East Windsor, NJ—Sabinsa’s Curcumin C3 Complex and BioPerine have once again shown their potential in a randomized, double-blind, human clinical trial testing the effects of turmeric and curcumin on the gut microbiota. The study is called “Effects of Turmeric and Curcumin Dietary Supplementation on Human Gut Microbiota: A Double-Blind, Randomized,...
Silver Spring, MD -- Saw palmetto prices are running three times the average of 2017 due to excessive rains which affected the total berry harvest, the American Herbal Products Association reports. AHPA has been in communication with several of its members and other companies actively involved in the saw palmetto...
Baltimore, MD – It rained very little at the Convention Center, but Hurricane Florence took a toll on both attendees and exhibitors, making Natural Products Expo East a bit less crowded but still filled with trends. We honored our Retailer of the Year MaMa Jean’s Market of Springfield, MO, with...
Washington, DC -- The trade war is on. President Trump announced he is ordering 10% tariffs beginning Sept. 24 on the $200 billion worth of Chinese imports on a list released July 10, NPR reports. The list included a variety of items the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) and the...
Dummerston, VT – Paul and Barbi Schulick officially announced their next chapter byOM life, LLC, and it will focus on nourishing and healing the body, work culture and entire world community. The first products in botanical skincare are scheduled for release at the end of Q1 2019, just in time...
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Baltimore, MD —Passage of the “game changing” hemp provisions in the Farm Bill of 2018 is expected to go smoothly, according to a panel of attorneys at the Natural Products Hemp & CBD Summit. While it will be a landmark action, some ambiguities will remain because states will still have...
Baltimore, MD — Hurricane Florence won’t keep us away! Look forward to seeing you this week at Expo East. You’ll find us at Booth 3012 in the supplement section! We’ll be honoring our Natural Product Award winners and Mama Jean’s, our retailer of the year, on Friday at 1pm. Come...
Austin, TX — Total consumer spending on herbal dietary supplements in the U.S. reached an estimated $8.085 billion in 2017, according to the recently published HerbalGram Herb Market Report for 2017. For the fifth consecutive year, horehound (Marrubium vulgare, Lamiaceae), an herb commonly found in natural cough drops and lozenges,...
Silver Spring, MD — The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has submitted comments to the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to request that a proposed 25% duty on Chinese imports be revised to remove from this new tariff burden numerous ingredients used in dietary supplements and other...
