Las Vegas, NV — More than 15,000 ingredient buyers and suppliers from the dietary supplement, beverage, functional food, personal care and sports nutrition industries are expected to gather in Las Vegas, NV at the Mandalay Bay from Sept. 25 – 29 for Supply Side West. First-timers can meet some of...
OSLO, Norway and Metuchen, NJ – NattoPharma is launching at SupplySide West next week a full-spectrum vitamin K2 it calls the result of a proprietary technological breakthrough providing menaquinones (MK) 6, 7, 8 and 9, a range of isomers vital for cardiovascular health. “NattoPharma has driven the creation of the...
Los Angeles, CA – Ixoreal Biomed Inc., the manufacturer of KSM-66 ashwagandha extract, has expanded a suit against Sensoril producer Natreon and its distributor NutraGenesis, claiming false patent marking, defamation, product disparagement and tortious interference. The new claims this week are on top of an earlier countersuit Ixoreal Biomed filed...
WholeFoods Magazine’s 2016 Retailer of the Year winner PCC Natural Markets has changed its name to PCC Community Markets. One of Seattle’s original grocers and the largest community-owned food market, PCC just recently revealed their new name, logo, and brand campaign that they believe better reflects their community-focused mission. Along...
A new study on the mechanism of BCM-95 in pancreatic cancer, published in the July 2017 issue of Carcinogenesis, revealed curcumin's complementary role in overcoming chemotherapy resistance. “One of the challenges with pancreatic cancer is that not only is it a lethal disease, most patients who are treated with chemotherapy...
By Kira Karapetian, Vice President of Marketing, Label Insight The modern consumer is tech-savvy, health, environmentally and socially conscious, and connected to countless, intersecting online communities sharing information in real-time. At the same time, consumers are increasingly making purchases based on their health and wellness goals, looking to purchase items...
Austin, TX — Consumers in the United States spent an estimated 7.7% more on herbal dietary supplements in 2016 than in the previous year, according to the recently published HerbalGram Herb Market Report for 2016. The report, which appears in issue 115 of the American Botanical Council’s (ABC’s) quarterly, peer-reviewed...
Baltimore, MD – Dean Nelson, founder and owner of New Jersey-based Dean’s Natural Food Market, issued a call to the industry to return to its roots during his acceptance speech while receiving WholeFoods Magazine’s 27th Retailer of the Year award. “I still think we are in the greatest industry,” Nelson...
East Windsor, NJ — Sabinsa has been granted a U.S. patent on the company’s shelf stable probiotic LactoSpore in combination with cranberry seed fibers. Patent No. US9717766 discloses a method of increasing the viable colony count of Bacillus coagulans MTCC 5856 in a synbiotic composition containing natural plant fibers from Vaccinium...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is urging all women to avoid eating queso fresco made with unpasteurized milk (raw milk) due to a current investigation of two Listeria cases. According to the RIDOH press release, “quesco fresco, queso blanco, panela, and asadero-style cheeses are only considered safe when...
