Articles by Shari Barbanel
Nutrition Industry Executive’s Top 10 Stories of 2025
As 2025 comes to an end, Nutrition Industry Executive (NIE) magazine looks back at the most read stories throughout the year. This year featured news items include the FDA declaring NMN lawful in dietary supplements and AHPA naming Graham Rigby as its new president and CEO. In 2025, VRM Media partnered with Positively Natural Network (PNN) to promote ...
Carbyne Equity Partners Acquires SuanNutra
Carbyne Equity Partners (Hamburg, Germany) has announced the acquisition of SuanNutra (Fair Lawn, NJ), the nutraceutical ingredients business of Suanfarma, a portfolio company of ARCHIMED. The investment, marks Carbyne’s entry into the nutraceutical sector and aligns with its focus on building R&D-driven businesses alongside strong management teams. Further, the transaction supports Suanfarma’s renewed strategic focus ...
Gnosis by Lesaffre Partners with Maternity Foundation
Gnosis by Lesaffre (France) has formed a partnership with the NGO Maternity Foundation to advance healthier pregnancies for women in some of the world’s most fragile and remote settings. When pregnancies are healthier, complications fall, and more mothers and babies survive and thrive. This reality underscores the need for strong partnerships that prioritize prevention and ...
VRM Media Acquires Naturally Independent Expo
The Positively Natural Network (PNN), a non-profit association for independent natural product retailers, practitioners and related industry companies, has announced the sale of its Naturally Independent Expo (NIE) trade show to VRM Media, publisher of Vitamin Retailer, Nutrition Industry Executive and Natural Practitioner magazines. Positively Natural President Jeremiah Bogenhagen and VRM President Daniel McSweeney finalized terms of the deal during ...
FDA Issues Letter on DSHEA Disclaimer Amendment, Industry Responds
On Dec. 11, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a letter to the dietary supplement industry regarding the agency’s labeling regulations that govern the placement of the disclaimer on dietary supplements labels under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FD&C) and Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA). The agency ...
Venable LLP Issues Client Alert on EPR Laws
As of October 2025, seven states (California, Colorado, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon and Washington) have passed Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws. These laws are intended to reduce packaging waste and improve recycling by holding producers financially and operationally responsible for the end-of-life management of their products, according to a client alert issued by Venable LLP. ...
Heading into the Holidays, Experts Say Americans Should Focus on Fiber
As Americans approach the holiday season, they will eat some of the largest meals of the year. Nutrition experts say this is the perfect time to think about something most of us don’t get enough of: fiber. Despite its important role in digestion, immunity, and overall health, the average American falls far short of the ...
FrieslandCampina Acquires Wisconsin Whey Protein
Royal FrieslandCampina N.V. (The Netherlands) intends to acquire Wisconsin Whey Protein, a respected producer of whey protein isolates in the United States. Wisconsin Whey Protein will become part of FrieslandCampina Ingredients, a global leader in proteins and prebiotics. As a result, FrieslandCampina Ingredients will significantly increase its total whey protein capacity, helping to meet rising ...
Tariff Relief Expanded for Certain Botanical Ingredients
As part of an executive order issued on Nov. 14, President Donald Trump revised and expanded the set of commodities in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) that are exempt from reciprocal tariffs. These changes, which are reflected in updates to Annex II and Annex III partially target commodities that cannot be sourced within the United States. According ...
Functional Mushroom Council Debuts at SupplySide Global
Leading North American businesses have come together to form the Functional Mushroom Council (FMC), the first-of-its-kind nonprofit bringing a unified voice to the rapidly expanding functional mushroom industry in North America. Since its debut at SupplySide Global in late October, the Council has welcomed a wave of additional brands, growers, suppliers and individual experts who ...
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