dietary supplements
A Woman’s Worth
Suppliers and manufacturers must consider the wide range of women’s needs when it comes to creating dietary supplements. Women are able to have moments in life that are unique to them—such as the miracle of childbirth. But they can also face issues throughout their lives that evolve as they age, including premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and ...
Acting Globally
The natural products’ supply chain has a global footprint unlike any other. Following quality standards and guidelines help manage it. From procurement of materials to the hands of end users, the natural product industry’s supply chain for ingredients used in the manufacture of dietary supplements that are sold in the U.S. is certainly global. “Dietary ...
New Infographic from CRN: The Dietary Supplement Consumer
Infographic from Council for Responsible Nutrition. See www.crnusa.org/CRNconsumersurvey/2014 for more.
USCHPA Meets with China’s Congress to Discuss Food Safety
The U.S. – China Health Products Association (USCHPA) was invited by China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) Legislative Department to discuss China’s Draft Food Safety Law, which includes regulations that oversee the dietary supplement industry. Jeff Crowther, executive director, and executive assistant Carrie Wang, both of USCHPA, were in attendance along with officials from America, Denmark, ...
Microen Capsulation: Perfect Little Nutrition Worlds
For centuries, the idea of a microcosm fascinated scientists and dreamers alike. In the modern era of dietary supplements, that concept has triggered a magnificent technology, microencapsulation, which has multiple benefits for not only production, but for the end-user. And more than ever, an increasing number of consumers are quite discerning about the supplements they ...
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 ...
Taking a Spotless Approach to Sanitation
From eliminating pathogens to keeping dust out of the manufacturing process, ingredient suppliers make a clean sweep.The good manufacturing practices (GMPs) for dietary supplements now in effect for all manufacturers don’t just state that clean living is a must. The GMPs make the point again and again. In a fact sheet summarizing the requirements, the ...
Slimming Down, Safely
The weight management category is as strong as ever, and science-based ingredients are a top priority for manufacturers and consumers.Adiverse range of American consumers are Increasingly focused on weight loss and weight maintenance within a broadening context of personal health and lifestyle issues. More specifically, according to the National Institute of Health (NIH), 66 percent ...
Laying The Groundwork For The Herbal Industry
Early in the 1980s, a number of companies active in the herb trade came together with an idea that a professional organization was needed to represent this unique product class. Quite of few of the people who were there are now some of the best known personalities and leaders in the herb and supplement world: ...
Taking Responsibility
FOrmed in 1973, at a time when most of the organizations speaking on the subject of dietary supplement issues tended to be somewhat extreme, the Council for Responsible Nutrition’s (CRN) philosophical goal was to establish a moderate, rational, scientifically based voice on dietary supplement issues.“Practically, the group’s mission was to bring some high-caliber legal and ...
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