New Hampton, N.Y. – A $2.6 million grant to UNC Nutrition Research Institute to study choline status in humans is spurring industry leaders, researchers and the medical community to push choline into the mainstream. “This grant is an important step in supporting human health by providing a tool that will...
Chattanooga, TN — Ed Jones, founder of Nutrition World, is on a mission to bulletproof the natural products retail industry and he wants you to join him. Jones has started an education campaign to rally independents to demand respect from their vendors in the form of a Minimum Advertised Price...
Editor’s note: This month we offer a tip for our readers who want to get distribution for their brands. To get your brand on a retailer’s shelf you need to convince them your product will help them make more money. Sounds simple, right? Not so fast. First, you must have...
Boise, ID and Camp Hill, PA. - Grocery chain Albertsons announced today it is expanding its retail pharmacy divisions by purchasing more than 2,500 Rite Aid stores. According to a company press release, the combined company is expected to serve more than 40 million U.S. customers per week at approximately 4,900...
Frédéric Boned, a Swiss and French national, has been appointed VP EMEA DSM human nutrition and health by DSM. Boned completed a chemical engineering degree at the Engineering School in Geneva and received an EMBA at the Business School of Lausanne. He has worked at DSM since 2012, holding senior...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Natural Products Expo West takes place on March 7 – 11 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA. With the expansion of the convention center, there is a change in the layout of the show. For example, the Hot Products are now in the newly constructed North Hall. Other...
San Francisco, CA - Could that box of chocolates from Valentine's Day make you sick? The answer to that question may finally be forthcoming. Earlier this week a California Superior Court Judge approved a settlement between the non-profit consumer advocacy group As You Sow and leaders of the chocolate industry. ...
Washington, D.C. - The Organic Agriculture Research Act of 2018, a bipartisan bill that works to increase funding for the Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative (OREI), was introduced recently by Senators Susan Collins, R-ME, and Bob Casey, D-PA. This bill, which acts as a Senate companion bill to the...
Las Vegas, NV - Despite reports that the future of food shopping is online, a surprisingly large number of consumers prefer to shop at their local independent supermarket. According to findings from the third annual National Grocery Shoppers Survey, conducted by Nielsen on behalf of the National Grocers Association (NGA),...
Basel, Switzerland - Swiss pharmaceutical and biotech firm Lonza is partnering with U.S.-based Prolog Ventures to create a venture capital fund focusing on consumer health and wellness products, according to a company press release. The Prolog Lonza Consumer Fund will focus on products, technologies and innovative business models related to...
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