NIE Columns
Intellectual Property Considerations Prior to Launching a New Nutraceutical—What Entrepreneurs and Companies Should Know
The global nutraceuticals market is a growing multibillion-dollar industry with a constant flow of innovative new dietary supplements and functional foods and beverages coming to market to meet strong consumer demand. In such a competitive and varied industry, a solid understanding of the basics of intellectual property law as it relates to nutraceuticals is a ...
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 ...
Ingredient and Delivery Sustainability: Taking a Holistic and Responsible Approach to Supplement Product Design
Whether triggered by reports of climate change, deforestation, water stress or ocean microplastics, sustainability has rightly been at the center of the agenda for many brand owners in the last few years. For the future of our planet, it is critical that we all play our part to help address climate change and limit the ...
The Future of New Product Development
Dietary supplement and functional nutritional beverages are up, up and away—is anyone really surprised? The pandemic is largely responsible for the surge of interest and purchase in dietary supplements and healthier lifestyles that would strengthen resistance to immune assaults while increasing overall quality of life. And this is a boon for the industry. On June ...
Loula Merkel, Vice President of Business Development
Comet Bio U.S. Headquarters 1051 Perimeter Dr., Ste. 615 Schaumburg, IL 60173 Phone: (317) 750-7158 Website: https://comet-bio.com Comet Bio is an award-winning food technology company based in London, Ontario, Canada and Schaumburg, IL. The company makes unique, healthy and sustainable products using its patented upcycling technology. Its Arrabina Arabinoxylan Plant Fiber Extract has superior tolerability ...
The Most Creative Ideas Begin With Boring
By now, I bet you are ready for a bit of boring advice. This year has certainly been a rollercoaster of change, and even if you don’t consider yourself an out-of-the-box thinker, chances are you have been forced into some creative strategy meetings to quickly develop new innovation that will keep pace with the ever-changing ...
The Coronavirus Impact on the Nutrition Industry Supply Chain
The coronavirus pandemic has and will continue to present challenges for the natural products industry and supply chain management as we look ahead. However, in the face of these ongoing trials, existing best practices and new valuable lessons being learned are creating a path toward a stronger and more collaborative industry moving forward. Understanding the ...
True Colors Shining Through: Update on Protection for Product Packaging and Its Impact on the Nutrition and Food Industry
The nutrition and food industry has long struggled to protect product and packaging designs from competitors and copycats seeking to trade on their looks. But even after committing significant resources to creating a design that will resonate with the public, companies may find it hard to convince the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) or ...
FTC Maintains Its Focus on “Made in the USA” Claims
During the myriad legal challenges presented by doing business during a global pandemic, it would be easy for marketing departments to lose sight of Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regulations governing such seemingly mundane claims as “Made in the USA” (MUSA); however, given recent FTC activity, companies that market products as MUSA would be well advised ...
Sarcopenia—A widespread concern among the elderly and others holds potential growth for the natural ingredient marketplace
Sarcopenia is a condition characterized by loss of skeletal muscle mass and function. Although it is primarily a disease of the elderly, its development may be associated with conditions that are not exclusively seen in older persons, according to the National Center for Biotechnology Information. “The loss of muscle mass over time, known as sarcopenia, ...
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