NIE 2024 06
9 Things You Need to Know about the Post-Pandemic Supplement Consumer
Supplement sales are up year over year. More people than ever take vitamins, herbs and supplements on a regular basis. Post-pandemic life for supplement brands is great, right? The short answer is that it depends on what kind of supplement brand you are and how you engage with your target consumers. Like everyone else, the ...
Plant-based Powerhouses: The Technology Behind Citrus Flavonoids
Flavonoids have been zesting up the health category since a Hungarian scientist, Dr. Albert Szent-Györgyi, discovered their phytochemical activity in 1938.1 Flavonoids were first extracted from oranges and were thought to be a new type of vitamin, often referred to as vitamin P. However, further research indicated that flavonoids were not a vitamin, rather, they ...
Aggressively Defending the Baseless Class Action
By all accounts, consumer class action filings have dramatically increased over the past few years. And for every class action that gets filed, there are dozens, if not hundreds, of threatened claims. Most threatened claims are confidentially settled individually on an out-of-court basis, with little regard to the strength or weakness of the claims being ...
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[Extra! Extra!] When Contract Manufacturers Need Help
SG Systems Global is a software company based in Dallas, TX that often works closely with contract and pharmaceutical manufacturers. “We build our own software, and we customize the implementation around the customer,” said Matthew Segawa, director of strategic accounts at SG Systems. “Our software will guide and funnel them to do the correct things, ...
Sign This Contract Manufacturer
Streamlining the manufacturing process for dietary supplements. For business owners and entrepreneurs, manufacturing can sometimes turn into a daunting task that requires a lot of time, energy and resources. That’s when contract manufacturers join the battle. Regardless of business size, hiring a contract manufacturer allows for a cost-effective and streamlined approach to large-scale dietary supplement ...
Excipient Evolution
The active ingredients may be the star of the show, but excipients are the workhorses behind the scenes. One would not technically think of excipients when teasing out the concept of a new or improved dietary supplement formula—but they are a critical component. They have not been static, either. Excipients have evolved to adapt to ...
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[Extra! Extra!] Talking Food-Bev Ingredients With Dr. Alvin Berger
Nutrition Industry Executive (NIE) reached out to Alvin Berger, PhD, MS, Founder of Wayzata, MN-based LifeSense Products. Here’s more of what he had to say: NIE: Broadly speaking, what’s most exciting today about ingredients for foods and beverages? Berger: Twenty-five years ago, we knew functional ingredients like vitamin D, omega-3s, phytosterols, anti-inflammatory ingredients, “carb-blockers,” prebiotics ...
Ingredients for Foods & Beverages Are the Future of the Industry
The panel: Denis Alimonti, Director of U.S. Nutrition, Maypro, Purchase, NY, www.maypro.com Alvin Berger, PhD, MS, Founder, LifeSense Products, Wayzata, MN, https://lifesenseproducts.com Dave Blackwood, Senior Vice President of Bioactives, Brightseed, San Francisco, CA, www.brightseedbio.com Lindsay Cole, Sales & Business Development Manager, North America, Kappa Bioscience AS/Balchem, Oslo, Norway, www.kappabio.com Leslie Gallo, President, Artemis International, Fort ...
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