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DuPont Reaches 100% Certified Sustainable Palm Oil Emulsifiers
DuPont Nutrition & Health (Copenhagen, Denmark) has completed its switch to 100 percent-certified sustainable palm oil and palm oil derivatives used in its global emulsifier production. The achievement is the latest milestone since the company pioneered the introduction of sustainable palm oil emulsifiers in 2009. Following the 2009 launch of the world’s first palm oil emulsifiers ...
American Laboratories Celebrates 50 Years
February 2017 marks the 50th anniversary for American Laboratories, Inc. (ALI, Omaha, NE), one of the leading biopharmaceutical companies in the United States. The foundation of ALI was built on the knowledge of providing enzymes, proteins and flavors to the Nutrition, Food, and Diagnostic industries with a motto of “Quality Ingredients You Can Trust.” Fifty ...
Kappa Bioscience Announces Acquisition of ppm.Ingredients
Kappa Bioscience AS (Oslo, Norway), maker of K2VITAL vitamin K2 MK-7 has announced the acquisition of ppm.Ingredients KG (PPM, Hamburg, Germany), its long term European distributor. PPM will continue operations as Kappa Ingredients GmbH. By integrating a sales function, Kappa increases its overall competitiveness with the ability to work more closely with customers and partners. ...
Supplement OWL Product Registry Builds Momentum
The Supplement OWL (Online Wellness Library) is growing as more than 50 companies are already on board to help create a more complete picture of the marketplace. The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) applauds these early adopters who responded to a November 2016 announcement. The association has launched an industry-wide trade advertising campaign driving dietary ...
USDA Approves Transitional Certification to Foster Organic Growth
The Organic Trade Association (OTA) recently announced a new partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to help guide farmers transitioning into certified organic agricultural production. Using standards developed by OTA, the National Certified Transitional Program (NCTP) will provide oversight to approved Accredited Organic Certifying Agents offering transitional certification to producers. This will help ...
Steviva Ingredients Earns Organic Certification
Steviva Ingredients (Portland, OR), maker of all-natural sweeteners and sweetening systems, recently announced it has earned organic certification under the USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture) National Organic Program (NOP) for its Portland SQF Level 2 manufacturing facility. “Through the USDA Organic Certification process, we have established organic production and handling systems to complement our current ...
Prevagen Marketers Charged With Deceptive Cognitive Improvement Claims
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and New York State Attorney General (NYAG) have charged the marketers of the dietary supplement Prevagen with making false and unsubstantiated claims that the product improves memory, provides cognitive benefits, and is “clinically shown” to work. The extensive national advertising campaign for Prevagen, including TV spots on national broadcast and cable ...
NPA: New Congress Brings Opportunity for Natural Products Industry
As part of the effort to capitalize on the opportunities the incoming Congress presents for the natural products industry and the millions of American consumers using its products, The Natural Products Association (NPA) announced that it will host the 20th Annual Natural Products Day on Wednesday, March 22, 2017 in Washington, D.C. “A new Congress ...
Benexia Builds High-tech Facility Dedicated to Chia
The first production facility dedicated to the processing of food-safe chia is now in operation in Arica, Chile, according to Sandra Gillot, CEO of Benexia, a major supplier of chia ingredients. “The facility will produce the most technologically advanced forms of chia available today for specific food applications,” said Gillot. “With nearly 12,000 square feet ...
Omega-3 Supplements May Prevent Childhood Asthma
Taking certain omega-3 fatty acid supplements during pregnancy can reduce the risk of childhood asthma by almost one third, according to a new study from the Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood (COPSAC) and the University of Waterloo. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that women who were prescribed ...
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