NIE 2013
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 ...
New Beginnings For A Growing Market
Antioxidant sales are higher than ever as new sources are utilized and delivery methods reconceived.The market for antioxidants is fast expanding as consumers strive to slow the aging process and improve their health. According to a recent Food Marketing Institute survey, antioxidants are already among the top five health components U.S. consumers want in their ...
Sustainability & Social Responsibility
Whether sourcing from land or sea, the natural products industry takes its commitment to sustainability practices and its fellow man to new levels.Here, a sampling of companies explains their efforts, which are an undeniable selling point for partnership.Resonating With P. L. ThomasHaving supplied the natural products industry for more than half a century, New Jersey ...
Trust, But Verify
As good manufacturing practices (GMP) requirements and consumer sophistication pushes the demand on traceability and accountability, the importance of thirdparty testing continues to grow as a viable conduit for companies to demonstrate ingredient stability, purity and lack of contamination. Nutrition Industry Executive (NIE) asked the following testing experts about the programs available that help provide ...
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Ingredients for satiety are part of the strategy helping consumers do more than just control their appetites. Part I of NIE’s weight- management coverage.The obesity epidemic has become a global issue. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), worldwide obesity has nearly doubled since 1980, and in 2008, more than 1.4 billion adults age 20 ...
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