Articles by Shari Barbanel
Orrin Hatch, 7-term Senator of Utah Who Impacted the Natural Products Industry, Dies at 88
Retired Republican Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah passed away at age 88 in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 23, due to complications of a stroke he suffered on April 15. The longest serving Republican and the sixth longest-serving senator in the history of the Senate, Sen. Hatch served a 42-year-long, seven-term career, which began ...
Verdure Celebrates 25 Years With Launch of First Sustainability & Global Stewardship Report
Initially founded as Geni Herbs in 1997 by founder & CEO Ajay Patel, Verdure Sciences (Indiana) has supplied plant-based ingredients to the global market for a quarter-century. Today, the company supplies clinically backed plant-based ingredients to a global market with rigorous quality, research, and sustainability efforts in place. While not much has changed at the ...
Kerry Completes Acquisition of Natreon
Kerry (Ireland) has announced it has completed the acquisition of Natreon, Inc. (New Brunswick, NJ) a supplier of branded ayurvedic botanical ingredients. Natreon supplies branded and scientifically studied and tested ayurvedic extracts to the dietary supplement and functional food and beverage industries across the globe. The acquisition significantly expands Kerry’s leadership position and ProActive Health portfolio of ...
Martin Bauer to Go Climate Neutral by 2030
Martin Bauer (Secaucus, NJ) and all other companies in the global nature network are taking responsibility for the CO2emissions produced by their business operations. For the first time in its history, the group has calculated its corporate carbon footprint, which has now been checked and certified by an independent external body. The group’s goal is ...
CRN Dismisses FDA Response on N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC)
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) on March 31 denounced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision regarding the legal status of n-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) as a dietary ingredient. “CRN is extremely disappointed and unconvinced by FDA’s response today that it has chosen to deny CRN’s citizen’s petition while holding out the possibility that it may open ...
NPA Says Mandatory Product Listing is a “Non-Starter” and Amounts to “Pre-Market Approval”
The Natural Products Association (NPA) has issued a statement on the President’s FY 2023 Budget Request to Congress regarding the section on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). “FDA’s proposal to include mandatory product listing in their FY23 budget request is a non-starter,” said Dr. Daniel Fabricant, the association’s president and CEO. “Year after ...
The Fresh Factory Expands Capabilities in the Wellness Shot Category
The Fresh Factory B.C. Ltd. continues to expand its growing and diverse set of capabilities by adding shot-line equipment to the company’s manufacturing facility located in Carol Stream, IL. With the new technology, the company can produce 2-4 oz. recyclable PET plastic bottles, increasing efficiency and exemplifying The Fresh Factory’s dedication to innovation. In 2019, ...
Ashland Launches Global Responsible Solvers Program
Ashland Global Holdings Inc. (Wilmington, DE) has announced a new program called Responsible Solvers that brings together the company’s global philanthropic commitment to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education, with additional STEM funding and a paid employee volunteer program. Closely aligned with the company purpose to “Responsibly Solve For a Better World,” the Responsible Solvers ...
CRN’s Mister Applauds COSMOS Research, Says Results to Drive Industry Innovation
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has commented on the results of the Cocoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study (COSMOS), which were published on March 16, 2022, in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, in two separate papers: • Multivitamins in the prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease: The COSMOS randomized clinical trial • Effect ...
Hollis Osborne, Stratum Nutrition Founder, Dies at 92
Hollis Osborne, founder of Stratum Nutrition, which commercialized the health benefits of leftover eggshells, died on Feb. 22 at the age of 92. He was born on Sept. 12, 1929 to Olyn and Lilly Osborne near Jasper and Golden City, MO. In 1950, after graduating from the University of Missouri, he married his high school ...
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