Articles by Shari Barbanel
DuPont Opens World-class Probiotics Fermentation Unit
DuPont has announced the opening of a new state-of-the-art probiotics fermentation unit at its Rochester, NY facility. Construction of the unit was completed in March as part of an overall $100MM investment to expand probiotics capacity. The facility is now producing high-quality probiotics for the dietary supplement and food and beverage industries, which have the ...
DSM and Avril Collaborate to Increase Plant-based Protein Options
Royal DSM (Heerlen, Netherlands), a global science-based company active in health, nutrition and sustainable living, and Avril, an international French agro-industrial group, intend to work together to meet the growing consumer demand for plant-based proteins. Together, DSM and Avril will produce a protein-based, non-genetically modified canola. According to the companies, it has excellent functional properties, ...
Vitaquest International to Expand Manufacturing Footprint
Vitaquest International has announced that it has agreed to lease a new manufacturing site in Parsippany, NJ, nearby the company’s headquarters in West Caldwell. The decision will increase manufacturing, warehousing, product development and laboratory space by more than 50 percent, making Vitaquest one of the largest companies of its kind in the United States. Manufacturing ...
AHPA to Host Inaugural Hemp-CBD Dietary Supplement Congress
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) is presenting a two-day Hemp-CBD Supplement Congress in Denver, CO this August to provide critical input for companies navigating the rapidly evolving legal, regulatory and financial landscapes to manufacture and market dietary supplement products with hemp or hemp-derived ingredients including cannabidiol (CBD). The event features presentations from federal officials, ...
DailyNutra Certified by Friend of the Sea for Sustainable Krill Oil Practices
Friend of the Sea has announced that it has certified DailyNutra for sustainable production of products that contain krill oil for omega-3s. With this certification, DailyNutra can display the Friend of the Sea eco-label on its krill oil products. “As the market for nutritional products embraces omega-3s, we are seeing producers step up and commit to ...
Alkemist Labs and Nutrasource Collaborate on THC Compliance Testing
Alkemist Labs (Garden Grove, CA), a contract testing lab specializing in botanical identity and potency testing for the dietary supplement industry, and Nutrasource, a Canadian contract research organization that helps health product companies bring products to market, are preparing to launch a comprehensive third-party verification program designed to support accurate, verifiable label claims regarding the ...
Kemin Launches New Vision and Logo
Kemin Industries (Des Moines, IA) has unveiled its new global vision and logo to align the company strategically for 2042 and beyond. The new vision, “Kemin strives to sustainably transform the quality of life every day for 80 percent of the world with our products and services,” lays the groundwork for strategic growth and priorities ...
Two Researchers Awarded for Excellence in Nutrition Science
Catharine Ross, PhD, and Aditi Das, PhD, were awarded the Mary Swartz Rose Senior Investigator Award and the Mary Swartz Rose Young Investigator Award, respectively, at Nutrition 2019, the flagship meeting of the American Society for Nutrition (ASN) held in Baltimore, MD. The awards, named in honor of the late Mary Swartz Rose (1874-1941), founder ...
DuPont Microbiome Venture Announces a Strategic Partnership with BioMe Oxford
The DuPont Microbiome Venture (Copenhagen, Denmark) has announced a strategic investment and partnership with BioMe Oxford Ltd. BioMe Oxford is an early stage startup located in Oxford, U.K., which is developing BioCapture, a smart, orally delivered capsule that can sample gut microbiota in both humans and animals. DuPont will partner with BioMe Oxford and the ...
Amin Talati Law Firm Announces Name Change; Continues Expansion in Core Areas
Leading regulatory and intellectual property law firm Amin Talati has announced that effective June 1, 2019, the firm’s name changed to Amin Talati Wasserman LLP, making Ivan Wasserman, who also serves as the firm’s managing partner, a name partner. “Our new name is a reflection of how far we have come and how far we ...
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