Dana Point, CA—Since officially undertaking the process of designing a product registry in April of this year, the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) finally unveiled its new Supplement Online Wellness Library (OWL), at its annual symposium, The Conference, on Thursday, October 27. As reported previously by WholeFoods, the intention of...
Dana Point, CA—On Thursday, October 27, at the Council for Responsible Nutrition’s (CRN) annual symposium, The Conference, the trade group presented some telling results from its 2016 CRN Consumer Survey on Dietary Supplements. The results show that among consumers, confidence in the safety, quality and effectiveness of dietary supplements remains high,...
Pittsburgh, PA—As Chinese consumers become more health conscious, and rely more heavily on vitamins and supplements, Chinese companies are looking to cash in on the trend by looking for companies abroad. The country’s vitamins and dietary-supplement market is expected to increase by 53% to $28.7 billion by 2021, according to...
On Tuesday, Sen. Orrin Hatch, a Republican from Utah, urged Commissioner Robert Califf, M.D. in a letter, to withdraw the federal register notice for Vinpocetine, a dietary ingredient that has five acknowledgements in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) New Dietary Ingredients Database. According to Hatch’s letter, “the Dietary Supplement...
Washington, D.C.—On October 19, 2016, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced plans to start a Joint Organic Compliance Committee in an effort to support a potential organic equivalency arrangement between the U. S. and Mexico. The arrangement, according to USDA, would allow “organic producers and...
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Montchevre now offers non-GMO 4 oz. Fresh Goat Cheese Logs certified by the National Science Foundation. The firm sources its milk from 350+ independent family farms. The non-GMO line offers 13 flavors, including Natural, Garlic & Herbs, Four Pepper, Honey, Cranberry & Cinnamon, Blueberry & Vanilla, Jalapeño, Fig & Olive,...
Crio Bru, a line of ground cocoa beans as an alternative to coffee, has expanded its lineup of fall flavors with Crio Bru Chuno, made with the highest grade of Nicaraguan cocoa beans. This brings the total varieties of Crio Bru to eight. Made from 100% cocoa bean, the product...
InterHealth Nutraceuticals, Inc., Benicia, CA, announced that a paper on Zychrome has been accepted for publication in Food & Nutrition Research. This study found the ingredient significantly reduced fasting blood glucose levels compared to baseline, whereas the placebo group did not. In addition, the ingredient reduced the inflammatory cytokine TNF-a.
According to Consumer Reports, 80% of adults say they take some kind of pain medication at least once a week. While a conventional drug may alleviate pain, they may also cause side effects such as nausea, dizziness, loss of appetite, swelling and even liver problems (1, 2). Although natural pain...
