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All Boats Rising
In the spirit of “All boats rising,” article participants offer what can other suppliers learn from their successes with proprietary branded ingredients (PBIs)? “It pays to protect your PBIs and undertake the necessary and novel research. Your investment will be rewarded by returning customers who want to provide their consumers something unique, beneficial and safe.” ...
Choosing the Right Contract Manufacturing Partner
When researching contract manufacturers to partner with, what should a supplement brand look for? “Don’t choose a contract manufacturing partner due to price alone. Make decisions based on the premise of quality, fit and price when seeking a qualified contract manufacturer,” suggested Justin Bath, president of Biovation Labs in Salt Lake City, UT. “We also ...
Here Comes the Sun (screen) Claim Ban
On May 22, the FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, released a statement about the FDA’s new actions to keep consumers safe from harmful effects of sun exposure, and to ensure safety and true benefit of sunscreens. As part of this, the FDA sent warning letters to companies “illegally marketing pills and capsules labeled as dietary ...
A Commitment to Quality … Continued
The Participants: Elan Mikel Sudberg, CEO, Alkemist Labs, Garden Grove, CA, www.alkemist.com Justin Bath, President, Biovation Labs, Salt Lake City, UT, www.biovationlabs.com Gisele Atkinson, Vice President, Quality & Technical Affairs, Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), Washington, D.C., www.crnusa.org Daniel Fabricant, PhD, CEO and President, Natural Products Association (NPA), www.npanational.org Christen Davis, Director of Quality, North ...
State Considers Banning Energy Drink Sales to Teens
South Carolina lawmakers want to make sales of caffeine-containing energy drinks to those 18 years and under illegal, and if this new proposed law passes, the southern state will be the first in the U.S. to have another product ban in place. House Bill 4597, sponsored by Reps. Howard, Brawley, Anderson, Huggins, Govan, Pendarvis, Henegan ...
Eye Health Ingredient Market Worth More Than $290 Million by 2024
The eye health ingredients market size is set to surpass $290 million (U.S.) by 2024, according to a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc. Rising diseases including age-related macular degeneration (AMD), diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and cataracts will propel product demand. Protection from UV radiation, elimination of free radicals and enhancing strong vision are ...
Mediterranean Diet May Have Lasting Effects on Brain Health
A new study shows that older people who followed a Mediterranean diet retained more brain volume over a three-year period than those who did not follow the diet as closely. The study is published in the January 4, 2017, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. But contrary to ...
The Next Generation of Female Supplement Users
In the Euromonitor report—Young Women’s Health: Global Attitudes Towards Health, Fitness and Wellbeing Among the Under 30s and Market Impact—“taking health supplements is very common among under 30s females. As many as 71 percent of this group said they take health supplements or vitamins […]” Young women sometimes draw inspiration from popular figures who are ...
Got Menopause? Get Mediterranean!
A new study, whose results were presented on March 18, 2018 at the ENDO 2018 conference of the Endocrine Society, showed that post-menopausal women who ate a Mediterranean diet had better bone and muscle mass than did peers who did not follow the Mediterranean diet. Brazilian researchers led by Thais Rasia Silva, PhD, conducted their ...
Hunger Overrides Sense of Fullness After Weight Loss
The levels of hormones that control hunger and fullness (satiety) both rise after weight loss, but individuals may only experience an increase in hunger, according to a new study. The study is published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology -Endocrinology and Metabolism. A team of researchers studied adult volunteers with severe obesity ...
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