Cincinnati, OH — Kroger launched a new mobile app called OptUP, reports Food & Wine, meant to make picking up healthy foods and maintaining a healthy diet easier. This is different from their existing mobile shopping app. OptUP is “your virtual assistant for healthier shopping.” It encourages its users to...
Salt Lake City — The United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA) and Portland, Ore.-based Healthnotes signed a commercial partnership memorandum of understanding to promote Vitature, a software solution for dietary supplement brand holders, contract manufacturers, ingredient suppliers and importers. Vitature is a cloud-based, software-as-a-service compliance platform designed specifically for the dietary supplement industry.
Piscataway, NJ - Sabinsa Corporation has successfully ended its patent infringement lawsuit against Olive Lifesciences Pvt. Ltd. On April 5, the United States District Court in New Jersey entered a judgment awarding Sabinsa over $850,000 in damages, enhanced damages, attorney’s fees, costs, and interest, according to a statement from the...
Frutarom Health, a subsidiary of Frutarom Industries Ltd,. has acquired a patent-protected micro-encapsulation technology of AB-Fortis that enables delivery of iron with increased biological absorption. The system helps consumers avoid the common negative aspects and side effects of iron supplements, including metallic aftertaste, dental darkening, gastrointestinal upset and nausea, according...
According to a new report published by Transparency Market Research, marine oils, particularly the fish oil market, is expected to hit $1.7 billion by 2018 (1). Global awareness of the importance of omega-3 fatty acids was stated as the primary driver for the growth in this market. However, as consumers...
Technology is not just for the young at heart. At the recent CEWeek, the consumer electronics (CE) industry's official event in New York City, there were young technology companies showing innovations for all ages. Gary Kaye, founder of Tech50+, which is filled with information from seasoned journalists in-the-know, moderated a...
St. Cloud, MN — Apogee Foods, a gluten-free manufacturing company based in Dallas, TX, announced it selected ProcessPro, a mid-market enterprise resource planning (ERP) software solution company, to assist in the expansion of the company. “ProcessPro’s ERP solution is a great fit for Apogee Foods, as they are a quality-conscious...
Solon, OH and San Francisco, CA — RangeMe, an online platform that connects retailers with suppliers with new products has recently been acquired by Efficient Collaborative Retail Marketing (ECRM), a company that assists buyers and suppliers by providing services such as category development and planning as well as product discovery.
Chicago, IL — Avure Technologies, Inc. has been acquired by JBT Corporation for $57 million prior to after close adjustments. Avure Technologies is known for creating High Pressure Processing (HPP) systems globally for large food manufacturers and tolling centers. JBT Corporation is involved with customer solutions in a wide range of areas,...
Reducing physical pain should be a national priority, provided we have an all-natural, non-invasive way to achieve this goal — and because the price of inaction is too great to tolerate and too substantial to ignore. We cannot have tens of millions of Americans unable to work, or too weak...
