Ham Lake, MN—Bioenergy Life Science, based here, recently made public the results of a small-animal study in which the effects of caffeine and/or their branded ribose ingredient (Bioenergy) were tested on fatigued subjects. The mice had used up their energy reserves, as determined by three-day swimming exhaustion experiments. On the...
New Brunswick, NJ—New data published in Phytomedicine suggest that a vitamin C-packed superfruit may help support healthy blood circulation in the body. Ten type-2 diabetics were either given one dose of a patented Indian gooseberry extract (Phyllanthus emblica as 500 mg Capros from Natreon, based here), 75 mg of an...
Hadley, MA—A small-animal study has found that stress-induced damage to the gastrointestinal tract may be helped with a vitamin E tocotrienols. Fourteen rats were given a normal diet, but seven rats out of the group also received 90% delta- and 10% gamma tocotrienol (at 60 mg/kg body weight, as DeltaGold...
Louisville, KY-based D.D. Williamson acquired the food coloring product line and processing equipment from Danisco USA Inc., which has been part of DuPont Nutrition & Health since 2011. The financial terms were not disclosed. Frutarom, with U.S. offices in North Bergen, NJ, acquired Hagelin Flavor Technologies of New York,...
Washington, D.C.—Supplement manufacturers know their advertising efforts and product labeling are closing monitored by regulators, but they should be just as stringent with how they handle their social media outreach. Such was the message in the Natural Products Association (NPA)’s first installment of its 2014 Wednesday Webinar Series on January...
London, England—Eating more foods with high levels of flavonoids could reduce the risk of diabetes, according to a study published in the Journal of Nutrition. Researchers from King’s College London (based here) and University of East Anglia (UEA), Norwich, England, conducted a study on how flavonoids, including anthocyanins and flavones,...
The Coca-Cola Company acquired full ownership of coconut water brand ZICO Beverages LLC, El Segundo, CA. Coca-Cola had bought a majority stake in the brand back in 2012. Atlanta-based Coca-Cola now owns several major natural and organic beverage brands in different categories, including ZICO, Honest Tea and Odwalla. Boulder...
Several noteworthy events involving genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food have come down the pike recently. First, Whole Foods Market made headlines by announcing its decision to drop leading Greek yogurt brand Chobani from its shelves, citing a quarrel over GMOs and product offerings. The chain said it will gradually...
The United States is forging ahead with the natural oil and gas boom that defines its energy policy, even as the significance of this boom flies under the radar. The average person has rarely heard about the explosive growth, except perhaps from stories about fracking controversies. But the global community...
A few years ago, an independent natural products retailer with several stores got a new point-of-sale system. Because they had been ordering manually, going from store to store on different days of the week, the owners were very excited that they would be able to remotely track products and sales,...
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