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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WholeFoods Retailer Survey Webinar

January 12, 2017

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Looking for an accurate report on our industry? Tune in to the 2017 WholeFoods Magazine Retailer Survey Webinar to hear expanded analysis and merchandising tips, such as: How can I increase my net profit? What’s the ideal store footprint to maximize profits? Am I compensating my staff appropriately? Panelists: Julissa...

USDA Announces SNAP Online Purchasing Pilot

January 10, 2017

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has selected seven retail firms to take part in a pilot program designed to enable Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants to purchase their groceries online. The two-year pilot is slated to begin this summer and will include the following retailers...

CRN and IPA Establish Best Practices Guidelines for Probiotics

January 10, 2017

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Washington, D.C. — The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) and the International Probiotic Association (IPA) announced the development of scientifically-based best practices guidelines for the labeling, storing, and stability testing of dietary supplements and functional foods containing probiotics. Considering the immense popularity probiotics have been subject to, the guidelines are...

Two New Studies Show Link Vitamin K-deficiency with Arterial Calcification and Stiffness.

January 9, 2017

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Oslo, Norway and Metuchen, NJ — The kidney research and clinical journal Nephron, and the American Journal of Hypertension have individually published new papers linking vascular calcification and vascular and arterial stiffness to the vitamin K-dependent protein known as MGP (matrix GLA-protein). The Nephron paper titled “Correlations of Plasma Desphosphorylated...

Everstone Group Invests in Minority Stake of OmniActive

January 9, 2017

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Mumbai, India — Everstone Group has invested $35 million in a stake of Mumbai-based OmniActive Health Technologies Ltd. Everstone Group has been rapidly expanding in the nutraceutical space and its investment in OmniActive will give it a significant minority stake. Through the Everstone Group investment, OmniActive will have the ability...

Time to Get Pain Free—Naturally!

January 9, 2017

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]One third of Americans suffer needlessly with pain. Pain is actually quite simple to treat, if you use the right tools. The problem is that physicians are essentially clueless about pain management – and don’t even know that they don’t know. Mostly, they are taught to use arthritis medications, which...

Baldor Specialty Foods Eliminates Food Waste From Its Production

January 6, 2017

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

New York, NY — The Northeast’s leading produce processor and distributor, Baldor Specialty Foods, has used its food waste initiate known as SparCs (scraps spelled backwards) to divert 100 percent of the Fresh Cuts operation organic waste from reaching landfills and has instead developed new ways to utilize organic food...

RidgeCrest Herbals 2017 Almanac

January 6, 2017

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Click on cover image below to enjoy the RidgeCrest Herbals 2017 Almanac for its calendar, trends, specials and tips. A hard copy is also polybagged with every WholeFoods Magazine January 2017 issue.

Injuv: The Hyaluronic Acid-based Cosmeceutical

January 3, 2017

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Learn why Injuv, a hyaluronic acid complex from Soft Gel Technologies, Inc. is an excellent product in the nutricosmetic market.

FDA Completes Evaluation of Del Monte’s Genetically Engineered Pink Pineapple’s

December 30, 2016

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

On December 14, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced an evaluation of a variety of Del Monte Fresh Produce (DMFP) genetically engineered pink flesh pineapples that found no unresolved safety or regulatory issues under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Although a consultation is voluntary and...