NIE Columns
Toast to Change: Leading Without Alcohol
My mom was crying as I pulled my car out of the driveway the day after high school graduation. I was a couple of weeks away from turning 18 and couldn’t wait one more second to start my adult life. Subconsciously, I knew the only way to do that was to get out from under ...
Sebastian Balcombe, Founder & CEO, Specnova
8609 Westwood Center Dr., #110 Tysons Corner, VA 22182 Phone: (202) 780-6381 Specnova is the natural products industry’s leading innovator in applying advanced science/technology to develop superior supplement ingredients that improve and protect human health—enhancing nature’s potency and delivering optimal benefits to the consumer. The company is pioneering the next generation of ingredient delivery systems ...
Could Innovative Nutrition Yield a Healthier Tax Position? It’s Worth a Look.
The nutrient industry has seen a fountain of innovation in recent years. With almost 2 billion adults either overweight or obese, and more than 800 million underweight, the world faces significant health and wellness challenges. Nutrition innovation has never been more important. Some innovations include targeted nutrition—a personal approach to nutritional products and dietary guidance ...
Ditch the Goals and Proclaim a Word
Ten years ago, I ditched the New Year’s resolution goals and replaced them with a single word. My yoga instructor motivated me to do this after sharing how she had used this practice of naming a single word as her mantra and goal for each year. At the time, this idea really resonated with me ...
Mark Lotsch, President, Global Health & Wellness, ADM
ADM Global Headquarters 77 W. Wacker Dr., Ste. 4600 Chicago, IL, 60601 Phone: (312) 634-8100 Website: www.adm.com Mark Lotsch currently leads the global health and wellness business for ADM. With more than two decades of experience in executive roles in the flavor industry, Lotsch initially joined ADM leading the flavors and specialty ingredients business for ...
The Evolution of Liquid Filling in Nutraceuticals
In the dynamic and ever-evolving landscape of the nutraceutical industry, revolutionary encapsulation technologies have taken center stage, with liquid-filled hard capsules and soft gels emerging as trailblazers. These groundbreaking innovations signal the dawn of a transformative era, streamlining market entry and ensuring unprecedented precision in product formulation. Liquid filling techniques have reimagined the encapsulation process, ...
Navigating A Product Recall—Don’t Be Scared, Be Prepared
A product recall can be one of the most traumatic events in any company’s history. Recalls involve contacting customers and perhaps even the public at large and telling them that something has gone wrong with your product(s), that they need to stop using/eating the effected product, and that it needs to be returned to you ...
Ashwagandha—The Perfect Ingredient for a Stressed-out World
We are living through times of huge stress. As Innova Market Insights noted in 2020, “Recent events have had a significant effect on mental wellbeing, with many people facing increased rates of anxiety off the back of the COVID-19 pandemic.” Since then, of course, new sources of uncertainty have emerged—inflation, economic volatility and a seemingly ...
Rafael Costa, Vice President of the Americas
ACG North America 262 Old New Brunswick Rd., #A Piscataway, NJ 08854 Website: www.acg-world.com Rafael Costa, ACG’s vice president of the Americas, has more than 28 years of leadership experience in the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical sectors. He has led cross-functional divisions across diverse regions including North America and South America, overseeing customer service, sales, project ...
Developing Stand-out Immune Health Products for a Third of the U.S. Population
How blood sugar levels can impact immune health. Immune health has been, and will most likely be, one of the top reasons consumers seek supplementation. While other categories of supplements may be perceived as situational—sports and joint health products, for example—immune health seems to always be relevant no matter the individual or the time of ...
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