Deerfield, IL— Snack maker Enjoy Life Foods has been acquired by Mondelēz International, the megacompany behind popular mainstream brands like Nabisco and Oreo cookies, Cadbury chocolate, and Trident gum. Enjoy Life Foods is known for its lineup of over 60 gluten- and allergy-free snack items. Mark Clouse, chief growth officer...
Executive vice president and spokesman of Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps Ralph Bronner passed away on Tuesday, February 10 at the age of 78. The first son of company founder Emanuel H. Bronner, part of Bronner’s mission was to keep “carrying out his father’s messages of hope for a unified world,...
Washington, D.C.—The New York supplement controversy has taken a new turn, as New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has issued subpoenas to Target, GNC, Walmart, and Walgreens requesting substantiating evidence for the claims made on labels of their store brand supplements. As this escalates, though, some of the...
Washington D.C.—After almost 40 years of being deemed a “nutrient of concern,” the country’s top nutrition advisory panel, the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, is considering dropping warnings regarding the consumption of cholesterol, in contrast to its findings five years ago. The findings then cautioned against consuming more than 300...
Atlanta, GA—A survey on complementary health techniques covering over 80,000 Americans has shown that while natural products have maintained a similar level of popularity overall over the course of this decade, preferences within the category are shifting. This data is based off of answers from complementary health questionnaire developed...
Silver Spring, MD—Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., who has served as commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) since 2009, will resign from the agency in March. FDA’s chief scientist Stephen Ostroff will serve as acting commissioner after this time until the position is filled. In an e-mail to...
GNC Responds to Demands; Lawsuits Follow New York, NY—New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has accused four major retailers of adding filler ingredients to store brand herbal products that were not mentioned on the label. Worse, several active ingredients that should have been in formulas were nowhere to be...
Albany, NY—Rats running amok and other unsanitary conditions have Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to crack down harder on many of the nation’s food facilities. The senator submitted a three-point plan for addressing the alleged food safety crisis. First, any facility hit...
Vancouver, WA—Medicus Research has recently released a poster detailing study results showing that MSM (methylsulfonylmethane) may have applications for providing relief from allergic rhinitis symptoms. Presented at the Natural Supplement Educational Conference, a full research manuscript is currently being drafted, and will be published approximately in March. In the...
North Bergen, NJ—The Vitamin Shoppe is cooking up something new: prepared foods. According to The Record of Bergen County, NJ, the vitamin mega-store launched a pilot program to offer healthy pre-made refrigerated meals at 10 stores in NJ and NY. Housed in refrigerator walls, the on-the-go meals are intended to...
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