Bradenton, FL – In a move that defines the term “giving back,” HP Ingredients announces it made a donation of $10,000 to Vitamin Angels’ to support its new Global Prenatal Campaign, whose goal is to “eliminate newborn mortality around childbirth due to vitamin deficiency disease by 2030.” According to HP...
Spring, TX – The Vitamin K2 Association is working to promote and protect the vitamin K2 category, by furthering its message globally and expanding its board. In a recent press release, the association announced that leading vitamin K2 manufacturer Kappa Bioscience has joined them as a founding executive board member.
Cincinnati, OH - Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G) has agreed to acquire the consumer-health business from Germany’s Merck KGaA. The $4.4 billion deal adds vitamins and food supplements to the company's lineup of over-the-counter medicines, which include Vicks, Metamucil, Pepto-Bismol, Crest and Oral-B. “We like the steady, broad-based growth of...
Within the past 6 months, $10.5 billion has been spent on branded vitamin, mineral and supplement (“VMS”) businesses by some of the largest and best-known CPG companies and private equity firms in the world. This is more money than in any calendar year historically. Since September 2017, Procter & Gamble announced...
In recent months we have been discussing the health benefits of vitamin C — both the dietary “nutritional” needs and the “supranutritional” additional benefits. It is man that puts arbitrary limits and definitions on vitamin C — not the body. This month, we will examine some of the health benefits...
Recent columns have discussed the history of vitamin C supplementation, time-proven uses of vitamin C and recent vitamin C research. Many ask whether high dose use of vitamin C supplements reduces health risks. We wanted to get to the bottom of high dose use of vitamin C with an expert...
Washington, DC — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning that biotin (vitamin B7) may interfere with laboratory tests and cause incorrect lab test results. “Some supplements, particularly those labeled for hair, skin and nail benefits, may have high doses of biotin, which may not be...
Secaucus, NJ — Continued price competition in the sports nutrition segment led to an 8.5% decline in third-quarter net sales for The Vitamin Shoppe. Same store brick-and-mortar sales were down 7% and online sales were down 5%, the company reported this week. On a conference call with analysts, CEO Colin...
Vitamin C research continues to be exciting as it verifies many previously known health benefits and uncovers more. What about vitamin C and cancer? The common cold? The immune system? Brain development? What should the RDA be? What is the optimal intake? What else can it do? To help keep...
Tucson, AZ — Three in four Americans (76%) say they take dietary supplements, an increase of 5 percentage points from last year, according to the Council for Responsible Nutrition's annual survey of consumers. Top-line findings were released by Survey Subcommittee Chair Nikki Yas at CRN's Ascend conference at The Ritz-Dove...
