A new study, published in Obesity: Open Access, suggest a branded capsaicinoid - an extract from red hot peppers - may boost one's metabolic rate. The placebo-controlled crossover, open label study, examined 40 healthy adults (23 male and 17 female) between the ages of 22 – 47 taking a daily...
North Miami Beach, FL — Stanley Jacobson, owner of Country Health Store for 21 years and two-time president of the National Nutritional Foods Association [now NPA], passed on Aug. 7 at age 81. He is survived by his wife of 60 years Debra and his two children Margie and Andrew,...
Golden Valley, MN — John Foraker, a leader of organic food brand Annie’s for the past 17 years, is stepping down from the company General Mills purchased in 2014 to get back to his entrepreneurial roots at a Bay Area startup he says will disrupt the organic foods industry. The Star...
Cerritos, CA – Dietary supplement contract manufacturer Captek Softgel International, has acquired J+D Labs Pharma Manufacturing for an undisclosed price. Captek is a portfolio company of Swander Pace Capital and this acquisition, announced by SPC, continues the firm’s focus on investing in and growing industry-leading vitamin, mineral and supplement companies.
Phoenix, AZ — Sprouts Farmers Market will expand its relationship with Amazon Prime Now to more than 20 locations by the end of the year, ceo Amin Meredia announced during the Q2 earnings call where he reported strong quarterly sales of $1.2 billion, a 15% increase. Clearly the pending acquisition...
The industry poured forth with loving tributes this week to the Chinese medicinal herb pioneer Bill Brevoort, who passed away on July 28 at his home in Kona, HI. He was 75 and had recently been diagnosed with metastatic melanoma. “Bill was a truly amazing, brilliant, spiritual, one-of-a-kind man,” said...
For the first time, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has released, along with its Unified Agenda, an ‘Inactive Actions List’ of regulations being reviewed or considered. On the list includes the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) nutrition facts changes that apply to meat, poultry and...
Cranbury, NJ -- Innophos Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: IPHS) announced on Tuesday that it entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Novel Ingredients, a New Jersey-based provider of dietary supplement ingredient solutions primarily owned by GenNx360 Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm. The merger will create a nearly...
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Industry applauded Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah, who has taken on a new leadership role as a co-chair of the Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus (DSC). Love replaces Rep. Jason Chaffetz, formerly a DSC co-chair, who retired from the House of Representatives this summer. The DSC is a bipartisan congressional...
East Windsor, NJ – Sabinsa Cosmetics, a division of the Sami Labs – Sabinsa Group, has been granted two new patents on cosmetic compositions involving sunscreen lotions and hair growth formulations – one in the U.S. and the other in the E.U. United States patent US 9498423 describes a synergistic...
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