Fort Lauderdale, FL; Irvine, CA—Astaxanthin suppliers ArcticFarma and BGG have settled a trademark infringement issue that is leading to the rebranding of BGG’s algae business. The two companies marketed similarly named brands: Algae Life Sciences from BGG, and Algalife and Algae for Life from ArcticFarma. ArcticFarma’s CEO Andrew Jacobson, stated,...
Pacific Pioneer Brokerage of Cypress, CA, now represents UP4 Probiotics. Bloomingdale, IL-based NOW Foods will donate more than $100,000 in funding and vitamin D supplements to support Protect Our Children NOW! This two-year project aims to improve health outcomes with prenatal vitamins. The hope is to expand from the Western...
French dairy company Danone, marketed in the United States as the Dannon Company, acquired Denver, CO-based WhiteWave Foods Co. for $10.4 billion, making this the company’s biggest acquisition in a decade. With brands that include Horizon Organic milk, Wallaby Organic yogurt and Earthbound Farm packaged salad, top sellers in their...
East Windsor, NJ-based Sabinsa Corporation now uses a “conclusive test to guarantee” its Curcumin C3 Complex products are all of natural origin. The firm says synthetic turmeric extract has been infiltrating the market, and its radio-carbon testing for all batches of Curcumin C3 Complex will help determine natural authenticity. Krill...
Los Angeles, CA— Ashwagandha is known for stress support, but can it help with stress-induced eating? Yes, according to new research published in the Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine. A group 52 overweight, but healthy individuals (ages 18–60) either took ashwagandha (300 mg, KSM-66 from IxoReal BioMed) or a...
Momence, IL—Athletes looking to get an edge may want to consider looking in an unlikely place: apples and ancient peat. In a recent study published in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, extracts from these sources increased ATP production and improved strength training. Researchers gave 25 resistance-trained males either a placebo...
New York, NY—On June 27-28, the American Conference Institute (ACI) in collaboration with the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) hosted the fourth annual “Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Forum on Dietary Supplements.” The forum, which addressed new class action threats, enforcement activities by the state and federal government, state GMO laws, Prop...
Basel, Switzerland—Raw materials giant Lonza announced that InterHealth Nutraceuticals of Benicia, CA, will soon be part of its health and nutrition portfolio. The firm is planning a $300-million acquisition of InterHealth. InterHealth, owned by Kainos Capital, offers branded ingredients like UC-II, Super CitriMax, 7-Keto, Meratrim, Relora and others that will...
FDA Releases Draft Guidance for NDI Notification The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a long-awaited revised draft guidance on Aug. 11 seeking to clarify new dietary ingredient (NDI) notifications for industry. Under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) of 1994, manufacturers and distributors must notify FDA at...
Washington, D.C.–Doris Kearns Goodwin, Ph.D., a presidential historian, public speaker and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, will headline the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), “Breakfast with…” session at The Conference: CRN’s Annual Symposium for the Dietary Supplement Industry. The Conference, an educational and networking event, will be held at the Ritz-Carlton, Laguna...
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