Total natural organic sales climbed $2.78 billion in 2016, or 3.8 percent, to $75.2 billion from $72.4 billion, and now account for 11.56 percent of total food store sales of $650.5 billion. The average store sells $670,210 in natural products per year, up 3.3 percent from $648,574 a year ago,...
New from Carrington Farms are Organic Ghee, Organic Coconut Oil & Ghee and Coconut & Avocado Oil Blend. Organic Ghee is gluten-free and dairy-free clarified butter with no casein, whey or lactose. Ghee, a heart-healthy food contains high levels of Vitamin A, D, E and Linoleic Acid. Organic Coconut Oil...
[caption id="attachment_48474" align="alignright" width="123"] Corinne Shindelar, CEO, INFRA[/caption] SENPA, a non-profit association of retailers, manufacturers, distributors and brokers in the natural products industry, has announced its keynote speakers for the 2016 SOHO EXPO Trade Show taking place December 1-4 at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Kissimmee, FL.
Denver, Co. — The acquisition of WhiteWave Food Co. by French Danone SA has been delayed. WhiteWave anticipates the deal — which is estimated at $12.5 million including debt, and was expected to close at the end of this year — will be completed within the first quarter of 2017,...
Washington, D.C.—On October 19, 2016, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced plans to start a Joint Organic Compliance Committee in an effort to support a potential organic equivalency arrangement between the U. S. and Mexico. The arrangement, according to USDA, would allow “organic producers and...
Daabon Group has achieved the first-ever Fair Trade USA certification of a palm oil product for Hain Celestial’s Spectrum Organic All-Vegetable Shortening which comes from rural, small scale farmers in the Magdalena Region of Colombia. Back to Nature Foods Company announced that 70 products, about 80%, have been Non-GMO Project...
Baltimore, MD—At Expo East, The Organic Center hosted an education session titled, “Environmental Benefits of Organic Agriculture” in which Tracy Misiewicz, associate director of science programs for the Center explained how organic farming is a more sustainable approach to agriculture than conventional farming. The most significant difference has to do...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This year’s 31st Annual Natural Products Expo East turned out to be the largest one on record, with 28,000 industry members attending, a 10% increase from last year’s event. The number of exhibitors this year was also impressive, with 1,450 brands, 450 of which were exhibiting for the first time.
Consumers demand a great deal of their supplements these days, which places pressure on raw materials suppliers and ingredient manufacturers. The products lining your shelves had to come from somewhere and just how their components are sourced and processed has a great deal of influence on their acceptability and ultimately,...
Urban Accents has launched USDA Organic Certified Chili Starter Seasonings. The line includes three chili blends: Mesquite Steakhouse, Jalapeño Chile Verde and Savory Pumpkin Spice Chili Starter Seasonings. Each package of Organic Chili Starter Seasoning prepares eight servings of chili. 4241 N. Ravenswood Ave., Chicago, IL 60613, www.urbanaccents.com Published in...
