NIE Features
Bringing Others’ Big Ideas To Market
Flexibility, specialization, speed and regulatory compliance make contract manufacturers competitive in the natural products marketplace.IFC Solutions, formerly International Foodcraft Corporation, which was founded in 1939, and changed its name in July, is a producer of finished product ingredients. For the New Jersey-based company, the current state of the market of its contract manufacturing business is ...
Growing Health Benefits
As science shows plant-based EFAs are comparable to fish oils, companies are increasingly utilizing them to provide vegetarian options. Part II of NIE’s EFA series.Plant-based essential fatty acid (EFA) supplements are a growing segment among consumers, especially vegetarians, vegans and eco-conscious individuals.Sourced from algae, flax, chia and other non-animal sources, plant-based EFAs offer an alternative ...
Human Clinical Studies
For more than a decade, Nutrition Industry Executive (NIE) has worked to cultivate relationships between ingredient suppliers and finished product manufacturers by providing Science of Supplements sections to highlight the research supporting ingredients that can help finished products stand out. In the interest of furthering that cause and providing greater insight into suppliers’ efforts, NIE ...
Doing Business Overseas
Selling your brand in a foreign market poses potential risk, but even greater reward for those that plan and partner well. NIE offers case studies of companies that have done it, and insights from associations guiding those markets.The dream of becoming a global brand is an attainable reality as foreign consumers are receptive to products ...
Fresh Catch
With a focus on sustainability, suppliers continue to improve purity and bio availability of efficacious marine-sourced omega-3s. Part I of NIE’s EFA series.Fish oil supplements have shown double-digit growth over the past few years, making omegas one of the most sought-after supplements on the market today. Baby Boomers continue to drive this category’s popularity, but ...
Getting In The Game
The sports nutrition market has seen growth recently from new consumers who want results and are beginning to investigate science-backed products.While riding out tough economic times, the sports nutrition category is moving from bench warmer to starter status, as the market has experienced solid growth over the past year. “According to industry experts, I have ...
2013 Company Profiles
Researching a potential partner is an important part of doing business in today’s marketplace. To that end, let Nutrition Industry Executive’s Company Profiles serve as a vital reference tool in that endeavor, whether you’re looking for an ingredient supplier, a contract manufacturer, a packaging partner or simply general knowledge about companies serving the industry.Each participating ...
Immune Defense
Innovation and science are behind the continued growth of the immune health category.The body’s defender against infection and illness, the immune system is a network of cells, tissues and organs that work together to protect the body from anything that threatens its ability to function normally. When the immune system is healthy, it does just ...
The Ayurvedic Impact
An Indian medical system hardly known in the U.S. in the 1980s, ayurveda today is a recognized cornerstone of the natural products industry and a key piece of its future.Growing up near the Himalayas, Shailinder Sodhi developed an early interest in ayurvedic plants and herbs, and received his BAMS (Bachelor in Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery) ...
Maximum Burn
Suppliers look to safety, efficacy and the internet to support the latest in thermogenic ingredients.Simply put, thermogenesis is the production of heat in the body.Mitch Skop, senior vice president of new product development at Pharmachem Laboratories Inc. in New Jersey, added to that basic definition that thermogenesis is the creation of heat in the body ...
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