By Scott Steinford, Managing Director, Trust Transparency Center On Feb. 22, 2017 Amazon entered the dietary supplement market with four products. As of Aug. 6, 2018, that number has grown to 30 SKUs, representing a 750% increase. Ten products were added between the last week of July and first week...
Company Description Alta Health Products, Inc. was established in 1972 by the late Richard Barmakian, N.D. who traveled around the world to learn the secrets of good health through nutrition and supplementation. Our small line of high quality products work, and work well because each is specially formulated with your...
Company Description Founded in 1971, Lily of the Desert is privately owned 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, Lily of the Desert became the largest U.S. grower and processor of...
The evolving trade and tariff situations in China and elsewhere in the world are forcing supplement manufacturers to stay alert and adapt. What’s the likely impact on output, pricing, availability? Here are a few perspectives from across the industry. Beth Lambert, CEO, Herbalist & Alchemist in Washington Township, NJ “The...
For a while now, consumers have been changing their dietary habits either by choice or because of a food intolerance or allergies. Some of these changes were influenced by product trends and others through personal research and interest. Now, as product trends such as gluten-free die down for the average...
New Hampton, NY – Balchem Corp. has achieved Non-GMO Project Verification for its VitaCholine brand choline chloride and choline bitartrate ingredient product lines. The Non-GMO Project is a mission-driven nonprofit organization offering a third-party non-GMO verification program. “Third party assessments of product integrity are important to consumers, particularly those associated...
The Trump Administration has published a proposed list of 1,300 Chinese imports that will be hit with an increased duty of 25%. Some dietary supplements are on this list, including CoQ10, and vitamins E, B2 and B12. The CoQ Association will be aggressively working on this issue on behalf...
East Windsor, NJ — Sabinsa has been promoting the combination of its Curcumin C3 Complex and BioPerine for more than two decades based upon research showing the synergy between the company’s proprietary curcumin and piperine ingredients. A new study validates that research. The open access study, Curcumin and piperine supplementation of obese...
New York, NY — Kyowa Hakko USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd., has obtained Generally Regarded as Safe (GRAS) self-affirmation on Setria Glutathione. This well-studied form of glutathione, which plays an essential role in protein synthesis, is a tri-peptide manufactured through a unique, patented process that...
Bellingham, WA – Edison, NJ-based palm phytonutrients producer ExcelVite's new tocotrienol powder EVNolMax™ 20% (T) has been Non-GMO Project verified. Carolina Innovative Food Ingredients (CIFI), Nashville, N.C., also received Non-GMO Project Verified status for its portfolio of sweet potato-based dehydrated, liquid, and syrup ingredients. Between 2014 and 2015, a range...
