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Natural Products News Briefs: Birch Benders, Clasado, CRN, Helaina, & More

What's new in natural? Catch up on the latest!

October 8, 2024

Richard Ortega, Associate Editor, WholeFoods Magazine

Read up on all the latest news in the natural products industry.

JECFA’s Conflict of Interest on Aspartame

JECFA has once again declared that the toxic artificial sweetener aspartame is “safe” at the acceptable daily intake (ADI) amount of 40 mg/kg of body weight.

September 25, 2023

Scott C. Tips

JECFA has once again declared that the toxic artificial sweetener aspartame is “safe” at the acceptable daily intake (ADI) amount of 40 mg/kg of body weight.

Businesses Take Action on Earth Day

April 20, 2021

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Earth Day is on the way, and companies are speaking out about actions that they are taking and actions that need to be taken. Check in regularly--we'll be updating this as more companies let us know what they're doing to highlight the importance of our planet, and what they're doing...

Best Practices Guidelines for Probiotics

March 22, 2017

International Probiotics Association

The International Probiotics Association (IPA) (1) and the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) (2) support and encourage responsible production and marketing of dietary supplements and functional foods that contain probiotics. Therefore, IPA and CRN have developed scientifically-based voluntary guidelines that address labeling, stability testing, and storage recommendations for probiotic-containing...

New Label for Mountain-Grown Products

October 21, 2016

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has created a Mountain Partnership Product label for products grown in remote mountainous regions, says a report by Reuters. This label would be placed on products such as purple rice from the Himalayas, hairless apricots from Kyrgyzstan and black amaranth grain from...