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Red Sea Shipping Diversions and Impact on Nutrition Industry Supply Chain Management
The global supply chain is facing growing disruptions from attacks by geopolitically driven rebel groups on cargo ships and tankers in the Red Sea, which began in late 2023 and have continued into 2024. According to an article by the World Economic Forum on this issue, the Suez Canal and the Red Sea channel approximately ...
Responding to Career-defaming Cyberbullying
I frequently share updates about my clients on social media, which aligns with my work as a publicist. Although not everyone engages with my posts, and it sometimes feels like I’m speaking to an empty room, I know from analytics that many people are watching and reading. I’ve learned that even if likes and comments ...
Improving Mood in a Natural Way
According to a survey from Nutrition Business Journal (NBJ), more than 1,000 U.S. consumers said they struggle with stress, anxiety, insomnia, depression, cognitive decline or hormone-related mood imbalances. Notably, Generation Z is reporting such symptoms, with 69 percent taking supplements to address their health concerns, according to the NBJ survey. “American consumers were struggling with ...
Ståle Søfting, Sales & Marketing Director, GC Rieber VivoMega AS
GC Rieber VivoMega AS Teistholmsundet 6 6512 Kristiansund-N Norway Phone: +47 71 68 30 00 Website: www.vivomega.com GC Rieber VivoMega, based in Norway, is a leader in supplying environmentally friendly and sustainable omega-3 solutions. VivoMega delivers the best quality, purity and sensory profile for marine and vegan omega-3 oil concentrates to dietary supplement brands and ...
The Game-Changer: Selecting the Right Contract Manufacturer for Your Nutraceuticals
Selecting the right contract manufacturer for your nutraceutical business is an intricate and consequential decision. It extends far beyond simply finding a producer; it is about forging a strategic partnership that can revolutionize your business. When you align with a manufacturer who truly understands and meets your needs, you ensure unwavering product quality, stimulate continuous ...
Flavonoid Power: Unlocking Gut Health and Beyond With Nature’s Antioxidants
Flavonoids, a diverse group of phytonutrients found abundantly in fruits and vegetables, are classified as polyphenols and are widely recognized for their health benefits. Upon ingestion, flavonoids exert positive effects on the digestive system through several mechanisms, such as antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that protect digestive tract cells by mitigating symptoms associated with inflammatory bowel ...
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 ...
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