Deerfield, IL— Snack maker Enjoy Life Foods has been acquired by Mondelēz International, the megacompany behind popular mainstream brands like Nabisco and Oreo cookies, Cadbury chocolate, and Trident gum. Enjoy Life Foods is known for its lineup of over 60 gluten- and allergy-free snack items. Mark Clouse, chief growth officer...
Executive vice president and spokesman of Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps Ralph Bronner passed away on Tuesday, February 10 at the age of 78. The first son of company founder Emanuel H. Bronner, part of Bronner’s mission was to keep “carrying out his father’s messages of hope for a unified world,...
Washington, D.C.—The New York supplement controversy has taken a new turn, as New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has issued subpoenas to Target, GNC, Walmart, and Walgreens requesting substantiating evidence for the claims made on labels of their store brand supplements. As this escalates, though, some of the...
Washington D.C.—After almost 40 years of being deemed a “nutrient of concern,” the country’s top nutrition advisory panel, the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, is considering dropping warnings regarding the consumption of cholesterol, in contrast to its findings five years ago. The findings then cautioned against consuming more than 300...
Atlanta, GA—A survey on complementary health techniques covering over 80,000 Americans has shown that while natural products have maintained a similar level of popularity overall over the course of this decade, preferences within the category are shifting. This data is based off of answers from complementary health questionnaire developed...
Silver Spring, MD—Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., who has served as commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) since 2009, will resign from the agency in March. FDA’s chief scientist Stephen Ostroff will serve as acting commissioner after this time until the position is filled. In an e-mail to...
GNC Responds to Demands; Lawsuits Follow New York, NY—New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has accused four major retailers of adding filler ingredients to store brand herbal products that were not mentioned on the label. Worse, several active ingredients that should have been in formulas were nowhere to be...
North Bergen, NJ—The Vitamin Shoppe is cooking up something new: prepared foods. According to The Record of Bergen County, NJ, the vitamin mega-store launched a pilot program to offer healthy pre-made refrigerated meals at 10 stores in NJ and NY. Housed in refrigerator walls, the on-the-go meals are intended to...
Ocean Township, NJ— With a consumer base becoming more and more cognizant of sustainability and ethics when it comes to foods, retailers may find themselves struggling to find a way to communicate those values. Dean’s Natural Food Market has partnered with HowGood to come up with a unique way...
On December 11, 2014, the Congress passed the Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act (DASCA), which will protect consumers from anabolic steroids that are falsely promoted as dietary supplements. The bill will help the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) identify and respond quickly when illegal drugs are sold. Additional anabolic steroids...
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