Spring, TX—The CoQ10 Association shared the news of its Ingredient Integrity Initiative. The Association is partnering with Trust Transparency Center’s Ingredient Transparency Center to continue the testing initiatives it has been conducting over the past two years. The goal: to test every retail offering of single-ingredient CoQ10 in an effort to develop improved,...
NOW recently made headlines by providing brand names of CoQ10 and SAM-e manufacturers that were found to be deficient in meeting label claims. A number of trade publications reported the story and iherb.com posted it on its website. Trust Transparency Center (TTC) has itself conducted tests on products containing coenzyme...
In this episode of The Natural View, WholeFoods Editor-in-Chief Maggie Jaqua and Todd Pauli of 24 Stories talk with Heather Wainer, Publisher of WholeFoods Magazine, and Len Monheit, CEO of Trust Transparency Center, to discuss Taking Control of the Immunity & Wellness Market, a free two-day event taking place...
When Expo West was cancelled in March, the announcement was met with mixed emotions. Relief, anxiety, anger...this event, and the many others that were subsequently cancelled, postponed, or shifted to virtual, have become central to business for many of us. We miss the education and the valuable networking. We miss...
Natural Products Expo West, SupplySide East, IFT, Fancy Food...spring and early summer is usually a prime time for conferences, and the networking opportunities and educational sessions that we all value to help our businesses thrive in support of helping people live healthier, happier lives. Of course, this industry is known...
WholeFoods Magazine has partnered with Trust Transparency Center to bring you a series of virtual “conferences” designed to deliver high impact, engagement and ROI for sponsors and participants--without having to travel. This first event in the series, taking place June 11-12, is focused on the immunity and wellness market. Covering...
The industry is buzzing about “clean label,” but what does it even mean? “Clean-label can mean a lot of things—to some people it means using as few ingredients as possible, to other people, it means non-GMO and natural ingredients, and to others still, it means only using ingredients that the...
Spring, TX—Trust Transparency Center (TTC), under its recently formed Ingredient Transparency Center, announced the formation of the Collagen Stewardship Alliance (CSA). TTC explained in a press release that the CSA will "steward the global collagen category, bring transparency to source/origin, mitigate marketplace confusion, identify and promote product quality parameters, engage...
Spring, TX—Trust Transparency Center (TTC) announced the formation of the Ingredient Transparency Center (ITC). This new platform is described in a press release as the next evolution of TTC's single ingredient category stewardship and incubator program. Currently, TTC oversees the Global Prebiotic Association (GPA), the CoQ10 Association and the Global Curcumin Association (GCA), and...
Seattle, WA--A recent report in The Washington Post (The Post) titled Amazon prohibits CBD sales, but it’s still easy to buy on the site raises awareness on a topic that also has been addressed in WholeFoods Magazine: the availability of cannabidiol (CBD) on Amazon. The Post reporter Jay Greene wrote,...
