Clackamas, OR—Health Wright Products has announced Project 150: Once the company hits a goal of generating more than $150m over a 12-month period, $1m will be distributed among all full-time employees who have been with the company for at least one year, according to a press release. “Project 150, and...
Monterey, CA—Total organic fresh produce sales for the second quarter of 2021 increased 4% y-o-y and nearing $2.3 billion for the quarter, according to the Q2 2021 Organic Produce Performance Report, released by Organic Produce Network (OPN) and Category Partners. In the second quarter of last year, the COVID pandemic...
On September 18, 2021, grocers, manufacturers, chefs, restaurants, nutritionists, and food enthusiasts from all around the globe will join in the first Miso Day Celebration and help raise awareness with a campaign to Educate, Engage, and Enlighten the worldwide community about the versatility and everyday use of miso as a...
Seattle, WA—PCC Community Markets has discontinued the sale of plastic bottled water sized below one gallon, according to a press release, except for sparkling water or enhanced waters such as high-pH drinks. This move follows an earlier PCC ban on single-serve plastic water bottles of 500ml or less. The new...
Washington, D.C.—Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) have released a discussion draft of the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act, which would decriminalize cannabis at the federal level. As explained in a press release, this proposed legislation would "help...
Oslo, Norway and East Brunswick, NJ—A new review paper published in Nutrients examines the body of evidence linking vitamin K2 to factors involved in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathogenesis. The paper concluded that K2 has the potential to slow the progression of AD and contribute to its prevention. Researchers from the...
Virtual—The Naturally Informed event Active Nutrition: Mastering the Market took a look at consumer research—and at where scientific research was lacking—in order to find unmet needs in this market, and the opportunities they present. Doug Kalman, Ph.D., R.D., VP of Scientific Affairs, Nutrasource, and Abbie Smith-Ryan, Ph.D., Director of the...
Hadley, MA—American River Nutrition (ARN) has announced that its GG-Gold brand has received self-affirmed GRAS status. GG-Gold is an ingredient containing geranylgeraniol, an endogenous plant-based nutrient responsible for the synthesis of chlorophylls, carotenoids, and vitamins E and K. In humans, the press release states that it is useful for the...
Italy—Indena has awarded three young researchers the “Indena—Biagio Alberto Della Beffa” prize, dedicated to the memory of the company’s founder, Colonel Biagio Alberto Della Beffa, according to a press release. “This initiative further testifies to Indena’s commitment to invest in young researchers as managers and sources of innovation for the...
Immune health concerns are set to continue as a major priority, according to consumer research from Innova Market Insights. The research indicates that one in four people globally has become more concerned about immune health since before the pandemic, a concern which was strongest among Millennials and younger Gen X,...
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