[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As we learn more about the gut microbiome, one thing is becoming clear: “The more we learn about the gut microbiome,” says Marc Washington, Founder of Muniq, “the more we realize that there remains much more that we don’t know about this complex ecosystem.” Scientifically speaking, the term “microbiome” is...
Oral health supplies of the future: toothpaste, floss, mouth wash… and probiotics. Just like the gut, the mouth has a microbiome, and just like in the gut, that microbiome affects the whole body. Bonnie Feldman, DDS, MBA, gave a presentation titled “Oral Health and Microbiome” at Nutri-Beauty: Mastering the Market...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Slowed sales, regulatory uncertainty, out-of-control claims, Delta-8-THC...in our 7th annual deep-dive into the phytocannabinoid market, we take another look at some of the all-too familiar challenges that continue to hinder the hemp/phytocannabinoids category, and explore new concerns that are cropping up. Major Issues Impacting the Category “Regulatory uncertainty” was...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When you look good, you feel better—and vice versa. And while we may not be getting dolled up to hit the town very often these days, COVID hasn’t disrupted the nutri-beauty market (a.k.a. beauty from within, a.k.a. nutricosmetics, a.k.a. cosmeceuticals—those ingestible products taken for beauty purposes). “In fact,” Trisha Sugarek...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Nigella sativa grows in Southwest Asia, the Middle East, and Southern Europe. It produces fruit with black seeds—which, while they go by the name “black seeds,” are also called black cumin, black caraway, nigella, fennel flower, and Roman coriander (1). Oil extracted from these seeds has been used in traditional...
Which brands have made the greatest impact on your business in the past year? We asked natural products retailers to recognize the standouts by voting in the annual WholeFoods Natural Choice Awards, and the results are in! For each category, we tallied the votes submitted online and broke ties using...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In a time when there are so many toxic substances in our environment, liver health is top of mind for many: A report from Grand View Research shows that the market has been growing, reaching $707.16 million in 2018, and is expected to register a CAGR of 4.32% from 2019...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Sponsored by [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]We’re not going to bury the lead here, because we know the number everyone wants to know: overall same-store year-over-year growth for independent natural products retailers. It’s 5.02%, which is remarkable given the shutdown pressures, and the need for 50 individual states to deem natural foods stores...
The lesson from the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic is this: natural products are essential. As the pandemic broke out in early 2020, freaked-out consumers—both existing and those new to natural products—swarmed retailers in all eight U.S. channels we track, snapping up natural immune-support products, and driving robust sales increases in stores...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Something that we’ve known for over a decade: There’s more pollen in the air than ever before. In 2006, NPR interviewed horticulturist Tom Ogren, inventor of the Ogren Plant Allergy Scale (OPALS), who explained that we’re planting more male plants than female ones, because male plants don’t produce fruit or...
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