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Making Efficiency Automatic
Taking a closer look at a company’s processes—manufacturing and otherwise—can pay dividends across the spectrum.It’s understood that automating as many processes as possible in manufacturing is a means to an end, which may be reducing costs or increasing capacity. However, simply installing a conveyor belt and the associated machinery is not the be-all and end-all; ...
The Whole Package
Since packaging serves marketing and strictly utilitarian purposes, manufacturers need to keep both in mind when making selections.Product packaging serves a number of purposes for supplement manufacturers and their products. The most basic is to contain the products and convey information about them. Perhaps more elusively, though, packaging can also communicate, relaying messages and helping ...
Vitamin D: Beyond Bone Health
This essential vitamin is proving to be beneficial for many aspects of health.Vitamin D has known benefits for bone health, but it is also a nutrient that is now showing evidence to be useful for other aspects of health.“Recently published studies report vitamin D’s involvement in other areas of health conditions including cardiovascular disease, cancer ...
Sweet Success
The seat for the top natural sweetener remains up for grabs as suppliers continue to innovate.Today, it is not uncommon for the media to be on a sugar high with stories focused on the dozens of pounds of sugar that Americans consume on an annual basis. According to consumer market research firm the Hartman Group, ...
Taking a Spotless Approach to Sanitation
From eliminating pathogens to keeping dust out of the manufacturing process, ingredient suppliers make a clean sweep.The good manufacturing practices (GMPs) for dietary supplements now in effect for all manufacturers don’t just state that clean living is a must. The GMPs make the point again and again. In a fact sheet summarizing the requirements, the ...
A Stabilizing Force
Posting expiration dates on product labels is voluntary, but manufacturers that do so need to ensure that the product behind the label remains stable.Among the many requirements of the dietary supplement good manufacturing practices (GMPs) in place for all manufacturers since 2010, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mandates testing data to support expiration or ...
Arginine Advancements
L-arginine is a semiessential amino acid; although the body normally makes enough of it, supplementation with additional amounts is sometimes needed. Found in foods containing protein, such as red meat, poultry and fish, as well as dairy products, L-arginine changes into nitric oxide (NO), which causes blood vessel relaxation (vasodilation).Early evidence suggests that L-arginine may ...
Mad About Mushrooms
Medicinal mushrooms have been used for thousands of years in traditional medicine.The Ancient Egyptians associated mushrooms with immortality and considered mushrooms a special food for royalty. And in Asia, mushrooms were thought to promote health and longevity.Today, more than 14,000 mushrooms have been identified in the world. Of that number, approximately 3,000 are edible by ...
Not Letting It Go To Waste
Proper maintenance, retrofits and high-efficiency equipment all go a long way toward maximizing the amount of product. Even assuming that all else remains status quo—prices on raw materials hold the line, overhead holds steady, labor expenses remain constant—waste can eat into margins. That applies to both wasted time and wasted product.“Finding ways to maximize yield during ...
Selenium Sufficiency
Selenium is a trace mineral that is essential to good health, but required only in small amounts. According to National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements, plant foods are the major dietary sources of selenium in most countries throughout the world. The content of selenium in food depends on the selenium content of the ...
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