Selbyville, DE—The prebiotics market is expected to achieve over 9.8% CAGR up to 2024, according to a report from Global Market Insights. [caption id="attachment_68025" align="alignnone" width="650"] The prebiotics industry is expected to cross $7.2 billion by 2024, supported by rising demand for prebiotics primarily for food & beverage applications. Courtesy...
Baltimore, MD—In the crowded exhibitor halls of Expo East, trends emerge—and we're here to bring them straight to you. While this article will focus on grocery, keep an eye out for other WholeFoods articles on the show; there’s plenty that stood out that wasn’t necessarily part of a trend (Country...
Washington, D.C.--The Federal Trade Commission announced that, as part of its regular monitoring of health-related advertising claims, it sent warning letters to three companies that sell oils, tinctures, capsules, gummies, and creams containing cannabidiol (CBD) from cannabis. The FTC did not identifying the three companies publicly, but said the letters...
Baltimore, MD—Around 2% of the U.S. population is vegan, according to a survey conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of The Vegetarian Resource Group (VRG). Another 2% is vegetarian. That said, the rest of the country isn’t eating all meat all the time. The survey found that 46% of...
Secaucus, NJ—The Vitamin Shoppe, Inc. announced in a press release that the “go-shop” period provided for under the terms of the merger agreement between Vitamin Shoppe and Liberty Tax expired at 12:01 A.M. Eastern Time on September 6, 2019. Vitamin Shoppe received an acquisition proposal from a third party during...
Silver Spring, MD—This year will see a record organic harvest, despite weather and trade challenges, according to Mercaris’ Annual Acreage Report. Farmers will harvest 3.1 million acres of U.S. Certified Organic land, an increase of 7% over 2018. The West and High Plains regions saw the largest jump in organic...
Washington, D.C.—Dietary supplement recalls are relatively infrequent, according to recent FDA data. A statement from the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) notes that out of 803 recorded recalls initiated in 2019, 14 of them, or 1.7%, involved dietary supplements, and only three were Class I recalls, the most serious recall...
Spring, TX—The Coconut Coalition of the Americas (CCA) has launched an initiative to make it clear that coconuts are not tree nut allergens, according to a press release. CCA will spearhead the effort to request that FDA revise the FALCPA Guidance Document to remove coconut from the list of tree...
Purdy, MO—INS Farms’ North American black elderberry ingredient Elder Pure is now Tru-ID certified, according to a press release. The Tru-ID testing certification “authenticates that the elderberry is the species we have identified in the polyphenol fingerprint,” said INS Farms CEO Devon Bennett. “This DNA test is the primordial step...
Gainesville, FL—New research shows that disease-causing bacteria compete with their human hosts for a key micronutrient: queuine, called a “longevity vitamin” by Dr. Bruce Ames in a 2018 study. The report notes that queuine's importance is becoming clearer as more research is done on the micronutrient. This latest research is...
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