ingredient suppliers
NPA Update: Why Showing Up to Capitol Hill on NPA Fly-In Day Matters
Every industry talks about advocacy. Far fewer industries show up in person to do it. That is what makes the Natural Products Association’s (NPA) annual Fly-In Day such a powerful and increasingly important tradition for companies across the dietary supplement and natural products sector. Each year, manufacturers, retailers, ingredient suppliers and service providers from across ...
Top 30 Ingredient Suppliers
In commemoration of Nutrition Industry Executive (NIE) magazine’s 30th anniversary, we assembled a list of 30 companies who helped shape and build the natural products industry. Most of the companies on the list are top mainstays; others have made their mark more recently. All have had a positive effect on the natural product industry. We ...
Managing An FDA Inspection: Making The Most of Your Chance to Put Things on Track From The Get-go
A primer for dietary supplement manufacturers, own brand distributors and ingredient suppliers. While the truism “You never get a second chance to make a first impression” has been attributed to both Will Rogers and Oscar Wilde, it is rarely disputed that that an initial encounter sets the tone for all future interactions and that it ...
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, ...
[Extra! Extra!] Talking About the Recent JAMA Network Open Study With Nena Dockery
Nutrition Industry Executive reached out to Nena Dockery, scientific affairs manager of Carthage, MO-based Stratum Nutrition, and here’s part of what she had to say. NIE: In a study published in July 2024 in JAMA Network Open, allegedly only 11 percent of nearly 60 tested supplements provided the amount of key ingredients listed on the ...
A New World for Weight Management
Consumer use of appetite suppressant drugs are just one of the realities natural ingredient suppliers consider in this category. As obesity continues to rise worldwide, weight-loss products are becoming increasingly popular. In the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 42 percent of adults are obese. Furthermore, about 65 percent ...
Like Fashion, Weight-Management Products are Best When They’re Classy
Nutrition Industry Executive interviewed Chase Hagerman, brand director at Chemi Nutra, for his thoughts on the weight management category for ingredient suppliers. Here, he discusses the fleeting trends seen with these products. NIE: What is the state of the market for weight loss supplements? Hagerman: Everyone wants a piece of the lucrative weight management category, ...
Into The Light
Ingredient suppliers envision a broader vision health category as eyesight concerns grow.Earlier this year, the Chicago Tribune ran the headline “Some nutrients can stave off vision loss and eye disease that occurs as we age.” The article stated that “it’s not too early to start taking your eye vitamins and that some nutrients can stave ...
Human Clinical Studies
While human clinical studies have long been accepted as the “gold standard” of scientific research, the advent of dietary supplement ingredients being supported by human clinical trials is relatively new.This expensive and time-consuming process did not become common practice in the dietary supplement industry until the last 10 years, when regulatory requirements in the United ...
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