OSLO, Norway and Metuchen, NJ – NattoPharma is launching at SupplySide West next week a full-spectrum vitamin K2 it calls the result of a proprietary technological breakthrough providing menaquinones (MK) 6, 7, 8 and 9, a range of isomers vital for cardiovascular health. “NattoPharma has driven the creation of the...
Los Angeles, CA – Ixoreal Biomed Inc., the manufacturer of KSM-66 ashwagandha extract, has expanded a suit against Sensoril producer Natreon and its distributor NutraGenesis, claiming false patent marking, defamation, product disparagement and tortious interference. The new claims this week are on top of an earlier countersuit Ixoreal Biomed filed...
Austin, TX — Consumers in the United States spent an estimated 7.7% more on herbal dietary supplements in 2016 than in the previous year, according to the recently published HerbalGram Herb Market Report for 2016. The report, which appears in issue 115 of the American Botanical Council’s (ABC’s) quarterly, peer-reviewed...
Baltimore, MD – Dean Nelson, founder and owner of New Jersey-based Dean’s Natural Food Market, issued a call to the industry to return to its roots during his acceptance speech while receiving WholeFoods Magazine’s 27th Retailer of the Year award. “I still think we are in the greatest industry,” Nelson...
East Windsor, NJ — Sabinsa has been granted a U.S. patent on the company’s shelf stable probiotic LactoSpore in combination with cranberry seed fibers. Patent No. US9717766 discloses a method of increasing the viable colony count of Bacillus coagulans MTCC 5856 in a synbiotic composition containing natural plant fibers from Vaccinium...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is urging all women to avoid eating queso fresco made with unpasteurized milk (raw milk) due to a current investigation of two Listeria cases. According to the RIDOH press release, “quesco fresco, queso blanco, panela, and asadero-style cheeses are only considered safe when...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As millennials enter their parenting years, the impact on the nearly $50 billion organic market could be transformative. “Exciting times lie ahead for the organic sector. This year's survey findings clearly show the positive relationship between organic and parenting,” said Laura Batcha, CEO and executive director of...
New York, N.Y. -- With the aim of becoming the premier adviser to consumer goods companies in the healthy living and wellness space, investment banker William Hood has launched his own firm. “The natural products industry is going to be a huge early focal area for us,” Hood told Whole...
Online grocery shopping has skyrocketed for Amazon.com Inc. since the company purchased Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion, Bloomberg reports. One Click Retail, which monitors sales, estimates that within one week, online sales of the Whole Foods private label 365 brand totaled around $500,000, according to Bloomberg. The speed at...
Morristown, N.J. -- OmniActive Health Technologies was granted a U.S. patent (Patent No: US 9724311) for the sports nutrition and performance benefits of its clinically-studied UltraSOL line of curcumin ingredients, including CurcuWIN. The patent covers these proprietary ingredients’ compositions for improving muscle performance, endurance capacity and resistance to fatigue when...
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