Articles by Shari Barbanel
NSF Educational Posters Available to Help Prevent the Spread of COVID-19
Global public health organization NSF International is offering small businesses, community centers, apartment complexes and other facilities free posters to encourage personal behaviors that may prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2). The educational posters were developed by NSF International based on guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World ...
BENEO Invests in Increasing Capacity of Rice Starch
New Jersey-based BENEO has announced a 50 percent production capacity increase at its Wijgmaal, Belgium facility to respond to rising customer demand for its rice starches. A two-stage expansion process valued at $56 million, will lead to increased capacity by March 2022. BENEO forecasts that the growing demand for natural and clean label products, in ...
AHPA Updates Online Botanical Safety Handbook
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) continues to expand and update the online Botanical Safety Handbook 2nd ed. to provide the herbal industry with comprehensive safety information on more than 500 species of herbs from clinical trials, pharmacological and toxicological studies, medical case reports and historical texts. The latest updates and additions, include: Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) was revised to ...
Deerland Probiotics & Enzymes Positioned to Collaborate With Customers Worldwide
Deerland Probiotics & Enzymes (Kennesaw, GA) has announced that it has completed the integration of Denmark-based Bifodan A/S which was acquired in 2019. The two companies now operate as one global entity under the Deerland brand. With this development, customers of Deerland and the former Bifodan now enjoy full access to an expanded portfolio of science-backed ...
Ingredion Completes Acquisition of PureCircle
Ingredion Incorporated (Westchester, IL) has announced the completion of its acquisition of PureCircle Limited (Chicago, IL). PureCircle brings global innovation and manufacturing expertise, enabling Ingredion to leverage its global go-to-market model, formulation capabilities and broad ingredient portfolio, the company stated. “This is a significant step forward as we advance our driving growth roadmap and further align our sugar ...
Ashland Recognized for Environmental Leadership
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) has recognized Ashland Global Holdings Inc. (Wilmington, DE) with a sustainability leadership award for environmental protection and circularity. The award was presented during the ACC Annual Meeting held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The ACC judging panel, comprised of external sustainability leaders from consumer products, nonprofit and consulting sectors, ...
CRN Says “60 Minutes” Probiotic Segment Was Right on Safety, but Wrongly Dismissed Their Benefits
In response to a “60 Minutes” segment on probiotics released June 28, 2020 titled, “Do Probiotics Actually Do Anything?” Andrea Wong, PhD, senior vice president, scientific & regulatory affairs, Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) noted that “The vigorous body of scientific research exploring the benefits of probiotics is providing increased understanding of the role probiotics ...
Dr. Majeed Foundation Makes Significant Contributions to Combat COVID-19 In India
The Dr. Majeed Foundation, a non-profit institution established by Dr. Muhammed Majeed, founder and chairman of Sami- Sabinsa Group (India), has channeled support to people impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic through contributions to organizations and its own community outreach programs to vulnerable communities in Bengaluru and Hyderabad, India. Financial contributions include $1.32 million (U.S.) to ...
Nutrition21 Takes Action to Protect Consumers Against Misbranded Sports Nutrition Product
New York-based Nutrition21, LLC has announced the conclusion of a dispute with MythLabs (New Jersey) following MythLabs’ agreement to cease any further intellectual property (IP) infringement of Nutrition21’s ingredient Nitrosigine. Nutrition21 discovered a product being sold in the marketplace, MythLabs Pump, that claimed to include the NO (nitric oxide) booster Nitrosigine without a purchase and trademark ...
East Expo 2020 Canceled
New Hope Network announced on June 15 that due to the developing circumstances around the COVID-19 virus, it will not move forward with hosting a Natural Products Expo East event in Philadelphia, PA in 2020. It was scheduled to be the 35th year of the event. The announcement stated, “New Hope Network misses gathering with the ...
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