Articles by Shari Barbanel
Industry Calls on FDA to Create Separate Office of Dietary Supplements
The Natural Products Association (NPA) along with the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) and the United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA) have called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to elevate their Division of Dietary Supplement Programs (DDSP) in the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition to an ...
Sabinsa Facility Receives Foreign Site Number From Canada
Sabinsa Corporation (East Windsor, NJ) has received a Foreign Site Registration Number for its Payson, UT finished product-manufacturing facility from Health Canada’s Natural and Non Prescription Health Product Directorate (NNHPD). This Sabinsa manufacturing plant was recently assessed by NHPD for Natural Health Product’s GMP (good manufacturing practice) standards and quality system and was deemed as ...
Industry Attorney Robert Ullman Passes
Bob Ullman December 26, 1933 – August 15, 2015 Industry attorney Robert Ullman, has died, leaving a legacy of significant contributions to shaping the dietary supplements industry as we know it today. Bob and his wife Joan died together in an accident on August 15, 2015, leaving behind their son Marc Ullman and daughter Gail ...
Organizations Join to Help Ensure Adequate Iodine Intake in Pregnant and Lactating Women
All pregnant and lactating women should supplement their diet with a daily multivitamin that contains 150 mcg of iodine, according to a recent article published in Natural Medicine Journal, authored by three scientists at the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN). This science-based recommendation is supported by the American Thyroid Association, Endocrine Society and the American ...
Prinova, IN Ingredients Announce Exclusive Partnership
Prinova (Carol Stream, IL) has announced its partnership with IN Ingredients (Columbia, TN). As of July, Prinova is the exclusive North American distributor for all of IN’s clinically proven trademarked ingredients, including Cinnulin PF, Oxyjun, CellBerry, Nelulean, Testafuranol and many more. Leveraging Prinova’s strong distribution presence as well as their work with nutritional blends and ...
Sensient on Track to Remove PHOs From Products Before Compliance Date
Sensient Flavors LLC (Hoffman Estates, IL) has made significant progress in its efforts to remove partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) from its entire line of products. All products made at the company’s Harbor Beach, MI and Juneau, WI manufacturing sites are now PHO-free. Sensient Flavors’ manufacturing sites at Indianapolis, IN and Celaya, Mexico will complete the ...
Lycored Puts “Cultivating Wellness” at the Heart of New Brand Identity
Lycored (Orange, NJ) has launched a new corporate brand identity to help cement its commitment to well-being and enhance the company’s image globally. The new strategic positioning is fronted by a contemporary logo that echoes Lycored’s heritage as a supplier of natural ingredients derived from the tomato. This is complemented by a straightforward slogan that ...
Deerland Enzymes Joins International Probiotics Association
Deerland Enzymes (Kennesaw, GA) recently announced that the company has joined the International Probiotics Association (IPA), the global voice of the probiotics industry. As a new IPA member, Deerland Enzymes strengthens a collaborative effort of members equally divided between industry and academia. Deerland Enzymes’ increased involvement in the probiotic market is a reflection of the ...
Natreon Receives Strategic Investment From DSM
Natreon, Inc. (New Brunswick, NJ) has received an equity investment from DSM Venturing B.V., the corporate venture capital arm of the global life sciences and materials sciences company, Royal DSM (Heerlen, The Netherlands). “We are pleased to welcome DSM as a strategic investor as we expand Natreon’s clinically proven, high-quality ayurvedic product lines,” said Natreon’s ...
Sensus and Ganeden Announce Strategic Fiber-Probiotic Alliance
Sensus America, part of Netherlands-based inulin manufacturer Sensus, and Ganeden, the Cleveland, OH-based manufacturer of patented strains of probiotics have announced that they have formed a strategic alliance. Through the alliance, the companies have created Frutalose PRO; a liquid prebiotic, chicory root fiber syrup blended with the highly stable probiotic, GanedenBC30 (Bacillus coagulans GBI-30, 6086). ...
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