Bloomingdale, IL–NOW announced the launch of its new national brand campaign, which emphasizes affordable products for health with its motto: “Feel good spending less with NOW." Imagery for the campaign focuses how optimal [caption id="attachment_88969" align="alignright" width="238"] Courtesy of NOW[/caption] health feels for consumers, rather than focusing on physical activity.
Functional ingredients manufacturer BENEO held an open house recently for its North American Application Center in Parsippany, NJ. The 3,000 square foot facility is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment to test formulation aspects of its functional ingredients, including fiber enrichment, sugar or fat replacement, as well as taste and texture improvements.
Brattleboro, VT — After six years of working with Procter & Gamble, which acquired their natural products baby in 2012, Paul and Barbi Schulick of New Chapter announced that as of July 1, 2018, they parted ways with the company they launched more than 35 years ago, citing a difference...
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) was awarded the National Championship Trophy by the Natural Products Association (NPA) for his contributions to the success of the natural products industry. Hatch has announced he will not seek re-election this year. Other winners of the 25th annual NPA Awards presented during NPA’s The Big...
Mintel has just released its “2018 Summer Food and Drink Trends” highlighting four to watch out for this summer. The first is very important for the summer months: barbecue, more specifically, vegan barbecue. Gone are the days when hosts struggle to accommodate their plant-based friends or vegans and vegetarians leave...
Dyer, IN — Long-time industry stalwart Jeffrey Van Hecke passed away suddenly on Monday, May 14 at the age of 52. Van Hecke spent 18 years as national sales manager of Yerba Prima until last year. Since then, he began his own venture with his business partner Peter Finkle called...
Langen, Germany — Sabinsa Corporation has named Dr. Umar Jan resident directory of Sabinsa Europe, GmbH. He has been working for the company the previous four years, as prokurist [sic] and technical sales manager, where he was responsible for scientific aspects of the sales department, describing Sabinsa’s portfolio of products...
Andrew Balducci, owner of the famous Balducci's specialty foods and produce market, died on March 22, 2018 at the age of 92 of acute leukemia. Born in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, to Maria Miscioscia and Louis Balducci, he spent his childhood in Corato, Italy, before emigrating back to the United States at the...
Chattanooga, TN — Ed Jones, founder of Nutrition World, is on a mission to bulletproof the natural products retail industry and he wants you to join him. Jones has started an education campaign to rally independents to demand respect from their vendors in the form of a Minimum Advertised Price...
Frédéric Boned, a Swiss and French national, has been appointed VP EMEA DSM human nutrition and health by DSM. Boned completed a chemical engineering degree at the Engineering School in Geneva and received an EMBA at the Business School of Lausanne. He has worked at DSM since 2012, holding senior...
