NIE Features
Providing Efficacy In Theory And Practice
Researchers, suppliers and manufacturers are stepping up efforts to prove ingredient efficacy—but it’s often consumers who have the last word.While it may have specific meanings in different fields, the definition of the word “efficacy” is the power to produce an effect. In the supplement industry, how suppliers, scientists, manufacturers and, ultimately, consumers perceive the effect ...
2012 Science Of Supplements: Spring Issue
A Manufacturers’ Guide to Ingredients, Products and ServicesFor A decade, the Nutrition Industry Executive Science of Supplements section has been crafted to help manufacturers gain a better understanding of the ingredients and services available that can make their products stand out in a crowded market. It gives the magazine’s advertisers an opportunity to describe in ...
Focus On Food Safety
NIE discusses the implications posed by FSMA with industry representatives, and their work to meet the challenges head on.In 2007, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a “Final Rule,” establishing FDA regulations, which require current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) for dietary supplements (21 CFR 111). The final rule addresses in particular the identity, ...
Slimming Down, Safely
The weight management category is as strong as ever, and science-based ingredients are a top priority for manufacturers and consumers.Adiverse range of American consumers are Increasingly focused on weight loss and weight maintenance within a broadening context of personal health and lifestyle issues. More specifically, according to the National Institute of Health (NIH), 66 percent ...
Plant Expansions
Optimistic business plans and environmental concerns are just some of the considerations when companies decide to ramp up their plants’ capacities.EConomists were a bit more optimistic about the U.S. economy as 2011 came to a close— but only a bit.According to CNNMoney, a December 2011 survey of 20 top economists found their fear of the ...
Heart Market Beats Strong
Heart disease is the leading cause of death of both men and women in the United States. According to the American Heart Association (AHA), someone dies from heart and blood vessel diseases every 36 seconds, and coronary heart disease claims the lives of 452,000 individuals each year. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that by ...
Powerful Pairings For Digestive Wellness
As digestive health interests rise, tried-and-true ingredient combinations and innovative delivery methods drive the category.for Digestive WellnessThe market dynamics and trends among the three digestive health ingredient segments—probiotics, prebiotics and enzymes— are very different, according to MarketsandMarkets.com. Prebiotics and probiotics are growing at double- digit growth rates as compared to digestive enzymes, which are experiencing ...
Great To Be GRAS
With increased ingredient safety concerns and an exploding global functional food and beverage market, ingredient suppliers and experts talk about the importance and process of attaining GRAS status, and the role it could potentially play with NDIs.According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), under sections 201(s) and 409 of the Federal Food, Drug, ...
Keeping Cholesterol Balanced Naturally
According to the center for Disease Control (February 9, 2010), “approximately one in every six adults— 17 percent of the U.S. adult population—has high blood cholesterol.”Because of heightened consumer awareness due to the inundation of the marketing of statins by the major pharmaceutical markets, according to Mike Uckele, CN, CEO Uckele Health & Nutrition (Blissfield, ...
Brands With Backing
Branded ingredients have gained distinction as ingredient manufacturers have invested in clinical trials and consumer marketing, as well as formed partnerships with major product manufacturers.For manufacturers, the benefits of a high-quality branded ingredient can be significant. Below are six examples of branded ingredients on the market, as NIE details how the companies behind them provide ...
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