Mike Straus

Articles

The COVID-19 pandemic sparked a purchasing frenzy last year that left many retailers with out-of-stocks. Here’s how manufacturers and retailers are adjusting.

Out-of-stocks: How natural product and supplement retailers are preparing for 2021

A look at some of the eye-health ingredients, and the studies demonstrating their efficacy, that can continue to support customers long after the pandemic is behind us.

Could eye health supplements gain a growing audience thanks to skyrocketing screen time?

New research is demonstrating which blood sugar support ingredients are effective and the different ways in which they work.

Glycemic Giants: The latest research on ingredients for blood sugar support

Nutritional supplements and functional foods are becoming more sustainable thanks to better use of ingredient development byproducts.

Upcycling makes ingredient development more sustainable

ACV’s natural and uncomplicated ingredient profile has consumers saying, “How do you like them apples?”

Apple cider vinegar: The science and the trends

Don’t let your brand make these advertising mistakes. 

Lessons from 2020’s most notable advertising disputes: Natural products edition

The Herbal Pharmacist talks to Nutritional Outlook about science-backed mood-boosters.

5 Top mood-support ingredients: A pharmacist’s perspective

Sex health dietary supplement ingredients are also getting smarter, with cognition-enhancing adaptogens suddenly stepping into the sex health space and proving that smart is the new sexy.

What’s new and exciting in the world of sex health dietary supplement ingredients?

Health-conscious parents are demanding more from children’s nutrition products, driving manufacturers to innovate.

Ingredient innovation is on the rise for children and infant nutrition products, dietary supplements

While powders continue to be the primary driver in the BCAA market, other formats are quickly growing in response to new interest in the benefits of BCAAs.