Hoboken, NJ—New research published in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture indicates there may be a new application for a well-known branded extract of the French maritime pine tree bark (Pycnogenol from Natural Health Sciences, based here). Researchers enriched pineapple and red fruit juices with the...

Las Vegas, NV—More than 1,200 exhibit booths (with 779 total companies) and a packed educational session drew 8,500 industry members to this year’s SupplySide West tradeshow and convention, held here from October 19 to 23. Show organizers stated that there were 8% more booths than there were last year,...

Did you know that honey has been used for thousands of years for its nutritional and medicinal properties? Apiculture, the practice of beekeeping, dates back to 700 B.C., proving that honey was an established confectionary way before refined sugar came onto the scene. Honey was a prized and expensive commodity...

ResistAid™ is a natural immune support ingredient manufactured by the Swiss life-science company Lonza. It is made from the wood and bark of larch trees that grow in abundance in the United States. ResistAid™ consists of the soluble polysaccharide arabinogalactan and bioactive flavonoids, and thus has antioxidant capacity.

What’s Selling is a monthly review of the best-selling products determined from unit sales at six natural products stores around the country, rotated from a base of selected stores. The intention is to provide indications of sales trends.

 

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  Washington, D.C.— Following negotiations with law firm Emord & Associates, FDA will now allow select cancer-related health claims on selenium supplement product labels. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia overruled FDA’s decision to censor four qualified health claims, by finding it in violation of the...

Coral Springs, FL—The successful Tunie’s Super Save Nutrition Center, based here, is under new ownership. The business, built by Al Forman over the past 17 years, is now owned by Taylor Hamilton. Friends Hamilton and Forman worked out the deal earlier this year. “Buying a business is a lot...

OmniActive Health Technologies, Inc. of Short Hills, NJ has several new hires, which include Darrec Jones, as sales executive; Vikrant Lal as technical sales manager; and Sara Zoet as customer coordinator. Los Angeles, CA-based Soft Gel Technologies, Inc. hired Rob Gines to be its new regional sales manager, working...

The Global Organization for EPA and DHA (GOED) of Salt Lake City, UT launched the Proud Member logo program that enables member companies to use the logo on their Web sites, product brochures or in trade advertising and outreach. Tree of Life (a KeHE Company, Romeoville, IL) now offers...