WholeFoods Magazine Staff

The editorial team at WholeFoods Magazine has decades of experiences reporting on natural products and dietary supplement industry news, trends, and more. This national business-to-business magazine has been published continuously for more than 40 years (the magazine was founded in 1977, and has been owned by Wainer Finest Communications since 1984). It is the longest-tenured media outlet of its kind in the natural products industry. The editorial focus at WholeFoods Magazine is, and always has been, on informing and educating members of the natural products industry.

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Trust Transparency Center Launches Ingredient Transparency Center

January 23, 2020

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Spring, TX—Trust Transparency Center (TTC) announced the formation of the Ingredient Transparency Center (ITC). This new platform is described in a press release as the next evolution of TTC's single ingredient category stewardship and incubator program. Currently, TTC oversees the Global Prebiotic Association (GPA), the CoQ10 Association and the Global Curcumin Association (GCA), and...

American Nutrition Association Proposes Definition for Personalized Nutrition

January 22, 2020

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Chicago, IL—Leaders of the American Nutrition Association (ANA), a newly established nonprofit professional association for the science and practice of personalized nutrition, announced that they have published a proposed definition of Personalized Nutrition. The goal: to promote and scale efforts in research, education, clinical practice, and policy. A press release from the...

Ben & Jerry's Removes "Happy Cow" Claims from Packaging

January 22, 2020

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Finland, MN—Following a lawsuit, Ben & Jerry’s will no longer claim on product packaging that its ice cream comes from “happy cows,” according to a press release form Organic Consumers Association (OCA). OCA sued Ben & Jerry’s in July 2018 for the “deceptive labeling, marketing, and sale of its ice...

AHPA: “Phase One” Agreement with China Offers Relief to Supplement Importers

January 22, 2020

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Silver Spring, MD—On January 15, 2020, the U.S. and China signed an agreement on a Phase One trade deal that, according to a fact sheet from the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), requires structural reforms and other changes to China’s economic and trade regime in the areas...

Processed Foods Highly Correlated with Obesity, Study Finds

January 22, 2020

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Washington, D.C.—Processed foods are highly correlated with obesity, according to research from George Washington University (GW). GW researcher Leigh A. Frame, Ph.D., MHS, said in a press release: “When comparing the U.S. diet to the diet of those who live in ‘blue zones’—areas with populations living to age 100 without...

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Lucky's Market Reportedly Closing Most Stores

January 21, 2020

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Boulder, CO—Lucky’s Market, the low-priced natural and organics products chain, reportedly will be closing the majority of its stores. This latest news comes after Kroger's announcement in December that it would divest its interest in Lucky's. Lucky’s Market was founded in Boulder in 2003 by Trish and Bo Sharon and...

GT’s Living Foods Celebrates 25th Anniversary

January 21, 2020

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Los Angeles, CA—GT’s Living Foods is celebrating its 25th anniversary with the introduction of Sacred Life, a special and limited-edition kombucha drink that will only be available during GT’s Living Foods 25th anniversary year. “I began bottling traditionally handcrafted kombucha 25 years ago with a mission to bring authentic fermented food to...

Farmers Insurance Open Selects First CBD Sponsor: PlusCBD Oil

January 21, 2020

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

San Diego, CA—Farmers Insurance Open has selected CV Sciences Inc., makers of PlusCBD Oil, as its first-ever cannabidiol (CBD) sponsor, according to a press release from CV Sciences. The Farmers Insurance Open PGA Golf Tournament will take place from Jan. 23 until Jan. 26 at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San...

For The Biome Secures Financing from JHCapital

January 21, 2020

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Dummerston, VT—Wellness and skincare company For The Biome announced that it has entered into a partnership with the JHCapital family office of Jim Crook and his daughter and partner, Allison Maino. For the Biome was launched last year by Paul and Barbi Schulick, natural products industry leaders who founded New...

Not Enough Funding for Climate Change Prevention Research, Study Says

January 21, 2020

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Falmer, Sussex, England—It’s time to increase funding for the prevention of climate change, rather than research into adapting to it, according to research from the University of Sussex and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. The study notes: “One of the most urgent unsolved puzzles is how to get people...