsin@taiyi-nb.com
