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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AHPA Forms Sustainability Sub-Committee

October 15, 2018

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) Botanical Raw Materials Committee has launched a Sustainability Subcommittee, according to a press release made on Friday the 12th. The subcommittee will help increase awareness of sustainability issues and best practices, provide a forum for discussing and developing industry-wide standards, and promote existing sustainability...

Students and Oysters Restore New York Harbor

October 15, 2018

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

New York, NY—New York’s harbor is getting a facelift, thanks to the Billion Oyster Project. The Billion Oyster Project—a largely student-operated project that just hosted its 15th anniversary celebration—looks to restore the oyster reefs that once existed in the harbor. The goal, specifically, is to have one billion live oysters...

Denmark Wants To Label Food Based on Environmental Impact

October 15, 2018

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Denmark—Here’s a concept: food products labeled so that, at a glance, anyone can tell how much of an impact it had on the environment and climate before it made it to the shelf. Denmark wants to do precisely that. According to CNN, besides the obvious effect of letting people know...

Artemis International Focuses On Aronia Berry

October 15, 2018

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Ft. Wayne, IN—Artemis International has added the Aronia berry to their product listings, in the forms of an extract, a powder, and a concentrate. Aronia berries, also known as chokeberries, are native to North America. They were grown in Poland and Eastern Europe for years, but have been brought back...

Judge Moves To Grant Monsanto a Retrial

October 12, 2018

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

San Francisco, California—A San Francisco judge may grant Monsanto a new trial after the August verdict finding that the glyphosate in its RoundUp had caused Dewayne Johnson’s non-Hodgkin lymphoma. (Editor's Note: The judge ultimately ruled to uphold the verdict but reduced the amount of the award. Bayer, which is now...

Expo East Through the Eyes of a Novice

October 12, 2018

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [video width="1920" height="1080" mp4="https://wholefoodsmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Expo-East-Video-last-export.mp4"][/video] The Natural Products Expo East show is an opportunity for many brands, retailers and suppliers to come together and show off the best of what they all have to offer. There are also a number of workshops and sponsored events that bring together some of...

Glanbia Acquires SlimFast

October 12, 2018

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

The global nutrition group, Glanbia, has acquired SlimFast, a weight-loss company, for $350 million. The company said that SlimFast will complement its performance-nutrition portfolio and help them target lifestyle consumers and the $8 billion weight-management nutrition market. Florida-based SlimFast was established in 1977, and makes multiple weight-management and...

LaCroix Sued For Misleading Labeling

October 9, 2018

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Parent company of LaCroix sparkling water, National Beverage Corp., is facing a lawsuit that alleges its product contains non-natural and synthetic compounds, which would be opposite of how the company markets the drink. The class action lawsuit was filed on Oct. 1 by Beaumont Costales, a Chicago law firm, on...

The Fresh Market Returns To Its Roots

October 9, 2018

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Charlotte, NC. -- The Fresh Market opened a new store in south Charlotte that brings it back to its roots as a European and specialty market. It’s an important event for the company, which closed 15 stores earlier this year under CEO Larry Appel, who came onboard a year ago.

FDA Removes Seven Substances From Additives List

October 8, 2018

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Washington, DC—The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has removed seven synthetic flavoring substances from the Food Additives List, due to a petition submitted by eleven separate groups working to eliminate these chemicals for health and environmental reasons. Six of the substances—the synthetically-derived versions of benzophenone, ethyl acrylate, eugenyl methyl ether,...