Salt Lake City, UT—GOED has released an industry advisory regarding the correct expression of omega-3 fatty acid content in oils. EPA, DHA, and total omega-3s should be expressed in terms of weight, and not area percent. The advisory specifies that it should be expressed as free fatty acid equivalents in...
Saskatchewan, Canada -- Algarithm Ingredients announced the company has made a $100,000 annual funding pledge to GOED, the Global Organization for EPA and DHA Omega-3s. The pledge seats Algarithm on GOED’s Executive Council on Education and Outreach (ECEO), allowing Algarithm to take an active role in determining the direction of...
PepsiCo continues its push into more nutritious foods with the acquisition of plant-based snack food brand Health Warrior. The deal is the first investment by “the Hive, a PepsiCo entity focused on emerging trends and designed to grow smaller brands. Health Warrior, which launched in 2011, will continue to operate...
New York, NY—Snuk Foods launched today. It’s an online marketplace for specialty ingredients and products, sourced from countries around the world. Their mission is to ensure that “people of every background have the convenience of delicious ingredients delivered right to their door,” according to their press release, which says that...
Elgin, IL—Amano Enzyme has introduced Protein Glutaminase “Amano” 500 (PGA 500), a protein glutaminase that improves the solubility of proteins at low pH levels, according to their press release. Ken Iritani, vice president, technical services, said “we expect this enzyme to be a breakthrough development for beverage companies wishing to...
Newburgh, NY—Güdpod announced today that it will be granted its fifth and sixth U.S. utility patents and its first U.S. design patent on the technology in its “blender in a pod.” Gian-Carlo Ochoa, founder and executive chairman of Güdpod Corp., said that “From the beginning, we invested in developing and...
Salt Lake City, UT—The United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA) and TraceGains have announced a partnership designed to increase quality, management, and transparency in the global supplement supply chain, according to an UNPA press release made today. TraceGains is the leading provider of supplier compliance and quality management software for the...
LAKE SUCCESS, NY -- The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. has found its successor to founder president and CEO Irwin D. Simon, naming veteran consumer packaged foods executive Mark L. Schiller as the company's new president and CEO, effective Nov. 5. Schiller (shown here) brings more than 25 years of executive...
Watch a replay of our 35-minute videocast about prebiotics beyond the gut with Samantha Ford, business development manager for AIDP, Inc. She covers AIDP's research into prebiotic ingredients and their role in microbiome balance, metabolic reconditioning and beauty from within.
Phoenix, AZ – Sprouts Farmers Market will open 30 new stores in 2019, and seven of them will be during the first three months of the year. This year, Sprouts opened its first stores in the states of Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Washington and Maryland. It did not announce which new...
