Pet food safety and trends, pet supplements and pet product merchandising.Pet products are a big deal. So much so that a slew of “big box” retail outlets are devoted to the business of pet ownership. But pet dollars can still be captured at natural retail by properly presenting safe, healthful...

Industry experts share advice for keeping hair in place, and skin soft, supple and youthful.Pop quiz!      Question 1: Which is the body’s largest organ? The skin, so you’d better take care of it. It’s one of the first places to show that something’s not quite right with the...

Over the last number of years, the issue of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has undergone a transformation in the United States. Today, genetically modified (GM) food is a high-profile, politically charged issue with a bearing on public health, environmentalism and the future of the food we all consume. The...

Sabinsa Corporation broke ground on a new continuous extraction facility in Karnataka, India, that will increase production capacity by 200%. The $5-million, 75,000-ft2 expansion will feature a 25 MT/day capacity continuous extractor, a 15,000-ft2 downstream facility, a new microbiology lab and a 45,000-ft2 warehouse. The project should be finished...

Continuing on our discussion about Gourmet Snack Foods, we have an online exclusive interview with Angie Bastian, founder of Angie’s Artisan Popcorn of Mankato, MN. Angie's pops fresh popcorn batch by batch. The line includes Boom Chicka Pop Sea Salt and Boom Chicka Pop White Cheddar, as well as Sweet...

Omaha, NE—A two-year study out of the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) shows a prominent decrease in the symptoms of chronic hives as a result of vitamin D3 supplementation. Chronic hives, an allergic skin condition marked by itchy red welts on the skin and swelling, has no known cause...

Chips. Cookies. Nuts. Popcorn. America has a love affair with snacks. The Snack Food Association’s 2013 State of the Industry Report showed steady dollar increases in snack nuts/seeds/corn nuts (10.9%); granola bars (6%); crackers (3.7%); non-chocolate candy (5.8%) and cookies (4.9%). The group pinpointed what consumers are looking for in...

Available from Effie’s Homemade are Single Serve Oatcakes. This crisp, buttery blend of savory tea biscuit and lightly sweetened cookie is perfect for discerning travelers, says the company.

Marisol’s Flor de Sal flakes are harvested from Portugal’s Atlantic coast and dried by the sun and wind. States the company, “Totally free from additives, Marisol’s Flor de Sal adds a subtle, natural taste to dishes and is perfect for seasoning and finishing touches.”

A group of 41 scientists and experts have signed a public statement, hosted at endsciencecensorship.org, condemning the retraction of the Séralini study by the editor of the Elsevier journal Food and Chemical Toxicology. The study found that rats fed genetically modified maize and Roundup herbicide developed tumors and died...