Jay Jacobowitz, owner of Retail Insights, Brattleboro, VT and WholeFoods’ merchandising editor was awarded with South East Natural Products Association’s (SENPA) President’s Award at this year’s SOHO Expo in Orlando, FL. He was presented the award, which honors individuals who have dedicated 10+ years to the natural products industry. Jacobowitz...
Morristown, NJ—Several new studies offer even more evidence that a branded eye health ingredient (lutein and zeaxanthin) is quickly bioavailable in the body and elicits an important response in the retina. Researchers worked with Lutemax 2020 from OmniActive Health Technologies, based here, which contains three carotenoids—lutein, RR-zeaxanthin and RS-zeaxanthin—in a...
New Brunswick, NJ—Shilajit has long been thought to support muscle growth, and new research published in the Journal of Medicinal Food helps explain why. During the trial, 16 obese/overweight but otherwise healthy individuals started by using oral supplementation of a branded shilajit ingredient (250 mg PrimaVie from Natreon, twice daily)...
Pozzilli, Italy—Data from the Moli-sani study were presented at ESC Congress 2016 suggesting that a Mediterranean diet reduces the risk of death in those with a history of cardiovascular disease. Researchers from the I.R.C.C.S. Neuromed Institute, located here, look at data collected in the Moli-sani epidemiological study, which involved 25,000...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final rule on August 24th that extends and clarifies the compliance dates for certain provisions in four of the seven foundational rules for the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The changes, which will include “providing more time for manufacturers to meet...
Atchison, KS—A new study conducted at South Dakota State University suggests that a patented resistant wheat starch (Fibersym RW from MGP, based here) may benefit those with metabolic syndrome. For 26 weeks, 20 people with signs of metabolic syndrome took part in the double-blind, placebo-controlled, cluster crossover trial. Individuals consumed...
Helier, Jersey—New research published in the British Journal of Nutrition offers data suggesting a branded trans-galactooligosaccharide prebiotic complex (B-GOS, Bimuno from Clasado) lessens exercise-induced asthma. Ten adults with exercise-induced asthma and eight without the disease took either 5.5 g/day of the prebiotic or a placebo for three weeks. After a...
Washington, D.C.—On Thursday, the Natural Products Association (NPA) submitted a request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for an extension of the comment period on the newly revised guidance re-draft for New Dietary Ingredient (NDI) Notifications. The draft guidance, which was released on August 11, currently has a...
FDA Releases Draft Guidance for NDI Notification The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a long-awaited revised draft guidance on Aug. 11 seeking to clarify new dietary ingredient (NDI) notifications for industry. Under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) of 1994, manufacturers and distributors must notify FDA at...
Ronkonkoma, NY—New data published in SpringerPlus suggest that a branded vitamin C ester (Ester-C from NBTY, based here) is better at increasing vitamin C levels in the body than other forms of vitamin C. Thirty-six healthy adults (ages 18–60) were divided into three groups and given a placebo, 1,000 mg...
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