May is Celiac Awareness month and in its honor, this article will bring up some facts and bust some myths, perhaps solve a mystery illness for someone… “Koiliakos” from old Greek, to “Coeliac” in Europe, then “Celiac” in North America. The name has undergone some changes over the last 2,000...
In a continued consolidation of the testing industry, Eurofins Scientific, a leader in bioanalytical testing, has agreed to acquire Covance Food Solutions from Lab Corp. for $670 million, the company announced. Covance Food Solutions provides product integrity, product safety and consulting solutions for segments that span the entire food supply...
Salt Lake City, UT - Ellen Schutt has been appointed GOED's new executive director. She was previously vice-president, Communications and Education of the agency, and had been acting as interim executive director since the departure of Adam Ismail at the end of February. DSM’s Tom Feeley, chairman of the GOED...
Washington, D.C. — On April 18, the Natural Products Association (NPA) held its annual Natural Products Day, during which NPA members lobby their representatives and senators on behalf of the natural products industry. The “asks” this year were similar to last year’s, with a few new additions to the agenda.
The Natural View drops in on Green Acres Health Food Store in Piscataway, N.J. In this wide-ranging conversation with the manager and owner (conducted on 4/20), we talk about CBD oil sales, the benefits of opening a juice bar, how to compete in the shadow of two new Whole Foods...
By Whitney C. Gibson and Daren Garcia of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP As virtually all consumer product manufacturers and brand owners by now realize, the world is becoming increasingly ecommerce driven. While this paradigm shift has ushered in numerous opportunities for businesses, it also presents significant challenges. One...
Within the past 6 months, $10.5 billion has been spent on branded vitamin, mineral and supplement (“VMS”) businesses by some of the largest and best-known CPG companies and private equity firms in the world. This is more money than in any calendar year historically. Since September 2017, Procter & Gamble announced...
Washington, D.C. - A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel yesterday unanimously recommended approval of an epilepsy medication made with CBD oil. If the agency follows the recommendation, as is expected, the drug would be the first pharmaceutical formulation of purified, plant-based CBD, a cannabinoid lacking the high associated with...
Whole Foods Market’s loyalty program will be folded into Amazon Prime, which has over 100 million Prime members worldwide, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos revealed in his annual shareholder letter this week. For context, the U.S. has about 126 million households, notes Retail Insights president and founder Jay Jacobowitz, "which leads...
Oslo, Norway and Edison, NJ -Cheese is good for your heart health. And a new paper, "Menaquinone Content of Cheese," published in Nutrients and conducted at VitaK, Maastricht University in the Netherlands, examines the Vitamin K2 content of cheeses and other foods. It shows strong evidence that cheese has cardio-protective...
