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Functional Nutrition for Changing Consumer Needs
Fifty years ago, Kerry was a small dairy company in the southwest of Ireland. Today, it’s a global leader in sustainable nutrition, health and food and beverage ingredients. One of the reasons it’s been able to grow is its commitment to scanning the horizon and keeping in touch with the way consumers’ nutrition needs have ...
Creating Stand-out Supplements
Achieving brand differentiation with advanced dosage form technologies. The market for dietary supplement delivery systems and the technologies behind them have changed drastically over recent years. Innovation has altered the space, driven by a number of trends—from the growing demand for botanical supplements to the booming market for probiotic solutions. At the same time, the ...
Trademarks and CBD: How Can Nutraceutical Companies Protect Trademarks Used on Products Containing CBD?
Discussion of the current policy of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, recent legal decisions and strategies for obtaining protection for marks used in connection with products containing CBD. The legalization of hemp-based cannabis products by the United States Congress in 2018 was a major step forward in the development of the cannabis industry. Unfortunately, ...
Jim Hyde, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Balchem Human Nutrition & Health
Balchem Corporation www.balchem.com/human-nutrition-health Balchem Corporation develops, manufactures and markets specialty ingredients that improve and enhance the health and well-being of life on the planet, providing state-of-the-art solutions and the finest quality products for a range of industries worldwide. The company reports three business segments: Human Nutrition & Health; Animal Nutrition & Health; and Specialty Products. ...
Supply Chain Strategies and Building Reliability Following COVID-19
Supply Chain Perspective—Since the Pandemic to Where We are Now As we look back at some of the challenges that organizations in the natural products industry and beyond were faced with over the last three years, words like agility and responsiveness were commonly used. Why is that? COVID-19 exposed a lot of gaps in organizations ...
8 Reasons Why Early-stage Companies Should Join Industry Trade Associations
The leading companies in any industry have much to gain by exercising their influence and access through trade association membership. These companies protect and grow their considerable investments by leveraging the resources trade associations provide. This state of affairs can deter smaller, entrepreneurial companies from embracing their industry association, but early-stage companies can also realize ...
Throw Down a Ladder
My first professional job title was director of public relations for a Gold’s Gym. Sounds pretty impressive for someone who just graduated from college, so of course I accepted. This lofty position was not bestowed on me because of my experience, but rather because the gym owner did not want me to go work for ...
Good Bacteria
Pandemic worries helped fuel the growth of the probiotics market in several areas. Ingredient suppliers that focus on probiotics have noted increased interest in their products since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, and that interest is for more than the traditional digestive health uses of their ingredients. Reshma Rathi, vice president of operations, Specialty ...
Élan M. Sudberg, CEO, Alkemist Labs
Alkemist Labs 12661 Hoover St. Garden Grove, CA 92841 Phone: (714) 754-4372 Alkemist Labs is an ISO 17025 accredited contract testing laboratory specializing in plant authentication, botanical ingredient identification, quantitative analytical services and contaminant screening for the Food & Beverage, Nutraceutical and Cosmeceutical industries. Located in a state-of-the-art facility in Garden Grove, CA, Alkemist Labs ...
Transparency in Nutraceutical Manufacturing
Inspection and track and trace solutions for nutraceuticals. More than half (55 percent) of consumers say having “transparent and open business practices” builds trust in a company and trust in a company makes consumers more likely to buy their product (68 percent), recommend them to a friend or colleague (59 percent) and even pay more ...
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