Articles by Shari Barbanel
American River Nutrition Launches New Brand Identity, Website for Company and DeltaGold Ingredient
American River Nutrition (Hadley, MA) has unveiled new branding, ranging from logos to a new website, for the company and its DeltaGold tocotrienol vitamin E ingredient. “Having spent many years focusing on the science of annatto-derived tocotrienols, we felt it was time for American River Nutrition to move to the next level in marketing our ...
Richard van Breemen Named Director of Linus Pauling Institute at OSU
Oregon State University (OSU) has named Richard van Breemen as the director of the university’s Linus Pauling Institute. Van Breemen, professor of pharmacy at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will succeed Balz Frei as director and endowed chair of the institute, which studies the role of vitamins and other micronutrients in enhancing health and ...
NPA Responds to Findings of Study on Cancer Risk Among Smokers Taking Vitamin B Supplements
The Natural Products Association (NPA) has rejected a study by researchers blaming vitamin B use by male smokers for an increased risk of cancer. Dan Fabricant, PhD, president and CEO of NPA pointed to environmental factors and tobacco use as the more likely cause for increased cancer risk. Fabricant is a former head of the ...
DuPont Upgrades and Expands Probiotics Facility
DuPont Nutrition & Health has announced a substantial upgrade to its probiotics pilot facility in Madison, WI. The $10 million investment strengthens and emboldens DuPont’s current impressive position as a leader in the probiotics industry, allowing for increased pace of new product development and significantly improved delivery times on pilot material for clinical trials and ...
Aker BioMarine and Neptune Close $34 Million Agreement
Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc. (Laval, QC, Canada) and Aker BioMarine Antarctic AS (Lysaker, Norway) have announced that they have concluded an agreement whereby Aker BioMarine acquired Neptune’s krill oil inventory and IP for a cash consideration of $34 million (U.S.) paid at closing. “This transaction marks an important step in Neptune’s next phase of development. ...
NSF International and DYT Partner to Develop Functional Product Standard in China
NSF International, a global public health organization and a leading certifier of dietary supplements, met with Diao Yu Tai Food Biotechnology Company (DYT) in Beijing recently to sign a cooperative agreement and discuss development of a functional product standard and certification program in China. An established name brand for more than 800 years, DYT is ...
Rep. Mia Love Named Co-chair of Congressional DSC
Representative Mia Love, R-Utah, has taken on a new leadership role as a co-chair of the Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus (DSC). Love replaces Rep. Jason Chaffetz, formerly a DSC co-chair, who retired from the House of Representatives this summer. The DSC is a bipartisan congressional group of legislators who promote discussions among lawmakers about the ...
Bill Brevoort, Chinese Herb Pioneer, Dies at 75
Iconic Chinese medicinal herb pioneer Bill Brevoort, 75, passed away at his home in Kona, HI on July 28. He had been recently diagnosed with metastatic melanoma. Brevoort was a truly remarkable man — intelligent, intrepid, focused and highly spiritual, as noted by the American Botanical Council (ABC). He and his wife Peggy Brevoort founded East ...
Supplement OWL Honored with ASAE Power of A Silver Award
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has announced that the Supplement OWL (Online Wellness Library), the dietary supplement product registry, is the recipient of a 2017 Power of A Silver Award. The Power of A Awards, presented by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), showcase association initiatives that leverage their unique resources to solve problems, advance industry and professional ...
Legislation Would Expand Access to Vitamins for Millions Living in Food Deserts
New legislation introduced by Congressman Dave Brat (R-VA) would expand access to multivitamin dietary supplements for purchase as part of the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children (WIC). The effort led by the Natural Products Association (NPA) could help provide relief to the 25 million Americans currently living in areas without access to ...
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