Look in any vitamin department and you’ll see an array of products targeting stress relief. Typically, within this category you’re going to see products known as botanical “adaptogens.” Because botanical adaptogens are renown to help us adapt to stress, promoting homeostasis, it’s not surprising we see adaptogens represented in retail...
Adulteration has been around as long as commerce has been around. This is true for many industries including the commerce of botanical ingredients. Therefore, it behooves the retailer of botanical dietary supplements to understand the issues surrounding adulteration to help assure they are only stocking quality products. According to the...
The Dietary Supplement Health Education Act (DSHEA) of 1994 are federal regulations governing the manufacturing and marketing of dietary supplements, which includes most vitamin retailers. For example, if a retailer sells private label supplements they are responsible for assuring the finished products meet current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs), and that...
Transparency is a big issue with consumers these days so it’s no wonder they want to know everything that goes into their dietary supplements, including the excipients, fillers and binders. Lifting the lid on this topic we find a full range of options from the good and the not-so-good. There’s...
If you work in the natural products industry you probably know that the non-GMO category is growing and retailers are responding by stocking an increasing array of non-GMO certified products. In fact, Whole Foods Market recently announced that by 2018 products containing GMOs as ingredients will require special labels in...
Vitamin retailers are in a particularly powerful position to make sure they only offer the highest quality dietary supplements. But when it comes to deciding which supplements to carry, there is such a wide range of quality available that it can be difficult to decide which ones to choose. Below...
What's all the buzz about telomeres? Products are beginning to appear on natural product shelves claiming to support healthy aging by supporting the health of our telomeres. In fact, there are hundreds of testimonials online for telomere-supporting products full of bells and whistles, and vim and vigor but, what do...
Retailers, is it time to expand your Ayurvedic dietary supplement offerings? Consider this: the Indian nutraceutical market was valued at $1.48 billion in 2011 and is projected to grow to $2.731 billion by 2016, according to consulting and research firm Frost & Sullivan, Mountain View, CA. This comes as no...
An estimated 23 million U.S. adults are largely following a vegetarian-inclined diet, according to a study of approximately 6,000 consumers by MMR Research Worldwide. And not surprisingly, the majority of vegetarians use dietary supplements. In fact, vegetarians are 27 percent more likely to buy vitamin and mineral supplements than...
Like many women, as well as men, I actively seek ways to support bone health. So when a new ingredient comes along that shows some promise, I want to know more. Most recently my radar has focused on MBP®(trademarked by MEGMILK SNOW BRAND Co., Ltd.). It’s a newly discovered protein complex,...
