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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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House Passes Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act

September 16, 2014

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Washington, D.C.—The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act (DASCA), an act designed to give the DEA added authority to act when designer anabolic steroids are mismarketed as dietary supplements. This practice takes place when illegal steroids are reverse engineered and slightly chemically altered to...

NBTY Receives Two Golden Bridge Awards

September 16, 2014

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Ronkonkoma, NY—Supplement manufacturer and distributor NBTY has received two Gold level national awards at a ceremony hosted by the Golden Bridge Awards, one for Corporate Social Responsibility Program of the Year and another for Employee Communications Campaign of the Year. The Golden Bridge Awards are an annual industry and peers...

Annie’s Acquired by General Mills for $820 Million

September 9, 2014

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Berkeley, CA—Leading natural and organic food company Annie’s Inc., which markets packaged food products like macaroni and cheese under the brand name Annie’s Homegrown, announced it will be bought out by General Mills, Inc. for $46 per share in cash. The total value of the acquisition is around $820 million.

Study Suggests Increase in Liver Injury from Supplements, CRN Weighs In

September 5, 2014

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Philadelphia, PA—A new study published in Hepatology shows a heavy increase in liver injury from dietary and herbal supplements, going from 7% to 20% over a 10-year period. This study was performed by the Drug-Induced Liver Injury Network (DILIN), a group established in 2003 to track cases of liver injury...

Feds Clarify Labeling Rules For Companies with “Organic” in Name

September 5, 2014

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Washington, D.C.—Food companies that aren’t certified organic and that have a form of the word “organic” in their name may be scrutinized more closely, following a rule clarification by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The agency released a notice limiting the ways such companies can display the word “organic”...

NPA Announces Award Winners; Wainer Receives Top Honor

September 4, 2014

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Washington, D.C.—The Natural Products Association (NPA) will honor several industry members at its annual business meeting, to be held during Natural Products Expo East on September 17 at 9:30 a.m. at the Baltimore Convention Center in Room 310. Two members of the WholeFoods family are on this year’s list of...

Mainstream Herbal Supplement Sales Steadily Rising

September 3, 2014

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Austin, TX—Recent statistics published in HerbalGram show that herbal dietary supplement sales in 2013 rose by 7.9% in the mainstream retail markets in the United States, reaching a total figure of approximately six billion dollars for the first time ever. Herbalgram defines the mainstream market channel as food, drug, and...

Acquisition Of Twinlab To Invigorate Brand

September 3, 2014

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

New York, NY— Nutritional supplement maker Twinlab Corporation has been acquired by Twinlab Consolidation Corporation (TCC) a strategic employee-owned company. The intention of this acquisition was to strengthen an existing brand and create new wealth by expanding distribution channels, increasing manufacturing capacity, and customer-centric management dedicated to serving the health...

Citicoline Improves Cognition, Motor Speed in Adolescents in Trial

September 3, 2014

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

New York, NY—At this year’s annual American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology conference, trial results were revealed suggesting citicoline may have positive effects on motor speed and cognition in adolescent males. This study was a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial administered at The Brain Institute at the University of Utah. Over...

GMO Labeling in Colorado Will Receive Vote

September 2, 2014

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Denver, CO—Another GMO labeling ballot initiative will be put to a popular vote, thanks to a successful signature campaign in Colorado. Supporters of Proposition 105 to label genetically modified foods gathered almost 125,000 valid signatures, almost 40,000 more than required, and submitted them to the Colorado Secretary of State. Voters...

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