New research conducted by a group of researchers from Faculty of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia and Menoufia Medical School, Egypt demonstrates the potential of palm-based tocotrienols as as a neuroprotective and antioxidant agent in chronic cerebral hypoperfusion-induced neurodegeneration. Researchers used rats that received 2-vessel occlusion (2VO) which induces neuronal...
Boise, ID — Boise-based Impact Group, a leading sales and marketing agency that provides services to more than 700 consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands will acquire three independent food brokerage companies in Minnesota and Wisconsin: Impact Sales & Associates, Ritt-Beyer & Weir (RBW), and WJ Pence. The additions will increase Impact...
Tokyo based Kaneka Corporation acquired a 34.8% share of AB-Biotics (ABB), a Barcelona based biotech company focusing on research, development, and distribution of its own products using lactic acid bacteria. Kaneka has also established a license agreement with AB-Biotics to grant Kaneka exclusive rights for production and sales of ABB’s...
Hadley, MA — Delta-tocotrienol from annatto decreased biomarkers associated with fatty liver, suggests a published clinical study in patients diagnosed with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). A recent study conducted at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Pakistan, and published in the Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, adds new data...
Washington, D.C. - Organic sales in the U.S. hit a new record of $49.4 billion in 2017, up 6.4 percent from the previous year and reflecting new sales of nearly $3.5 billion. According to the Organic Trade Association’s (OTA) newly released 2018 Organic Industry Survey, the organic food market hit $45.2...
Washington, D.C. - The push to make multivitamins an eligible purchase for low income Americans on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program could be one step closer to fruition. The House of Representatives is set to debate and vote on an amendment offered by Representative Mike D. Rogers (R-AL)...
Lewisville, TX - A customer enters a store with questions about their child’s ADHD. They want to know about their options – both pharmacological and natural – for this widely documented diagnosis. LifeSeasons has launched an “Ingredient Science Library” that provides the answers with the click of a mouse. The...
Madison, WI - The hemp industry has chalked up another win. Wisconsin has rolled back its previous announcement on the illegality of selling and possessing cannabidiol (CBD) oil. In early May, the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) advised law enforcement agencies and the public that CBD oil was still illegal, despite...
Seattle, WA - PCC Community Markets continues to take the lead when it comes to treating animals humanely, and offering consumers fresh, organic food. WholeFoods Magazine's 2016 Retailer of the Year has just become the first retailer in the country to comprehensively address broiler chicken welfare - not only for...
Washington, D.C. - The public comment period is open for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) recently unveiled proposal for food labeling of products using GMOs. Instead of food labels including the words "genetically modified" or "genetically engineered," the USDA wants to substitute the initials BE – for Bio-Engineered foods. ...
