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Tim Lombardo, Senior Director, Food Consulting Services
EAS Consulting Group 1700 Diagonal Rd., Ste. 750 Alexandria, VA 22314 Phone: (571) 447-5500 Website: https://easconsultinggroup.com With company roots tracing back to 1960, EAS Consulting Group is a leading provider of regulatory compliance solutions to industries regulated by FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration), USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture), and supporting agencies. EAS’ team of ...
Freight Delays Adding to Ongoing Supply Chain Disruptions
Looking at the state of the supply chain for the nutritional supplement industry as we head into year-end, ongoing disruptions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, such as labor and packaging material shortages, continue as demand for supplies and raw materials stays strong. Adding to these disruptions is a significant increase in freight issues, including shipping ...
Is Your Brand Still Relevant in the Ever-changing Supplement Market?
We pose this question about supplement brand relevance in the middle of a pandemic—at a time when sales of supplements are at all-time highs, and the issues for many companies center on maintaining inventory and protecting the supply chain rather than worrying about sales. In truth, supplements as a whole have never enjoyed such relevance ...
The Next Evolution of Ingredient Formulations
Cutting edge, lipid multi-particulate technology enhances ingredient stability, functionality and versatility. New supplement launches are sky-rocketing and the competition is fierce for brands. Support for a plethora of health areas is available on retailers’ shelves and knowing how to differentiate your products from the rest has never been more important. To address this, brands are ...
Companies Serving Health Care Practitioners Need Specific Support
Companies that market supplements and functional foods predominantly to health care practitioners have unique interests and challenges that require specific support. How can these companies best serve and be in tune with health care practitioners who monitor and advise patients’ supplement use? Trust between patients and their health care professionals is critical for providing quality ...
Nicole Brown, Chief Innovation Officer, Open Book Extracts
Open Book Extracts Website: www.openbookextracts.com Headquartered in Roxboro, NC, Open Book Extracts (OBX) is a cGMP (current good manufacturing practice)-certified manufacturer of premium plant-based cannabinoid products, aiming to be the industry’s true north by delivering premium products, exceptional service and industry-leading transparency. With control of the entire supply chain, a state-of-the-art extraction campus near North ...
More Than Immune Health
How the pandemic has fundamentally redefined attitudes to functional nutrition. New Insights Into the Impact of COVID-19 It’s no longer news that the pandemic has massively increased interest in immune health, and demand for functional foods and beverages that offer to boost it. However, a far more fundamental shift has taken place over the last ...
A Starting Point for DEI: Seek Similarities Before Differences
Having a diverse team is not enough. You can hire people of different genders, races and ethnicities, ages and educational backgrounds and appear to have a diverse team, but your company will not truly be diverse until you begin to see the similarities before the differences. It is when we see what we have in ...
Vitamin D & Me!
Your source of in-depth information on vitamin D & COVID-19. In January 2021, former U.S. Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS, sounded a clarion call in an op-ed published in Medpage Today. Carmona argued that as the U.S. was breaking records in the number of daily deaths due to COVID-19, we did not ...
Cosmetics Containing CBD—How Regulated Should They Be?
Cosmetic products containing CBD are everywhere! Lotions, bath salts, serums, powders, shampoo, makeup. Deciding which ingredients to include in a product, how and where to manufacture, and what marketing claims to make are important and at times difficult decisions for a company to make. When considering the inclusion of CBD in a cosmetic product, the ...
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