Salt Lake City, UT — New results from a meta-analysis study published in the Journal of Clinical Lipidology suggest consuming EPA and DHA omega-3s could reduce the risk of cardiac deaths. The meta-analysis, which combined data from 14 randomized, controlled trials of 71,899 people, reviewed studies that were longer than...
Austin, TX – It's clear sailing for Amazon.com to move forward with the purchase of Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion. Shareholders approved the deal on Wednesday morning and a few hours later, Bruce Hoffman, acting director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition, said the agency had decided...
San Francisco, CA – In an effort to compete with the ever-growing dominance of Amazon.com, Google and Walmart are teaming to let people buy Walmart products through Google Express, the companies announced on Wednesday. “We are trying to help customers shop in ways that they may have never imagined,” said...
Minneapolis, MN — Target Corp. has pulled Just Mayo eggless mayonnaise and other products from San Francisco-based vegan food startup Hampton Creek Inc. off its shelves for good. The retailer had pulled the products about two months ago after receiving what it said were food safety allegations it shared with the...
Cleveland, OH — Ganeden, a manufacturer of probiotic ingredients, received from Health Canada a no objection letter that allows companies fortifying products with GanedenBC3 to make new gut flora wording on packaging as well as general health claims allowed in the country’s probiotic monograph. “Canada has become a strong market...
Americans are buying more organic produce and would buy even more if it were less expensive. When compared to such food categories as dairy, meat, seafood, poultry and juice, half of consumers say, in new research from Mintel, they are more likely to purchase organic fresh produce. In addition, 57%...
While not as big as the salty snack category, according to a new report by Nielsen, snackable produce (grapes, cherries, bananas, baby carrots, oranges, mandarins, apples, berries and stone fruits) have seen a 10% annual growth rate each year from 2012 to 2016, and as of late May 2017 had amassed...
OSLO, Norway — NattoPharma Group, maker of MenaQ7, reported accelerated interest in the branded vitamin K2 and said it is poised to take off because demand is there and global systems are now in place for greater efficiencies and scale. First half 2017 revenues rose by 18.6% to $3.84 million, which...
NEW YORK — Jana Partners, the activist hedge fund that propelled Whole Foods Market into the arms of Amazon.com, has taken stakes in meal kit delivery company Blue Apron and natural foods grocer Sprouts Farmers Market. In a filing on Monday reported by Bloomberg, Jana Partners revealed it holds 600,000 shares,...
To coincide with the new, 10th anniversary, updated and revised edition of "The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth," I’ve decided to use this column to give you a preview of some of the foods that are new to the updated edition. The new edition has also been updated to include...
