InterHealth Nutraceuticals, Inc., Benicia, CA, announced that a paper on Zychrome has been accepted for publication in Food & Nutrition Research. This study found the ingredient significantly reduced fasting blood glucose levels compared to baseline, whereas the placebo group did not. In addition, the ingredient reduced the inflammatory cytokine TNF-a.
Specials, prices and promotions are available to customers at the click of a button. This means the promotions you are working hard to push in stores are more likely to be read and invested in while shoppers are sitting on their phones at home. Your store probably has a website,...
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...
Following the acquisition of Merical Inc., Linden Capital Partners LLC has named Operating Partner Brian Smith as the interim CEO. EAS Consulting Group, LLC has hired Domenic Veneziano as advisor for import operations. He is a veteran FDA specialist with over 24 years of experience. Krista McCay has been appointed...
Orange, CA-based Merical Inc., a leading developer, manufacturer and packager of probiotics and nutritional supplements has been acquired by Linden Capital Partners LLC, based in Chicago, IL. Los Angeles, CA-based Axiom Foods has designated April 2017, the first Plant Protein Month. In honor of the new month, a “Plant Protein...
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...
Washington, D.C.— The American Society of Microbiology published a study in mSystems on October 4, 2016, by the APC Microbiome Institute, in which they sequenced and anaylyzed the changes of microbial populations in three different kefirs from distinct geographic locations over 24 hours of fermentation. Analysis showed that Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens...
[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.
The 24th study has been published on GanedenBC30, with findings appearing in the PeerJ journal. The University of Tampa and Increnovo LLC found the probiotic (marketed by Ganeden of Mayfield Heights, OH) supports protein use as measured by a reduction of muscle soreness and increased perceived recovery. West Haven, CT-based...
The Council for Responsible Nutrition of Washington, D.C., hired Gisele Atkinson to be its vice president, quality and technical affairs. Anil Shrikhande, former president of Polyphenolics, received the “Career Award for Excellence in Innovation” from GNC. Bradenton, FL-based HP Ingredients appointed Sara Vissers to the position of regional manager. BGG...
