Trends & Business

The report from ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program confirms that adulterated and mislabeled materials are being sold as elderberry.

PanTheryx launched three new delivery formats for its digestive and immune health ingredient, ColostrumOne high-quality bovine (cow): extruded soft-chews, soft press, and baked nutrition bars.

The Council for Responsible Nutrition launched "Probiotics: What’s Inside is Alive," a campaign that educates retail buyers and customers about probiotics, to help retail buyers better curate their offerings, improves retailer handling including storage, and informs customers about their benefits.

Sibelius Natural Products launched Sibelius: MyceliAid, a mushroom-based immune ingredient made with a wild-crafted, sustainably sourced chaga mushroom that is grown on birch trees and hand-picked by local farmers.

As demand for certain plant materials escalates, the reality remains: Supply is everything.

AIDP Inc. recently announced the findings of a bioavailability study on VegD3, a vegan, organic form of vitamin D3.

BDSA has expanded its cannabis retail sales tracking coverage to include the Pennsylvania market, which has grown consistently since medicinal cannabis was legalized in 2016

Qualitas Health, doing business as iwi, has partnered with Grupo Indukern (, and Gullspång Re:food VC to accelerate company growth through the development of innovative, algae-centered products, and increase its footprint in the plant-based products market.

Earlier this month, Folium Biosciences submitted a novel food application to the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) for validation of its hemp-derived, 0.0% THC broad-spectrum cannabidiol (CBD) oil.

The Global Organization for EPA and DHA Omega-3s released its 2020 Annual Report detailing the organization’s accomplishments, financial health, and progress on strategic objectives from the previous year. The report also includes the organization’s five-year strategic plan.

The European Industrial Hemp Association’s (EIHA) Novel Food Consortium has received confirmation from the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) that its novel foods application has been approved and its members’ CBD products can remain on UK shelves.

Clinical studies are revealing that probiotics could be sports nutrition’s next big thing.

Indena was awarded the American Herbal Products Association’s Centennial Award, celebrating its 100 years in the botanical derivatives industry.

The non-profit organization U.S.-China Health Products Association launched a video podcast “HPA-Global Insights” on YouTube.

Made up of 100% plant-based, expeller-pressed natural oils, Natralipid oils are regeneratively grown, always traceable from soil to oil, and sustainably processed in a risk-mitigated and quality-assured supply chain.

The annual peer-review media awards program recognized 104 brands as finalists for their exceptional work in publishing and digital media.

Elevant, a brand of the Swiss biotech company Seneque, recently launched Prime capsules in the U.S. Prime is a clinically tested, high purity form of nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN), a precursor of NAD+ (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide).

Back-to-basics As, Bs, and Cs (and Ds, and Ks, and Es) are basking in vitamins’ newfound glow.

Nexira has launched a nutricosmetics line called NutriBeauty. The range features three products: Glow & Beauty for Skin, Youth & Prevention for Anti-aging, and Hair & Nails Care.

E-commerce has seen explosive growth since the COVID-19 pandemic started. Here’s how social media skills will influence sales in 2021.

FDA explained in its warning letters to the firms that even if CBD in the product was labeled as an inactive ingredient, the product cannot be legally marketed without an approved new drug application.

Curcugen, a bioavailability-enhanced, water-dispersible curcuminoid complex from DolCas Biotech has achieved self-affirmed GRAS (generally recognized as safe) status.

Informa Markets will be holding The Vitafoods Insights Virtual Expo on May 10 – 13, 2021.

The Organic & Natural Health Association partnered with the Williams-Franklin Foundation to help raise a minimum of $50,000 over the next five years to support education expenses for historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) students.

Xavier Becerra, the former attorney general of California, has been narrowly confirmed as the new secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services by a vote of 50 to 49.

The Global Retail and Manufacturing Alliance (GRMA) announced the successful completion of the ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB) pilot accreditation program.

Kaneka Probiotics added a new probiotic strain to its portfolio: Lactobacillus plantarum DR7.

We asked science-centered experts to share their picks for the most exciting sleep ingredients on their radars. Here’s what they told us.