Ronkonkoma, NY — Global investment firm KKR is buying a majority stake in health and wellness product leader The Nature’s Bounty Co. from The Carlyle Group. Even though The Carlyle Group is selling most of its control of Nature’s Bounty it still has a financial hand in the company. All...
San Diego, CA – Transaction activity in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry increased 22%, with 436 deals in the first half of 2017, and shows no signs of slowing down, reports Nutrition Capital Network (NCN). The advisory firm’s transaction database revealed mergers and acquisitions were up 33% and...
Villeroy, Quebec — Fruit d’Or Nutraceuticals has received approval from Health Canada that could take its conventional and organic cranberry oil beyond urinary tract infections into cosmetic, functional food and dietary supplementation. The company has received Natural Product Number (NPN #80079040) from Health Canada’s Natural and Non-prescription Health Products Directorate (NNHPD),...
With organic and natural food demands growing, more companies are trying to meet the certifications required to place desired labels onto their product to validate the source and ingredients within. Many consumers trust that when a certifying agency label is on their product, that the product has undergone strict rules...
South Plainfield, NJ — WholeFoods Magazine is partnering with ConnectMii, a video meeting technology provider, to create VirtualMart, a way to make it easy for you to learn about new product offerings in all natural products categories without leaving your store. “I am thrilled to offer you a new and...
New York City, NY — The Specialty Food Association (SFA) held its annual Summer Fancy Food Show on June 25 – 27 at the Javits Center. Exhibiting companies numbered greater than 2,600 and approximately 25,000 people attended the show. These include specialty retailers such as Whole Foods Market, Kroger and...
According to a report by CNBC, grocers are starting to notice a shift in customer habits. Increasingly, customers are avoiding the center aisles and concentrating their purchases around the perimeter, choosing produce and other fresh food items such as bakery, deli, seafood and meat products over packaged foods. This is...
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – PureCircle’s new stevia leaf-based flavor enhancers for vanilla and cocoa flavors are a way to produce products at a manageable price point, the company said on Tuesday. The new products qualify to be labeled as natural flavors on product ingredient labels, according to a company statement.
Washington, D.C. — Rep. David Cillicine (D-R.I.), the top Democrat on the House subcommittee on regulatory reform, commercial and antitrust law wrote a letter to the House Judiciary Committee and the subcommittee chairman requesting an oversight hearing on Amazon’s $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods Market. Cillicine voiced concern about...
To coincide with the new, 10th anniversary, updated and revised edition of "The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth," I’ve decided to use these next two columns to give you a preview of some of the foods that are new to the updated edition. The new edition has also been updated...
