NIE Features
Sleep & Relaxation Support—A Drowsy Category No More
Ingredients for sleep support have taken off with product sales in this category posting strong double-digit growth. The panel: Michael Chernyak, President, CK Nutraceuticals, Oakville, ON, Canada, https://ckingredients.com Julia Diaz, Head of Marketing, Pharmactive, Madrid, Spain, http://pharmactive.eu/en/home-en/ Kim Edwards, Global Product Manager, Kemin Human Nutrition and Health, Des Moines, IA, www.kemin.com Mariko Hill, Product Development ...
NIE Awards 2020
Two years ago, the staff of Nutrition Industry Executive (NIE) was looking for a way to highlight the most cutting-edge and advanced natural branded nutritional ingredients backed by science, and thus, the NIE Awards were born. In order to be considered, the ingredients needed to be launched since Oct. 1, 2018, for the purpose of ...
Heavy Lifting: Sports Nutrition Product Development Trends
From muscle building to fortifying nutritional status, the new world of sports nutrition is more inclusive than ever—here’s how to get in on an active market. In fitness and in sports, every goal reached or scored is without a doubt a rush of wonderful feelings—triumph, pride, passion, gratitude … followed by immediate focus to achieve ...
Hemp Lights Up the Natural Products Industry
Despite a smoky regulatory landscape for CBD and hemp-derived products, the power of this $4.7 billion-dollar market alone may mandate a clearer future. Our expert CBD panel: Zora De Grandpre, ND, Physician, Leafreport, Tel Aviv, Israel, www.leafreport.com Alice Hirschel, PhD, Technical Service Director, ABITEC, Columbus, OH, www.abiteccorp.com Collette Kakuk, Vice President of Global Marketing, HempRise, ...
Supporting Immunity
The pandemic has caused worldwide concern—and that stress has caused the greatest need ever for effective immune-support products. Without a doubt, the current pandemic has changed how people worldwide view protecting their health. Immunity. Immune system. These terms are at the forefront of public consciousness more than ever before. But there’s something that the pandemic ...
Sustaining Healthy Skin
Sustainable ingredients, social media influencers and beauty-from-within popularity are fueling the natural skin care ingredient market. An educated guess may lead many to hypothesize that the skin is a crucial component of the body, and this could not be any truer. In fact, LiveScience notes that it is the body’s largest organ, accounting for approximately ...
Focusing on the Essentials
EFAs continue to be a mainstay in the natural products industry in more ways than one. Perhaps it’s obvious to some, but EFAs (essential fatty acids) are indeed essential. According to Oregon State University’s Linus Pauling Institute, “Linoleic acid (LA), an omega-6 fatty acid, and α-linolenic acid (ALA), an omega-3 fatty acid, are considered essential ...
Washington, the Coronavirus and the Natural Products Industry
Business in a (temporarily) dystopian world. The Participants Are: Jim Emme, CEO, NOW Health Group, Bloomingdale, IL, www.nowfoods.com Dan Fabricant, PhD, President and CEO, Natural Products Association (NPA), Washington, D.C., www.npanational.org Loren Israelsen, President, United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA), Salt Lake City, UT, www.unpa.com Jay Jacobowitz, President & Founder, Retail Insights, Brattleboro, VT, www.retailinsights.com Mark ...
Are You Seeing It?
The vision support category has morphed tremendously during the past decade due to a newer condition that has affected people of all ages. Here’s how to make the most of this category with your vision-support formula. Only 20 years ago, the idea of a teenager dealing with the same eye issue as his/her grandparents would ...
Immune Support in the Eye of the Storm
Finding a responsible way forward for immune health and seasonal wellness nutrition. The Participants Are: Rob Brewster, President, Ingredients by Nature, Montclair, CA, http://ingredientsbynature.com Melanie Bulger, Nutrition & Regulatory Manager, Clasado Biosciences, Reading, U.K., https://clasado.com Annie Eng, CEO, HP Ingredients, Bradenton, FL, https://hpingredients.com Kim Edwards, Global Product Manager, Kemin Human Nutrition and Health, Des Moines, ...
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