NIE Columns
The ROI of Transparency
During the past 10 years, organizational transparency has become an increasingly important idea for companies conducting business in the United States. In the world of dietary supplements, functional foods and beverages, promoting transparency is a critical component of any brand and also of ingredient suppliers. But what we have learned from our research and our ...
Combining Ingredients: Creating New Generation Supplements
From joint health, active nutrition and healthy aging to heart health, digestive health and immune support, a growing number of consumers are now taking an increasingly proactive approach to maintaining overall health. This has also fueled the rise of the personalization trend, which is gaining traction as the ways in which people define and address ...
Shirley Rozeboom, Vice President of Health and Nutrition
STAUBER Performance Ingredients 4120 N. Palm St. Fullerton, CA 92835 Phone: (714) 441-3900 Since 1969, STAUBER has consistently offered the finest quality ingredients to the nutritional, food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and pet care industries. The company was founded on the principle of partnering with manufacturers that provide the highest level of product and service. From STAUBER’s ...
Put the Fund Back in Fundraising and Make the Appeal More Meaningful
I was invited to the American India Foundation (AIF) fundraising gala in New York City this year. It was refreshing and disappointing at the same time. Refreshing because I was asked to attend, and not run, the event. Therefore, I was free to take my time to sit down, eat and network with some of ...
Research Trends in Clean-label Preservation
Shelf-life challenges in an age of consumer nutritional activism. Over the last number of years, the clean-label movement has been in a constant state of flux. In fact, “clean-label” is less an evolution and much more of a revolution. Consumers are seeking transparency and clarity to empower them to feel better informed in their purchase ...
CBD Developments in the Food and Beverage Industry
The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, commonly referred to as the Farm Bill, dramatically altered the landscape for companies seeking to grow, market, distribute and sell products containing hemp and its derivatives, including CBD (cannabidiol). CBD has no psychoactive properties, unlike THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), the other primary commercially viable cannabinoid found in the plants of the ...
A Good Mood Plan
Life can be stressful and sometimes overwhelming, but consumers facing these challenges are now looking to natural ingredients to help calm down and pull themselves out of their funk. Jacob Fishback, sales supervisor with Lief Organics in Valencia, CA, explained that the healthy mood category is on an upward trend—mental health and awareness is at ...
Opportunities and Differentiation in the Protein Marketplace: An Overview
The protein section of our local supermarkets and health stores has become a frustrating dichotomy: an area dedicated to physical health that is taxing on shoppers’ mental well-being. If walls (or, in this case, shelves) could talk, they’d tell the story of a sector where the pace of progress and breadth of products have significantly ...
Ralph Bianculli Jr., Managing Director
Emerald Brand350 Michael Dr.Syosset, NY 11791Phone: (516) 496-0000 Since 1997, Emerald Brand has been a leading innovator in sustainable everyday disposables and retail packaging made from unique rapidly renewable materials, such as bagasse (a sugarcane byproduct) and plant starch, in efforts to combat deforestation and climate change. Emerald’s mission is to provide everyday disposables to ...
It’s Good to Be Yellow: Curcumin Innovations
How exquisite is turmeric—its golden color, its rich flavor as a culinary spice, and its affinity for humans, as it gives tremendous health benefits. More adults in the West are now familiar with “curry”—some hate the flavor, while others crave it. But most people understand that incorporating it into their lives even as supplements is ...
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