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Sirio Pharma Introduces Soft Chews Development Capabilities

by Shari Barbanel | October 13, 2025

Sirio Pharma (City of Industry, CA) is entering the soft chews space with a range of development options for brand owners looking to capitalize on this increasingly popular nutritional format.  Soft chews bring a variety of formulation-specific benefits. For starters, soft chews’ confectionary-style makeup allows them to carry up to four times more active mass ...

Investing In Immune Ingredients

by Eric Munson | September 2, 2025

Sales of immune health ingredients remain strong and are expanding to all demographics. Immune health is one of the fastest growing health categories and continues to grow stronger. According to Research and Markets, global sales of immunity health supplements grew from $67.39 billion in 2024 to $72.77 billion in 2025. The category is expected to ...

Impetus Wellness Group Announces Launch of VMS Platform and Partnership With Reliance Vitamin

by Shari Barbanel | September 18, 2024

Impetus Wellness Group (California) has announced the launch of its platform through a partnership with New Jersey-based Reliance Vitamin. Impetus is a wellness-focused platform dedicated to fostering the leadership and growth of companies in the vitamins, minerals and supplements (VMS) space. This partnership marks a significant milestone for Impetus, positioning it as a future leader ...

Ingredients for Foods & Beverages Are the Future of the Industry

by James Gormley | June 3, 2024

The panel: Denis Alimonti, Director of U.S. Nutrition, Maypro, Purchase, NY, www.maypro.com Alvin Berger, PhD, MS, Founder, LifeSense Products, Wayzata, MN, https://lifesenseproducts.com Dave Blackwood, Senior Vice President of Bioactives, Brightseed, San Francisco, CA, www.brightseedbio.com Lindsay Cole, Sales & Business Development Manager, North America, Kappa Bioscience AS/Balchem, Oslo, Norway, www.kappabio.com Leslie Gallo, President, Artemis International, Fort ...

Clorox Attempting to Sell Vitamins, Minerals and Supplements Business

by Shari Barbanel | March 29, 2023

Bleach maker Clorox Co. (Oakland, CA) has been seeking to divest its vitamins, minerals and supplements (VMS) business after efforts to scale it led to major losses, according to four people familiar with the situation. The VMS business represents just 3 percent of Clorox’s total net sales, yet in 2021 it forced it to take ...

The Heart of the Matter

by James Gormley | January 6, 2023

Navigating the cardiovascular health category today. The panel: Rob Brewster, President, Ingredients by Nature, Montclair, CA, www.ingredientsbynature.com Annie Eng, CEO, HP Ingredients, Bradenton, FL, https://hpingredients.com Steve Fink, Vice President of Marketing, PLT Health Solutions, Morristown, NJ, www.plthealth.com Alex Goh, Head of Business, ExcelVite, Perak, Malaysia, www.excelvite.com Dr. Karin Hermoni, Head of Science and Nutrition, Lycored, ...

Gavan Develops Zero-waste Plant Protein Extraction

by Shari Barbanel | July 27, 2022

Gavan Technologies, Ltd. (Acre, Israel), has developed a novel, waste-free protein extraction method that completes the sustainability loop through the sustainability practice of upcycling. The foodtech start-up said it supports the circular economy by positioning total plant extraction at the core of its operations. “Our new, multi-step technological platform enables us to take any plant ...

Lycored Opens New Facility in New Jersey

by Shari Barbanel | January 17, 2022

Lycored has launched a state-of-the-art processing facility in Branchburg, NJ for its carotenoids, vitamins, minerals, amino acids and real food ingredients. The new plant enables the company to maximize the purity, efficacy and shelf-stability of its ingredients while exponentially increasing output capacity. It provides advanced capabilities for milling, blending, drying and coating, with extensive opportunities ...

The Ongoing Development of Vitamins & Minerals

by Nicholas Saraceno | May 7, 2019

Natural and plant-based sources of vitamins and minerals for use in finished products, along with substantial research in the field, is on the up-and-up. From a general perspective, the National Institute on Aging (NIH) has a section on its website in which it describes the various functions of the 13 essential vitamins—helping the body get ...

Ingredient Innovation

by Janet Poveromo | October 9, 2018

Technology expands the realm of possibilities for cleaner and more effective natural ingredients. Natural ingredient suppliers are seeing an increase in demand for minerals, vitamins and other compounds obtained through natural processes and from natural sources. In response, Santiago Vega, director of marketing, Health & Wellness, with Naturex Inc. in New Jersey, said the company ...

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