Rockville, MD—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken news steps to create a standard definition for the term “gluten-free,” according to a new consumer update. FDA feels such a definition is needed to “eliminate uncertainty about how food producers may label their products” and to make sure...
Santa Ana, CA-based Robinson Pharma announced that its glucosamine formulations received approval letters from the U.S. Pharmacopeia. Premium Ingredients International changed its name to Prinova. The firm, based in Carol Stream, IL, will not change ownership. Lonza, headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, announced its International Patent Application WO 2011/038898 was...
Freising, Germany—A team of scientists from Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) in Germany have published data supporting an energy- and cost-efficient manufacturing process that maintains probiotic stability. Many manufacturers freeze-dry probiotics for stability and then use heat to create remove excess water, which can kill some bacteria and take a lot...
Morristown, NJ—A sports nutrition ingredient (GliSODin) distributed by P.L. Thomas, based here, was the subject of recent sports nutrition research published in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism. Nineteen rowers were given 500 mg of the branded melon extract or a placebo daily for six weeks. It...
On July 1, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) made good on its promise to issue a draft guidance on new dietary ingredients (NDIs), as mandated by the Food Safety Modernization Act. FDA stated this is an “important preventive control to ensure that consumers are not exposed to unnecessary...
Torrance, CA-based Paragon Laboratories will open a 25,000-ft2 packaging facility to accommodate its growing clientele. The plant will offer diverse packaging options such as fully automated bottling lines, stick packaging, powder packettes, and pouches for tablets and capsules, says the company. Israeli supplement maker Ta’am Teva Altman now offers...
Basel, Switzerland—Recreational athletes looking for increased muscle mass may want to consider adding l-carnitine and carbs to their regimens, according to recent research published in the Journal of Physiology. “After 30 years of endeavour, this is the first study to show that muscle carnitine content can be increased in humans...
Hoboken, NJ—A new clinical trial indicates that a combination of Pycnogenol and coenzyme Q10 (PycnoQ10 from Natural Health Science, based here) may benefit patients who have had heart failure and are receiving medical treatment. Over the course of three months, 53 patients who had high blood pressure and stable congestive...
VDF FutureCeuticals, Inc. has called foul on Sandwich Isles Trading Company for its coffee fruit processing methods. FutureCeuticals believes the company (maker of KonaRed coffee fruit products) is infringing on its CoffeeBerry production technology, and thus filed a lawsuit against Sandwich Isles in Hawaii. FutureCeuticals says its patented technology was...
A decades-old natural products retailer in New York City has been learning the value of starting from scratch over the past few months. Westerly Natural Market, perched on the corner of 54th Street and Eighth Avenue, didn’t have much choice in the matter after an electrical fire rendered the...
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