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Investigating Quality Incidents
Even the best company is not perfect. Mix ups, mathematical errors, transposing numbers, forgetting to sign a batch production, a supplier mix-up, or any one of an almost infinite potential glitches in the very complex processes involved in making a dietary supplement can occur because human beings are not perfect. These events can range from ...
9 Things You Need to Know about the Post-Pandemic Supplement Consumer
Supplement sales are up year over year. More people than ever take vitamins, herbs and supplements on a regular basis. Post-pandemic life for supplement brands is great, right? The short answer is that it depends on what kind of supplement brand you are and how you engage with your target consumers. Like everyone else, the ...
Plant-based Powerhouses: The Technology Behind Citrus Flavonoids
Flavonoids have been zesting up the health category since a Hungarian scientist, Dr. Albert Szent-Györgyi, discovered their phytochemical activity in 1938.1 Flavonoids were first extracted from oranges and were thought to be a new type of vitamin, often referred to as vitamin P. However, further research indicated that flavonoids were not a vitamin, rather, they ...
Aggressively Defending the Baseless Class Action
By all accounts, consumer class action filings have dramatically increased over the past few years. And for every class action that gets filed, there are dozens, if not hundreds, of threatened claims. Most threatened claims are confidentially settled individually on an out-of-court basis, with little regard to the strength or weakness of the claims being ...
AI vs. You: The Crucial Difference in Crafting Memorable Communications
My client dispatched me to Cortes Island to meet up with Dr. Andrew Weil, a key figure in a video project we were producing about natural pet food. The instructions were crystal clear: make the journey to this remote island nestled in the Discovery Islands archipelago off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, execute our ...
Sara Lesina, General Manager, Europe & The Americas
Sirio Pharma 17758 Rowland St. City of Industry, CA 91748 Phone: (626) 912-9998 Founded in 1993, Sirio Pharma Co., Ltd (SIRIO) is the leading global nutraceutical CDMO specialized in developing and manufacturing quality products including gummies, soft gels, capsules, tablets, powders, functional beverages, probiotics and other dosage forms. The company has extensive capabilities with multiple ...
Sustainable Practices in Nutraceutical Manufacturing
In the intricate ecosystem of nutraceutical manufacturing, the resonance of sustainability extends far beyond the factory floor; it has become the cornerstone, guiding the industry’s trajectory towards a future defined by responsibility and resilience. No longer confined to ethical rhetoric, sustainable practices now serve as the bedrock for driving economic prosperity, fostering societal well-being, and ...
Diving Deeper into Nutrition Industry Supply Chain Management
Today’s nutrition industry supply chain management approach requires a deeper dive into available resources, including optimization of process and inventory analytics through enterprise resource planning (ERP) tools, and critical data and insights gained through ongoing candid communications with client partners to properly evaluate fulfilment needs. These thorough conversations between manufacturers and clients are vital to ...
Innovative Science: Tapping Into the Nutrition Connection of the Gut-Brain Axis for Health
Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID) impact 40 percent of the global population.1 FGID are a group of disorders with no identified etiology characterized by chronic gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms including abdominal pain, dysphagia, dyspepsia, diarrhea, constipation and bloating. These conditions were traditionally thought to have no explainable origin. However, recent clinical approaches consider that these conditions arise ...
Delivering Taste, Health & Sustainability: A Sensible Approach to Sweeteners
Today, a rising number of consumers seem to be asking the same question: What’s in my food and beverage? Unfortunately, when you’re talking about sweeteners and sweetening solutions, the answer to this question can be summed up in one common phrase: it’s complicated. This is due to consumers’ enduring preference for time-honored sweeteners—e.g., honey and ...
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