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Fit For Women
Nutritional Ingredients Address Women’s Needs Across Life Stages, Life Styles And Health Concerns Women of every age, height, weight and activity level have at least one thing in common: their bodies need certain nutrients to help them function properly. “From a nutrition perspective, the primary concern for women is bone health,” said Dr. Gameil T. Fouad, ...
Growing For The Future
Companies share their insights on investing in their infrastructure and capabilities to meet growing and changing consumer demands.Florida-based Enzymedica has been an industry leading innovator of enzyme-based products since its founding in 1998. The company provides a wide range of products representing complete digestive health, food intolerances and a host of therapeutic formulas. In 2008, ...
The Path To Digestive Wellness
A rapidly growing category, digestive health ingredients are proving that their benefits reach beyond the GI tract.According to the National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NDDIC), 60 to 70 million people are affected by digestive disease. At the same time, the market is showing that the digestive health category is growing rapidly. In fact, in 2010, ...
The Heart Of The Matter
As heart disease remains the No. 1 killer in the U.S., consumers are in search of heart health supplements that utilize natural ingredients backed by clinical research.About 600,000 people die of heart disease in the U.S. every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and coronary heart disease is the most ...
The Benefits Of Certification
While attaining certifications may take a considerable investment, the effort is worthwhile with the opportunities they afford companies.In any type of business, companies do whatever they can to separate from the pack and stand out from the crowd. For suppliers, attaining certifications is one way to show manufacturers as well as consumers that they have ...
Natural Beauty Preferred
As more consumers seek out natural ingredients in their cosmetic products, suppliers continue to study what works best while staying within regulatory guidelines in the U.S. and overseas.According to a Datamonitor 2013 consumer survey, North American female consumers of skincare products indicate that naturalness in products is important (at least 75 percent ranked as either ...
Ingredient Technology
NIE highlights proven, cost-effective ingredient innovations driving industry growth by revolutionizing finished product potential.Aloe AdvancementOver the course of his career, Santiago Rodriguez, CEO of Texas-based Lorand Laboratories, helped develop novel materials, and observed a void in the market.“There are many aloe products in the market, but I realized there was no high acemannan product that ...
Partnering For The Blood Sugar Bout
Suppliers offer clinically proven ingredients providing manufacturers formulation flexibility for the exponential blood sugar market.According to the World Health Organization, the frequency of diabetes is rising around the globe—about 350 million people worldwide have the illness, a number likely to more than double in the next 20 years.What was once considered an adult onset disease ...
Eyeing The Possibilities
Meeting a growing population’s vision concerns requires innovating ingredients, tackling delivery challenges and arming with education.The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that more than 285 million people in the world are visually impaired, 39 million of which are blind, while 246 million have moderate to severe visual impairment. It is also predicted that without extra ...
Name Brand Investment
Regulations and quality issues increase demand of proprietary ingredients.In the last 15 years or so, the supply of natural ingredients has exploded. Dietary supplement and/or functional food manufacturers are faced with an ever-expanding array of ingredients to consider for their formulations. The concept of branding an ingredient has become more popular over the past 10 ...
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