S&P 500 stock shares of Dean Foods spiked 34% on August 8th, when the company announced it would put forth an IPO for 20% of its WhiteWave Foods division, which houses the Horizon Organic milk and Silk Soy brands. The company valued the offering at $300 million. WhiteWave will be...
Washington, DC—Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Rand Paul (R-KY), Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) are working together to support and pass the Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2011. Hemp is a non-drug oilseed and fiber variety of Cannabis, and is illegal to grow in the United States without a...
Tampa, FL—Fermented wheat germ extract, known in the immune health category, has given researchers reason to study its other potential benefits. In a trial done on ovarian cancer cell lines and how they interact with fermented wheat germ extract (as Avemar from American Biosciences), scientists from H. Lee Moffitt Cancer...
In the view of Fabien Cousteau, grandson of the famous oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau and a filmmaker and ocean explorer himself, the oceans are the circulatory system of the earth, and an ailing one at that. As the founder and executive director of Plant a Fish, a non-profit, all-volunteer organization...
United States—One of the most devastating droughts in recent history is ongoing in the Midwest United States, and it is causing concern throughout the organic produce industry. The effects of this drought can be seen far and wide. An organic producer in southwestern Wisconsin reported losing 80% of its kale...
Washington, D.C.—Industry members have had some positive things to say about a new bill aimed at stopping the manufacturing, selling and marketing of illegal anabolic steroids masquerading as supplements and similar imitation drugs. Both the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) and the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) issued statements of...
Austin, TX—Whole Foods Market (WFM) had an impressive third-quarter increase, according to a financial report (ending July 1) released last week by the grocery chain giant. WFM earned $2.7 billion in Q3, marking a 14% leap from the previous quarter. Forty-week sales are $8.8 billion. The Q3 increase came with...
Recent studies into the claims of sports drinks, such as Gatorade, Powerade and the UK’s most popular drink, Lucozade, have found that many of those claims may be false. Even more pressing is that sports drinks could possibly have more negative effects than positive, depending on the situation. The British...
Benicia, CA-based InterHealth Nutraceuticals announced that its ZMA sports nutrition ingredient received a European community trademark for use in food supplements. In other news, the Zychrome ingredient was found to have superior efficacy over chromium picolinate in a 74-person study. Taking 400 mcg of elemental chromium daily for three...
Halifax, NS, Canada—Some have shied away from omega 3-rich krill oil with the belief that krill fishing endangers the ecosystem. A new study published in Environmental Science and Technology, however, found otherwise through an assessment of krill harvesting and processing. The present study, conducted by researchers from Dalhousie University in...
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