{"url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-21/kaneka-ubiquinol-heart-health-award","markdown_url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-21/kaneka-ubiquinol-heart-health-award.md","title":"Kaneka Ubiquinol Wins 2026 Heart Health Ingredient Award","headline":"Kaneka Ubiquinol Takes Heart Health Category in 2026 WholeFoods Ingredient Choice Awards","description":"Kaneka Ubiquinol won the Heart Health category in the 2026 WholeFoods Magazine Ingredient Choice Awards.","section":"Business","published_at":"2026-10-21T16:08:58+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-21T16:08:58+00:00","author":"News Desk","key_takeaways":["Kaneka Ubiquinol won the Heart Health category in the 2026 WholeFoods Magazine Ingredient Choice Awards, a program now in its third year with 15 categories.","The award will be presented at SupplySide Global 2026 in Las Vegas, and winners appear in WholeFoods Magazine's October SupplySide Global special issue.","Kaneka Ubiquinol is the active antioxidant form of CoQ10 and is backed by more than 100 clinical studies and 50 years of CoQ10 and Ubiquinol science."],"companies":[{"name":"Kaneka","is_primary":true,"profile_url":"https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00094y1/kaneka","website":"http://www.kaneka.co.jp"},{"name":"WholeFoods Magazine","is_primary":false,"profile_url":"https://akta.pro/company-profiles/000adym/wholefoods-magazine","website":"https://wholefoodsmagazine.com"}],"source":{"publisher":"PR Newswire","title":"Kaneka Ubiquinol® Wins 2026 Ingredient Choice Award for Heart Health","url":"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kaneka-ubiquinol-wins-2026-ingredient-choice-award-for-heart-health-302914784.html"},"other_sources":[],"tags":["Business","Kaneka","WholeFoods Magazine"],"body_markdown":"Kaneka Ubiquinol has won the Heart Health category in the 2026 [WholeFoods Magazine](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/000adym/wholefoods-magazine) Ingredient Choice Awards, a program now in its third year that recognizes branded ingredients across 15 categories. [PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kaneka-ubiquinol-wins-2026-ingredient-choice-award-for-heart-health-302914784.html) reported the win on October 21, 2026.\n\n## How the Ingredient Choice Award Was Decided\n\nWinners in the program are chosen by a vote of natural products industry members. WholeFoods Magazine will feature this year's winners in its October SupplySide Global special issue and present Kaneka with the award at SupplySide Global 2026 in Las Vegas.\n\nKaneka Ubiquinol is the active antioxidant form of CoQ10. According to the report, the heart is one of the body's most energy-demanding organs, and its cells rely on a large number of mitochondria to meet that demand. As the active antioxidant form of CoQ10, Kaneka Ubiquinol supports heart health by contributing to ATP generation and a healthy oxidative balance.\n\n\"When brands build a heart health product around Ubiquinol, they want to know the science is there,\" said Terese Mansell, Vice President of Kaneka's Nutrients Division. \"That's why we keep investing in the research, year after year. Hearing that the industry noticed is a great feeling. Thank you to everyone who voted.\"\n\nKaneka was the first to stabilize Ubiquinol for supplementation, and supplement brands have been building heart health, healthy aging, and mitochondrial health products on Kaneka Ubiquinol ever since. The ingredient is the all-trans isomer, bioidentical to the body's own ubiquinol, and free from cis-isomers produced during synthetic CoQ10 manufacturing. It is backed by more than 100 clinical studies and 50 years of CoQ10 and Ubiquinol science.\n\n## Kaneka's Ubiquinol Partnerships and Portfolio\n\n[Kaneka](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00094y1/kaneka) is a Japanese diversified chemicals and materials group listed as TSE: 4118.T, manufacturing specialty polymers, functional foods, medical devices, and the marine-biodegradable PHBH polymer Green Planet, according to akta.pro [company records](https://akta.pro/company-data). The company was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Tokyo.\n\nA May 2026 partnership with Eqology covered joint product development combining Kaneka Ubiquinol with Eqology's CodMarine Arctic cod liver oil, resulting in Pure Arctic Oil Heart & Energy. The same records show Kaneka announced operational expansions across Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia in May 2026 as part of its Asia-Pacific growth initiative, alongside existing operations in Belgium, the United States, and Malaysia.\n\n## Earlier Ubiquinol Recognition and Testing\n\nIn September 2026, Kaneka Corporation announced that its Ubiquinol product won the Ingredient of the Year: Healthspan Award at the NutraIngredients-Asia Awards 2026, according to Aijourn.\n\nIn July 2026, Kaneka Nutrients announced a third phase of independent market surveillance and laboratory testing to verify Ubiquinol product authenticity, conducted in collaboration with Kaneka Corporation and accredited third-party laboratories, PR Newswire reported.\n\n## SupplySide Global 2026 Presentation\n\nThe award will be presented at SupplySide Global 2026 in Las Vegas, and WholeFoods Magazine will feature this year's winners in its October SupplySide Global special issue.\n","publisher":{"name":"News for Agent","url":"https://newsforagent.com"}}