Natural Path Silver Wings has introduced a new color-banded packaging to its product lineup to improve the shopper experience. The 50PPM is now featured in a royal blue carton, the 250PPM in navy blue, the 500PPM in orange, the 150PPM colloidal silver echinacea & oregano blend features a purple band,...
The Better Packaging Co. has introduced comGLOVES, compostable disposable gloves. The gloves are Certified AS 5810 Home and Industrially Compostable, come in 3 sizes, and are a recommended for use in food preparation, cash handling, and other hygiene needs. www.betterpackaging.com/USA...
MegaFood has added Prenatal DHA & Choline and Postnatal Multi to its Baby & Me 2 line, which help to support healthy brain development for babies, the company says. The vegan DHA & Choline supplement features choline beadlets and liquid plant-based DHA in a vegetable capsule. Made for breastfeeding moms,...
Bioriginal has launched a private label 2-piece capsule immune support supplement. Ingredients include: elderberry, acerola, zinc, vitamins B6, C & D3, ginger and and BioVin whole grape extract. Providing support for the innate and adaptive immune system, Immune Enhance can be taken daily for ongoing immune support or at the...
Lubrizol Life Science Health has launched ASTAGILE microcapsules, certified organic astaxanthin microencapsulated with spirulina to promote mental agility and support healthy aging, the company says. Awarded the organic certification from the EU COPAE governing body, the supplement can be integrated into tablets, capsules, and nutritional powders. www.lubrizol.com...
Washington, D.C.—A study published in BMJ Open came to the conclusion that multivitamins and multimineral (MVM) products result, not in improved health, but in the perception of improved health. The Council for Responsible Nutrition released a statement decrying the “many limitations and shortcomings that hinder this study,” noting that MVMs...
Silver Spring, MD—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule on November 6 revising and expanding the pesticide tolerance crop grouping regulations for herbs and spices. A press release from the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) states that the revisions incorporated many of the comments AHPA submitted in...
Synergia Life Sciences has received an FDA “No Question” letter in response to a GRAS Notification for the intended use of the MenaquinGold brand of vitamin K2 MK-7, according to a press release. “Intended use,” in this case, is as a food ingredient and as a nutrient in supplements or...
Washington, D.C.—The Natural Products Association (NPA) announced that top current and former dietary supplement regulators will be speaking at The Big Natural, taking place virtually November 30 to December 1. The current top regulator for the dietary supplement industry at the Federal Trade Commission, Richard Cleland, is scheduled to speak,...
Bloomingdale, IL—NOW has released another report—its fifth report in 2020—regarding the quality of brands sold mainly on Amazon. This new report focuses on alpha lipoic acid (ALA). Previous reports from NOW include CoQ10 and SAMe, Acetyl-l-Carnitine, and Phosphatidyl Serine. NOW purchased two samples of each ALA from 13 brands that...
