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Comet Bio Announces Investment in Sustainable Food Manufacturing Facility

by Shari Barbanel | December 14, 2021

Comet Bio recently announced an investment with RE Energy to build a dedicated manufacturing facility in Denmark. RE Energy, a REE Holding company, will upgrade and expand its existing facility in Kalundborg to supply more than 4 million kilograms of Comet Bio’s Arrabina prebiotic fiber per year. RE Energy will as well operate the new facility ...

NPA Sues FDA: Asks Courts to Block “Unlawful Action” in NAC Situation

by Shari Barbanel | December 7, 2021

The Natural Products Association (NPA) filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requesting that the agency cease its unlawful retroactive application of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act against N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC). “We are very concerned that a safe, legal natural product that has been sold for over 30 years is under ...

Kerry Report Finds Protein to be Major Driver for Health and Wellness Globally

by Angela Sabarese | December 1, 2021

New global research from Kerry (Ireland) has uncovered that most protein consumers are motivated by health and wellness, with 50 percent of respondents associating protein with “healthy diet” and 46 percent with “healthy lifestyle.” The Protein Mindset:Uncovering Consumers’ Perceptions and Preferences of Proteins details how consumers around the world increasingly perceive protein content and quality ...

CRN Disappointed With FDA Response to NAC Citizen Petition

by Angela Sabarese | December 1, 2021

The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has expressed its disappointment with FDA’s response to its citizen petition about the status of N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) as a legal dietary supplement. The following is a statement from CRN President & CEO Steve Mister: “CRN is extremely dissatisfied with today’s ‘tentative response’ from FDA to CRN’s June 1 citizen petition. ...

Lief Labs’ Adel Villalobos Joins California’s The CEO Council

by Shari Barbanel | November 23, 2021

Lief Labs (Valencia, CA) has announced that the company’s founder and CEO, Adel Villalobos, has joined The CEO Council, an advisory group of top business leaders dedicated to bringing balance back to the state’s public policies, encourage the economy and promote a robust business climate. Villalobos is among the more than 100 regional CEOs and ...

NPA Opposes Vaccine Mandates

by Shari Barbanel | November 17, 2021

The Natural Products Association (NPA) is petitioning the U.S. Court of Appeals to declare the Biden Administration’s vaccine mandate unlawful, warning that it will have an immediate adverse impact on employers, including those in the natural products industry.   “We are sounding the alarm today because we have serious concerns this extreme regulation imposes an unrealistic ...

Associations Comment on the Nomination of Robert M. Califf for FDA Commissioner

by Shari Barbanel | November 15, 2021

On Nov. 12, President Biden announced that he will nominate Robert M. Califf, MD for commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Califf is an internationally recognized expert in clinical trial research, health disparities, health care quality and cardiovascular medicine. He has nearly four decades of experience as a doctor, researcher, leader and ...

New Consumer Health Care Platform Everwell Health Acquires Nutrition21

by Shari Barbanel | November 10, 2021

RoundTable Healthcare Partners (Lake Forest, IL), an operating-oriented private equity firm focused exclusively on the health care industry, announced that it has established Everwell Health Holdings, LLC, a new consumer health and wellness functional ingredients platform. Concurrently, Everwell Health announced its acquisition of Nutrition21, LLC (Harrison, NY) as its first investment. Financial details of the ...

IFF Health Introduces Resource Hub to Drive

by Shari Barbanel | November 10, 2021

IFF Health (Madison, WI) is has introduced a new website that brings together the expanded capabilities of the newly merged IFF Health and HOWARU businesses. This resource hub is a launchpad designed to provide brand partners and co-manufacturers deep technical insights, updated market intelligence and comprehensive microbiome innovation resources. Industry players in the microbiome space know that sourcing for efficacious, ...

ADM to Acquire Deerland Probiotics & Enzymes

by Shari Barbanel | November 3, 2021

ADM (Chicago, IL) has announced a significant expansion of its broad portfolio of health and wellness products and solutions with an agreement to purchase Deerland Probiotics & Enzymes. “The microbiome represents one of ADM’s six strategic growth platforms, and with global demand for health and wellness products estimated at more than $775 billion, today’s investment ...

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