Oslo, Norway—Kappa Bioscience’s workforce is now wholly carbon neutral, according to a post on LinkedIn. Kappa partnered with Ecologi to offset its employees’ carbon footprint by planting trees. According to Ecologi’s website, Kappa has planted 2,668 trees, for a carbon reduction of 193.37 tons—the equivalent of 479,751 miles driven in...
Washington, D.C.—The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) launched its Self-Care Leadership Series with a Fireside Chat with Dr. Scott Gottlieb, which covered a range of topics including COVID-19 and CBD. On the latter, the former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner noted that dietary supplements are becoming more complex in...
Silver Spring, MD—FDA has issued warning letters to two companies for selling products labeled as containing cannabidiol (CBD) in ways that violate the FD&C Act. Honest Globe Inc. and Biolyte Laboratories LLC have marketed pain relief products that the FDA is calling unapproved new drugs. Honest Globe was warned in...
A new human clinical trial has found that Bioenergy Life Science’s RiaGev ingredient can increase NAD+ and NADP+ levels in healthy, middle-aged adults, according to a press release. NAD+ is a molecule containing ribose and nicotinamide, which enables cells and mitochondria to convert food into ATP, the body’s source of...
Austin, TX—Joyful, energized, focused, relaxed...one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, most of us are looking for more of that in our lives. According to a recent survey conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of Whole Foods Market, 85% of respondents would like to take steps to improve their overall ...
McLean, VA—Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) launched a multi-million dollar global food challenge on Thursday, March 25, at 11:30 p.m. EDT, according to a press release. 500 billion people globally suffer from food allergies, the release states. 85 million people in the U.S. are impacted, with 32 million suffering...
Chicago, IL—Consumer sentiment is on the rebound after a difficult 2020 impacted by dual health and financial crises. That's a top takeaway from the IRI's Q1 2021 Consumer Connect survey. Still, IRI reports, consumer sentiment and actual consumer shopping patterns are not in tune. IRI explains that despite a positive outlook,...
Sioux Falls, SD—Researchers from Stanford Study have analyzed data from the mid-1990s through 2019, covering millions of scientists worldwide in all fields of science, and have created a public database of standardized citation metrics for the top scientists in the world. Scientists included have been classified into 22 scientific fields...
Food insecurity—defined by the USDA as a “lack of available financial resources for food for all members of the home”—is on the rise. Six in 10 Americans have experienced food insecurity at some point in their lives, according to research conducted by OnePoll on behalf of Herbalife Nutrition and Feed the Children.
Chicago, IL, and Waterloo, Canada—IRI announced its acquisition of retail consumer insights provider Intelligent Shopper Solutions (ISS), a retail consumer insight provider that enables collaboration between retailers and suppliers. ISS will operate a stand-alone operating subsidiary of IRI in the near term. A press release from IRI notes that ISS...
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