Heart palpitating, beads of invisible sweat dripping, “I’ll have the House Chop Salad please.” A small pause. Nerves. The loud silence from the rest of the table. “You’re positive there’s no soy or peanuts in the dressing? I’ll have it with no dressing if you’re not sure. So sorry to trouble...
Basel, Switzerland – Lonza announced today it has completed the acquisition of Capsugel S.A. from KKR for $5.5 billion in cash, including refinancing of Capsugel’s approximate $2 billion in debt. Capsugel is a leader in advanced oral dosage delivery technologies and hard capsules. The acquisition goes along with Lonza’s stated...
Paris, France — Danone has entered a binding agreement to sell its U.S. dairy business Stonyfield to Lactalis for $875 million. The company was required to sell New Hampshire-based Stonyfield as part of the U.S. Justice Department’s approval of its $10 billion purchase of foods giant WhiteWave. Stonyfield generated about...
Carol Stream, IL-Food ingredient supplier Prinova expands its global footprint to six manufacturing sites on three continents with the acquisition of Israeli-based Lycored’s premix operations based in China and the United Kingdom, the company announced. Prinova is a global supplier of ingredients, flavors, blending and contract manufacturing solutions for the...
Click to hear podcast The Alkaline Way is based on the most effective approaches to improve quality of life and sustain health and happiness. Since we are a product of what we eat, drink, think, and do, it is critical that we remember optimal health and happiness come down...
New York, NY — On May 27, 2016, sweeping changes were made to the nutrition and supplement facts labels. Originally, compliance deadlines established required companies with more than $10 million in sales to comply by July 2018 and those below $10 million to comply by July 2019. These deadlines have...
East Windsor, NJ – A study that further consolidates the role Sabinsa’s C3 Complex®/BioPerine® combination plays in the context of diabetes was just published in Complementary Therapies in Medicine Panahi et al 33(2017)1-5. The study http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ctim.2017.05.006 demonstrated the protective role the C3 Complex®/BioPerine® combo play in maintaining HDL functionality, reducing...
New York, NY — The American Conference Institute’s 5th Annual Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Forum on Dietary Supplements, in partnership with the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), gave the industry a picture of where it needs to concentrate its efforts through various panels this week. For one, as we continue...
St. Cloud, MN — Apogee Foods, a gluten-free manufacturing company based in Dallas, TX, announced it selected ProcessPro, a mid-market enterprise resource planning (ERP) software solution company, to assist in the expansion of the company. “ProcessPro’s ERP solution is a great fit for Apogee Foods, as they are a quality-conscious...
New York, NY — At the American Conference Institute’s 5th Annual Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Forum on Dietary Supplements, in partnership with the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), Cara Welch, Ph.D., senior advisor for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Office of Dietary Supplement Programs, U.S. Food and...
