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CRN Welcomes 11 New Companies
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has announced 11 new companies have joined the association’s membership ranks. These companies include: Voting Members DSE Healthcare Solutions, LLC (DSE) International Dehydrated Foods, Inc. (IDF) Lief Organics; MeriCal/Linden Capital Partners LLC Nelson Bach USA, Ltd. Wellisen Nutraceuticals Associate Members BSCG (Banned Substances Control Group) Microbac Laboratories, Inc. PTM ...
Takasago International Acquires Centre Ingredient Technology
Takasago International Corporation (Rockleigh, NJ) has announced the expansion of its natural material portfolio through the acquisition of Centre Ingredient Technology, Inc. (CIT, Rockingham, NC) on January 20. CIT produces natural flavor and fragrance ingredients using their unique biotechnology manufacturing processes. In addition, CIT also supplies specialty ingredients for the food, beverage and cosmetics industry. ...
NBTY Agrees to Sell Vitamin World
New York-based NBTY, Inc., a global leader in vitamins, nutritional supplements and sports and active nutrition, has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its U.S. retail business, Vitamin World, to Centre Lane Partners. The transaction is expected to close by mid-February 2016. The deal will enable Vitamin World to operate ...
Putting the FUN in Functional
People love to eat tasty foods and they demand healthy convenience foods. Here are some ingredients that deliver both experiences. As any trade media editor will attest, their inboxes serve as caches of exciting new launch releases. Over time, these releases show distinctive trends. For example, healthy foods used to tout what they were without ...
ChromaDex and ALI Collaborate on Identity Test for Glandular Related Ingredients
ChromaDex Corp. (Irvine, CA) and American Laboratories, Inc. (ALI, Omaha, NE) has announced the release of a Fourier Transform Near Infrared (FT-NIR) based identification method for the positive identification of desiccated bovine and porcine glandular tissues used in nutritional product formulations. ChromaDex has developed a FT-NIR algorithm and cluster based analysis model under its ComplyID ...
Natreon Receives Strategic Investment From DSM
Natreon, Inc. (New Brunswick, NJ) has received an equity investment from DSM Venturing B.V., the corporate venture capital arm of the global life sciences and materials sciences company, Royal DSM (Heerlen, The Netherlands). “We are pleased to welcome DSM as a strategic investor as we expand Natreon’s clinically proven, high-quality ayurvedic product lines,” said Natreon’s ...
RIBUS Named to USDA/USTR Technical Advisory Committee
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Michael Froman appointed Steve Peirce, president of St. Louis, MO-based RIBUS, Inc., to the Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade in Grains, Feed, Oilseeds and Planting Seeds. RIBUS is a global leader in GMO (genetically modified organism)-free and organic rice-based alternatives to ...
Industry Supports Those Affected by Nepal Disaster
On April 25, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake shook Nepal, and has reportedly killed more than 7,500 people and injured more than 14,500. Hundreds of thousands of others were left homeless when entire villages were flattened, and hundreds more are still considered missing. In addition, aftershocks and a continued risk of landslides may cause even more devastation. ...
Telomere-based Ingredient
Telomeres are defined as the protective tail at the end of a chromosome structure that conveys the genetic material information of our cells. Telomeres keep our chromosomes intact and functioning to reproduce cells, the key to healthy aging. Telomere length is very essential for good health. Having long telomeres is an indication of a healthy ...
AIDP Partners With Life Bridge to Market Prebiotic Ingredient
AIDP, Inc. (City of Industry, CA) has announced that it has entered into a partnership with Life Bridge International to market its prebiotic ingredient. The prebiotic, Prebix, is a GRAS (generally recognized as safe)-notified and Non-GMO (genetically modified organism) Verified corn-based prebiotic that has been shown in clinical studies to significantly increase the proliferation of ...
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