Company Description RidgeCrest Herbals is an award-winning developer and manufacturer of safe and effective natural remedies for a variety of specific health needs. A pioneer in the eclectic herbal tradition since the 1980’s, RidgeCrest Herbals utilizes formulations containing ingredients from Chinese, European, Native American, Ayurvedic (India) and other natural disciplines.
Company Description Founded in 1971, Lily of the Desert is privately owned and operated by the Lovelace Family headquartered in Denton, Texas. Lily’s mission and motto has always been and will remain, “Retaining the Quality that Nature Created.” In 1991, LODC became the largest U.S. grower and processor of Aloe...
Company Description Since 1947, Solgar has been committed to the health, philosophy and ideology of the wholesome lifestyle community. Our ongoing mission is to create wellness-oriented innovations with the highest purity and nutritional benefits. From the beginning, Solgar has understood the importance our customers place on well-being. That’s why we...
Despite their fiery hotness, chili pepper consumption is on the rise. From the mild jalapeno to the fierce Carolina Reaper, eating chili peppers are more about the experience than the flavor and capsaicinoids are the active components responsible for their pungency and heat. Their growing popularity is not just limited...
Los Angeles, CA — Vitamin Angels, the non-profit dedicated to supplying at-risk communities around the world, specifically children, with life-saving vitamins was recently featured in a CNN article for its efforts to expand its efforts further. Since 1994, the organization has reached 52 million children and mothers in 66 countries...
Park City, UT — Nutraceutical International Corporation has entered into an agreement under which an affiliate of HGGC, LLC, a middle-market private equity firm, will acquire the company in a transaction valued at about $446 million that includes debt to be refinanced. Under the terms of the agreement, Nutraceutical stockholders...
East Rutherford, NJ — All shares of Mushroom Wisdom, Inc. have been acquired by Hokuto Corporation, one of Japan’s biggest mushroom cultivators with annual sales of about $600 million. The transaction also includes the acquisition of Sun Medica, Co., Ltd, an affiliate of Mushroom Wisdom as well as the transfer...
Family history and aging are said to be the most common factors for joint ailments such as arthritis and osteoporosis. While they are not the only contributors, they are the only ones we have no control over. Because of this, “preparing for the natural aging process is critical to staying...
NattoPharma, a researcher and developer of vitamin K2 products based in Metuchen, NJ, has been awarded a grant by the Norwegian Research Council. The grant will be used to fund a 4-year project documenting how the absence or presence of vitamin K2, MK7 effects the metabolism of calcium in the...
Mushrooms, once thought to be the “sons of god” sent to Earth by lightning, are known today for their nutritional and medicinal value. There is increasing evidence that mushrooms exhibit antioxidant, antitumor, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial properties. This article will highlight several recent scientific developments that shed more light on...
