Trends & Business

The definition of a dietary substance in FDA's New Dietary Ingredient draft guidance differs greatly from the definition of a dietary ingredient under DSHEA, the actual law governing supplements.

Fruitlift is a real-fruit based sweetening solution designed to replace refined sugar in RTE cereals. 

The biggest shift in multivitamin thinking involves meeting consumers where they are-in their lifestyles and their life stages.

The sports nutrition market was going strong even before casual competitors started swelling its ranks, but weekend warriors have surely added to the gains.

The Trump Administration and U.S. Trade Representative have opened an exclusion process for List 3 China 301 tariffs, which encompass many ingredients used in the natural products industry. 

How to position your plant-based product for mainstream success

Solabia Group has acquired Algatech Ltd. for an undisclosed sum.

One CEO writes about how blockchain technology is the key to addressing the complexity of today’s global dietary supplement supply chain.

The mill's enhancements will directly support The Annex by Ardent Mills, a business unit dedicated to specialty grains and plant-based ingredients. 

Nutraceuticals Group has acquired the exclusive rights to offer the patent-pending Spanish ingredient H2OSlim to the U.S., Canadian, and Korean supplement manufacturing markets. 

Dietary supplement industry leaders and consumer advocacy groups turned out in force at a hotly anticipated public meeting with FDA last week to discuss federal regulation of dietary supplements.

A look at herbal beauty ingredients, from turmeric to CBD.

Like the cavemen who inspired the diet, will paleo eventually go extinct?

OmegaQuant’s Omega-3 Index and Prenatal DHA test kits are now registered in the European Union as in vitro medical devices and CE-marked.

BLIS M18 is the second oral-health probiotic strain from Blis Technologies and its North American distributor Stratum Nutrition.

Supplement products brand Reserveage Nutrition has rolled out a brand-new delivery format for its collagen line: Collagen Candy.

What can this rare sugar do that other alternative sweeteners can’t?

Herbs and botanicals, in general, have been making their way into the joint health category, says Innova Market Insights, whose research shows a 25% average annual growth of bone and joint supplements that used botanicals between 2014 and 2018.

Algae’s valuable nutrition stores are prized in today’s human health market.

Parry Organic Spirulina from Parry Nutraceuticals has successfully passed the United States Pharmacopeia’s voluntary and rigorous Dietary Ingredient Verification Program 

Health Products Association-China will be hosting its “Nutrition and Health China Industry Summit” in Shanghai on June 17, 2019

Tespo launched its Tespo Connect Wi-Fi enabled smart vitamin dispenser and Tespo personalized vitamin and supplement pods. 

Amarin Pharma Inc., maker of high-concentration EPA-only omega-3 drug Vascepa, has reached a settlement with omega-3 dietary supplement companies The Coromega Company, Inc., and Omax Health, Inc over complaints the drug company filed in October of 2018.

Trends and product updates for these two complementary categories of better sleep and greater energy.

For the Biome’s flagship products Adapt Essence Spray, and Invigorate Powder Mask will featuring a blend of reishi, lion’s mane, chaga, maitake, and king trumpet mushrooms sourced from Om Mushroom Superfood. 

Neptune Wellness Solutions Inc. is expanding its North American hemp supply footprint by acquiring all of the assets of SugarLeaf Labs LLC and Forest Remedies LLC.

Somehow, today’s manufacturers, experts in their field, are making it all work, playing an integral role in helping companies get to market faster with competitive, differentiated, high-quality products.

AIDP, Inc. has been appointed the sales and marketing partner for International Agriculture Group’s NuBana RS2 green banana flour.