Wheat Ridge, CO—GenTech Holdings, Inc. has acquired American Metabolix, a supplement company with sports nutrition and Keto products available at GNC, Bodybuilding.com, and other sports nutrition retailers worldwide. GenTech, which works largely in the functional foods marketplace, has recently acquired a number of brands and businesses, including Sinfit Nutrition, Fizzique,...
Ewing Township, NJ—Church & Dwight, manufacturer of Lil' Critters kids' gummy vitamins, has supported Feed the Children’s Summer Hunger and Back-to-School initiatives to help provide children with vitamins. Recently, at Feed the Children's Back-To-School bash, 200 families, including nearly 1,000 students, received a 25-lb. box filled with shelf stable items,...
Washington, D.C.—The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has announced the featured speakers for its Now, New, Next conference, taking place October 20-22. The conference’s aim is to help resolve innovation and business challenges facing the supplement industry. “It’s time for a reset,” said CRN President & CEO Steve Mister in...
Washington, D.C.—The Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has recently modernized the Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD), a public repository of dietary supplement labeling information. The DSLD was initially released to the public in 2013, at which point it had 16,712 labels filed, labels...
Washington, D.C.—The Natural Products Association (NPA) has filed a Citizen’s Petition with the Food and Drug Administration, requesting that N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) not be excluded from the definition of a dietary supplement. As WholeFoods previously reported, despite decades on the marker as a dietary supplement, in July 2020, FDA issued multiple...
Beloit, WI—Demand for probiotics is growing along with increased interest in digestive health, according to a survey from Kerry. The survey was given to 13,072 people globally. All respondents had responsibility for grocery purchasing decisions. Some findings: Consumers ranked digestive health third on their list of reasons to purchase healthy...
Washington, D.C.—FDA has rejected two new dietary ingredient (NDI) notifications for full-spectrum hemp extract containing cannabidiol (CBD), one from Charlotte’s Web and one from Irwin Naturals. The Charlotte’s Web product contained 19.5mg CBD/day and the Irwin Naturals product contained approximately 65mg CBD/day. FDA’s reasoning: CBD is an approved drug, and...
Philadelphia, PA--There are new safety policies for Expo East 2021, according to a press release from Informa Markets’ New Hope Network. Since February, the press release adds, Informa Markets has hosted numerous trade shows within the U.S. and around the world. The new measures: Informa is implementing a mask mandate,...
Bloomingdale, IL—NOW Foods has tested curcumin/turmeric extract products sold on Amazon, and has identified issues with potency, heavy metals, mislabeling, and adulteration, according to a press release. NOW tested 23 unknown brand product samples and two NOW products, all purchased from Amazon in June 2021. With regards to potency, the...
Sugar Land, TX—Bluebonnet Nutrition has announced that their in-house analytical laboratories have been granted ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation, which required the company to meet the international protocols and verification standards developed and published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation, according to a press release, indicates that Bluebonnet’s...
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