Los Angeles, CA—A new industry group is looking to promote representation of black, indigenous, people of color (BIPOC) in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) space, according to a press release. Ibraheem Basir, Founder and CEO of A Dozen Cousins, has created Project Potluck as an organization to help BIPOC thrive...
Organic Valley has announced Nicole Rakobitsch as its new Director of Sustainability. In this new role, Rakobitsch will develop climate-smart farming programs and move Organic Valley into a more sustainable future through targeted work on-farm and throughout the cooperative. Rudi’s Organic Bakery has named Brian McGuire as its new President...
Washington, D.C.—A new study published in Neurology concluded that “over-the-counter cognitive enhancement supplements may contain multiple unapproved drugs,” drawing industry rebuttal. The study was conducted by searching two supplement databases for products labeled as containing one of four different drugs not approved for use in the U.S. The 10 products...
San Diego, CA—Preferred-CBD has partnered with Veterans Advantage to provide its members with access to exclusive discounts to CBD products and therapies. There's demand for CBD products in the military and veteran community, says Scott Higgins, Co-founder and CEO of Veterans Advantage, in a press release. “We are excited to establish this...
Raleigh, NC—The adoption of nutrition data on front-of-package (FOP) labels is associated with improved nutritional content—both of those products and their competitors, according to a new study that analyzed 16 years of data on tens of thousands of products. “We wanted to know whether food companies were responding to increased...
It started with a phone call from a doctor—or rather, the expectation of one. “Within a month of the start of the COVID crisis,” said David Williams, EVP of Business Development at Cornerstone Consulting, “we had to go to Costco, and I was waiting for an important phone call from...
Crawley, UK—Half of respondents in a recent survey said they are more likely to buy a product if they recognize all of the ingredients listed on the label—and only 19% of respondents said they always recognize all of the ingredients on the label. The survey of 1,000 adults in the...
San Diego, CA—Sun Genomics, a personalized nutrition company that makes custom gut probiotics tailored and formulated to customers' unique microflora, announced the close of $9.25 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Pangaea Ventures with new investments from Orion Fund, managed by K3 Ventures, and Emerging Technologies Partners. Additional investors...
Secaucus, NJ—Lycored is inviting the nutrition industry to celebrate Heart and Soil Day with an online choir, according to a press release. September 26 will mark the fifth year of Lycored’s event, in which the company organizes community activities to cultivate wellness across the world. This year, Lycored has teamed...
Los Angeles, CA—Health Canada has granted a new set of health claims for Ixoreal Biomed's KSM-66 Ashwagandha root extract ingredient. The company announced that, under Health Canada’s NPN (Natural Product Number) 80102381 and its accompanying license, formulators using KSM-66 can make new claims related to memory enhancement, sleep, energy, stress,...
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