Hillsborough, NH — Brooklyn-born Beatrice Trum Hunter, creator of “The Natural Foods Cookbook” and 37 other healthful food books, passed away at the age of 98 on Wednesday, May 17, in Hillsborough, NH, according to the New York Times. Born Beatrice Josephine Trum on December 16, 1918 to Gabriel Trum and...
New York, NY — The 2017 winners of the Specialty Food Association Lifetime Achievement Awards have been announced. These Association members, along with many others, have contributed to the growth and sustainability of the current $127 billion specialty food industry. The stated purpose of SFA’s Lifetime Achievement Award is "to...
Bedminster, NJ — According to a press release from Swander Pace Capital, the private equity firm has sold Kicking Horse Coffee, Ltd., the #1 organic and fair trade coffee roaster in Canada to Luigi Lavazza S.p.A. in a transaction valued at C$215 million. In 2012, the firm partnered with Kicking...
Park City, UT — Nutraceutical International Corporation has entered into an agreement under which an affiliate of HGGC, LLC, a middle-market private equity firm, will acquire the company in a transaction valued at about $446 million that includes debt to be refinanced. Under the terms of the agreement, Nutraceutical stockholders...
Houston, TX — Qualitas Health has announced a long term, strategic partnership with the commercial crop producer Green Stream Farms in an effort to triple its algae production. This will allow the firm to achieve enough critical mass to become a sustainable omega-3 alternative worldwide at a commercial scale. “We...
East Rutherford, NJ — All shares of Mushroom Wisdom, Inc. have been acquired by Hokuto Corporation, one of Japan’s biggest mushroom cultivators with annual sales of about $600 million. The transaction also includes the acquisition of Sun Medica, Co., Ltd, an affiliate of Mushroom Wisdom as well as the transfer...
Milan, Italy — A new pilot study indicates that Curcumin-based supplementation is helpful when it comes to sustaining healthy bone density levels. The study assessed the safety and efficacy of a Phytosome formulation of curcumin (Meriva, by Indena) in patients who have asymptomatic bone density conditions. Antonella Riva, product research...
Paris, France — AIDP, Inc. and Algaia, S.A. have announced their entrance into a distribution partnership to market Algaia’s alginates, naturally-occurring polysaccharides produced from brown algae, as well as other specialty marine-based solutions to customers in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The arrangement was finalized at Vitafoods in Geneva,...
New York, NY – A new rule requiring all restaurants with 15 or more nationwide locations and retailers offering prepared foods to post caloric measurements on menu boards went into effect May 22. Additionally, chains will have to provide full nutritional information beyond just calories for standard menu items available...
Landing, NJ - A new study comparing patented BCM-95 (made by DolCas Biotech) with regular curcumin shows that the turmeric extract brand is more effective in easing symptoms of colitis. Shusuke Toden, Ph.D., conducted and published the study in Scientific Reports in April 2017. It detailed the bioactivity of both...
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