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Industry Update: Winter 2025
Nutrition Industry Executive (NIE) talks to industry leaders about the most pressing issues facing the natural products niche today. The panel: Chase Johnston, Vice President of Operations, Arjuna Naturals, Irving, TX, https://arjunanatural.com Daniel Fabricant, President & CEO, Natural Products Association (NPA), Washington, D.C., www.npanational.org Doug Lynch, CEO & Founder, Marketwell Nutrition, Princeton, NJ, www.marketwellnutrition.com Graham ...
Botanical Solutions: Bridging Traditional Knowledge and Modern Science
What’s New in the Herbs & Botanicals Market Now? If one had lived thousands of years ago, terms like “materia medica,” “poltice” and “plasters,” would have been the norm when it came to health and medical approaches. Many of the earliest medical writings referred to herbs used to heal illnesses, said “The Earliest Herbals,” an ...
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[Sponsored Content] Ashwagandha Adulteration: An Escalating Challenge to Quality and Trust
Ashwagandha, a flagship herb of Ayurveda, known as the “King of Herbs,” is now a globally favored adaptogen, especially in key markets such as the United States. In recent years, the sector has seen substantial growth, attributed to extensive scientific research, marketing, and investment efforts surrounding the best-selling ashwagandha root extract, KSM-66. The increasing consumer ...
Herbs and Botanicals: The State of the Market in 2024
Here’s how the herbs and botanicals market is evolving this year. The panel: Cosimo Palumbo, Chief Operating Officer, Indena USA, Seattle, WA, https://indena.com Julianne Gardner, Marketing & Communications Coordinator, Stratum Nutrition, Carthage, MO, https://stratumnutrition.com Liki von Oppen-Bezalel, PhD, Business Development Director, TriNutra, Harrison, NY, https://trinutra.com Randy Kreienbrink, Director of Food/Beverage/Specialty, Artemis International, Fort Wayne, IN, ...
New BAPP Paper Reveals Challenges in Determining Adulteration Rates for Popular Botanical Ingredients
While reports confirming the adulteration of specific botanicals are published on a regular basis, reliable data regarding the extent of the adulteration in botanical dietary supplements and herbal medicines are lacking. The nonprofit ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program (BAPP) therefore initiated a systematic review of publicly available information on the authenticity of five popular botanicals, and preparations ...
New Lavender Oil Laboratory Guidance Document Published by BAPP
The ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program (BAPP) has released a new Laboratory Guidance Document (LGD) on English lavender essential oil. The essential oil of English lavender (Lavandula angustifolia), also known as common lavender or, simply, lavender, is made by steam distillation of the flowering tops of English lavender, a small shrub in the mint family ...
Talking Compliance and Quality With Stratum Nutrition’s Nena Dockery
Nutrition Industry Executive (NIE) magazine asked Nena Dockery, Regulatory Affairs Manager of Carthage, MO-based Stratum Nutrition to provide comments on questions we posed to her about compliance and quality in the natural products industry. Here are her expanded comments: NIE: One analysis of FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) data reported that 776 adulterated dietary ...
Industry Roundtable: Ensuring Compliance & Improving Quality
The Participants Are: • Mariko Hill, Product Development Executive, Hong Kong, www.gencorpacific.com • Dan Lifton, President, Maypro Ventures, Purchase, NY, www.maypro.com • Roberto Pace, Vice Corporate Quality Director, Indena, Milan, Italy, www.indena.com • Andrew Shao, PhD, Interim, Senior Vice President, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs, CRN, Washington, D.C., www.crnusa.org • Gary Swanson, Senior Vice President, Quality ...
New Adulterant Found in Chondroitin
Zero One, also known as Z1, has been identified as sodium hexametaphosphate, a new adulterant found in chondroitin, according to a group of top U.S. scientists. First found in 2013 by Aishan Li, director of research and development and quality control of Meitek Technology, the new adulterant Z1 posed no health risk. However, research concludes further ...
From Field To Extract
Industry leaders Weigh in on the Current state of Botanical Adulteration It is no surprise that there is a problem in the global herb and dietary supplements industry—the persistent availability of adulterated herbs, herbal extracts, essential oils and other plant-derived dietary ingredients. Nutrition Industry Executive (NIE ) asked those schooled on the subject to discuss ...
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