Sustainability in active nutrition: Interview with Joel Melillo

On September 10, 2025, Nutritional Outlook hosted the Outlook on Active Nutrition, a one-day conference featuring leading experts, informative presentations, and engaging panel discussions exploring the key trends and developments in active nutrition.

Live from the conference, we asked Joel Melillo, vice president, sales and marketing for Horphag Research, about how the company is approaching sustainability in active nutrition.

Joel Melillo: Hi, I'm Joel Melillo, vice president, sales and marketing for Horphag Research in North America. So we're a raw material supplier and researcher of our main ingredient was Pycnogenol, French maritime pine bark extract, which comes from the largest forest in southwest France, and by by nature, it's a sustainable process. Every time a tree is harvested, trees are planted, and the Pycnogenol pine bark extract is a byproduct of the process, so 100% sustainable.