Bethesda, MD—The Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) has been keeping a Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD), and is now wondering whether to expand the resource with additional features and added functionality. According to the Oct. 29 Federal Register, the DSLD currently has 50,000 labels, including information from manufacturers about ingredient...
Palm Springs, CA—Mary K. Engle, associate director for advertising practices in the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), gave supplements marketers a bit more insight into FTC’s current thinking on advertising at the Council for Responsible Nutrition’s The Conference. Engle offered industry members five take-home points...
Some 25,000 industry members came together in Baltimore, MD, for the 30th annual Natural Products Expo East tradeshow and conference. This year’s event boasted 1,363 exhibiting companies, including 400 new brands that launched at the show. Here are four observations from the tradeshow from WholeFoods editors. 1. Upbeat vibe. This...
Profiles of Inspirational Industry MembersWho inspires you? Who pushes this industry to be bigger and better each and every day? Whose creativity spurs innovation in others? WholeFoods asked, and our readers responded. This inaugural listing of WholeFoods Magazine Who’s Who honorees is the result. For the first...
SupplySide West 2015 CoverageIn a panel discussion about botanical testing methods during SupplySide West, industry experts addressed a top-of-mind issue: DNA testing. Elan Sudberg, CEO of Alkemist Laboratories, noted that DNA-Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) is “newer and better than DNA barcoding.” Danica Harbaugh Reynaud, Ph.D., CEO, CSO of Authentechnologies, also...
The benefits of probiotics for women’s health, the skin, kids’ health and moreIntroduce shoppers to friendly bacteria: probiotics. This type of bacteria is good for—and needed by—the body. After thousands of years, probiotics and the human body have developed a symbiotic relationship (1). Although the word “bacteria” has a negative...
The best options for diabetics, baking and moreFrom freshly baked cupcakes to Grandma’s warm apple pie, some of our most favorite comfort foods fall into the “high in sugar” category. Could there be a better way? Diabetic-Friendly Options While many shoppers want to lower their sugar intake, a core group...
We break down immune health so you can help customers build it up. Some want to get well fast. Others want to avoid those sneezes and coughs before they start. Still others want to improve their core immune strength from the digestive tract down to the cellular level. When dealing...
Are sale soaring or slumping, and what's behind the numbers?In 2014, WholeFoods Magazine reported that global sales of omega-3s were up, but U.S. figures told a different story (1). The Global Organization for EPA and DHA Omega-3s (GOED) said 2013 U.S. omega-3s sales dropped to what they were in 2011,...
Buffalo, NY—Shoppers now have another reason to make sure they are getting enough vitamin D. New data published in JAMA Ophthalmology suggests that sufficient levels of vitamin D may help reduce the risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) in women who are at high genetic risk for developing the disease.
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