NIE 2013
The Benefits Of Certification
While attaining certifications may take a considerable investment, the effort is worthwhile with the opportunities they afford companies.In any type of business, companies do whatever they can to separate from the pack and stand out from the crowd. For suppliers, attaining certifications is one way to show manufacturers as well as consumers that they have ...
Natural Beauty Preferred
As more consumers seek out natural ingredients in their cosmetic products, suppliers continue to study what works best while staying within regulatory guidelines in the U.S. and overseas.According to a Datamonitor 2013 consumer survey, North American female consumers of skincare products indicate that naturalness in products is important (at least 75 percent ranked as either ...
Ingredient Technology
NIE highlights proven, cost-effective ingredient innovations driving industry growth by revolutionizing finished product potential.Aloe AdvancementOver the course of his career, Santiago Rodriguez, CEO of Texas-based Lorand Laboratories, helped develop novel materials, and observed a void in the market.“There are many aloe products in the market, but I realized there was no high acemannan product that ...
Partnering For The Blood Sugar Bout
Suppliers offer clinically proven ingredients providing manufacturers formulation flexibility for the exponential blood sugar market.According to the World Health Organization, the frequency of diabetes is rising around the globe—about 350 million people worldwide have the illness, a number likely to more than double in the next 20 years.What was once considered an adult onset disease ...
Eyeing The Possibilities
Meeting a growing population’s vision concerns requires innovating ingredients, tackling delivery challenges and arming with education.The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that more than 285 million people in the world are visually impaired, 39 million of which are blind, while 246 million have moderate to severe visual impairment. It is also predicted that without extra ...
Name Brand Investment
Regulations and quality issues increase demand of proprietary ingredients.In the last 15 years or so, the supply of natural ingredients has exploded. Dietary supplement and/or functional food manufacturers are faced with an ever-expanding array of ingredients to consider for their formulations. The concept of branding an ingredient has become more popular over the past 10 ...
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 ...
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