Whole Foods Market’s loyalty program will be folded into Amazon Prime, which has over 100 million Prime members worldwide, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos revealed in his annual shareholder letter this week. For context, the U.S. has about 126 million households, notes Retail Insights president and founder Jay Jacobowitz, "which leads...
Oslo, Norway and Edison, NJ -Cheese is good for your heart health. And a new paper, "Menaquinone Content of Cheese," published in Nutrients and conducted at VitaK, Maastricht University in the Netherlands, examines the Vitamin K2 content of cheeses and other foods. It shows strong evidence that cheese has cardio-protective...
White Plains, N.Y. - DanoneWave has renamed itself Danone North America, and says it has been certified as a B Corporation promoting social and environmental performance. According to a company press release, the company's new name represents its intention to continue its journey with a single identity that's easily recognizable...
Chicago – SPINS, the leading provider of retail consumer insights, analytics, and consulting for the Natural, Organic, and Specialty Products Industries, has acquired FoodFacts Inc., the leading consumer awareness platform for transparency into nutrition data, ingredients, allergens, and sensitivities. The acquisition provides SPINS with an unprecedented level of attribution of...
Washington, D.C. - Industry leaders are reacting positively to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recently published guidance about the dangers of selling bulk powdered caffeine (BPC) products. This comes after at least two confirmed deaths and an unknown number of medical events have been attributed to the consumption of...
Washington, D.C. - Two major animal rights groups have joined the Organic Trade Association’s (OTA) court battle against the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) failure to enact new organic livestock standards. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) and the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) are now co-plaintiffs...
Washington, D.C. - As expected, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has introduced legislation that would remove hemp from the list of controlled substances and legalize it as an agricultural commodity. U.S. Representatives Jaime Comer, a Kentucky Republican, and Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, have backed the legislation. In a...
Hoboken, NJ -- A new peer-reviewed, published study shows natural French maritime pine bark extract Pycnogenol effectively reduces lower leg swelling known as edema and relieves jet lag often associated with long-haul flights and road trips. The study, published in Minerva Cardioangiologica, tested 295 individuals at varying risk levels for...
Washington, D.C. - The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) is fighting back against a private litigant’s claim that a dietary supplement company falsely advertised the benefits of its product. CRN, trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry, submitted an amicus brief to the United States Court of...
Quebec, CN - Fruit d’Or Nutraceuticals is now a TRU ID Certified Partner, and is urging other companies to do the same. The TRU ID testing program weeds out adulteration, and gives consumers “peace of mind,” Stephen Lukawski, director of global sales and product development, Fruit d’Or Nutraceuticals, said at...
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