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Leadership Forum: Tariffs & Supply Chain Issues
NIE’s panel of experts discusses tariffs and supply chain pressures facing the natural products industry. The panel: Devendra Soman, Marketing Director, NuAxon Research, Satara, India, www.nuaxonresearch.com Lauren Clardy, Senior Director of Branded Ingredients, Maypro, Purchase, NY, www.maypro.com Luke Huber, ND, Vice President, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs, Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), Washington, D.C., www.crnusa.org Shaheen ...
Venable LLP Issues Client Alert on EPR Laws
As of October 2025, seven states (California, Colorado, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon and Washington) have passed Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws. These laws are intended to reduce packaging waste and improve recycling by holding producers financially and operationally responsible for the end-of-life management of their products, according to a client alert issued by Venable LLP. ...
BGG Announces New Investment at Astaxanthin Plant
BGG is expanding and enhancing its astaxanthin manufacturing facilities in China to boost production efficiency, quality, innovation and sustainability. The 100 percent glass-tube photobioreactor microalgae platform in Yunnan Province, the largest of its kind in the world, according to the company, will now incorporate the entire value chain. As a result, farming, extraction, drying, packaging ...
Sustainability in Functional Foods
The Growing Demand for Sustainable Functional Foods The consumer demand for sustainability in foods has increased by 18 percent since the prior year to a total of 42 percent of consumers that now consider sustainability in their buying decisions. This is the highest recorded level according to a recent survey. In addition, cost has become ...
Beyond the Bottle: The Evolution of Supplement Packaging
Packaging plays a crucial role in the supplement industry, acting as both a protective barrier and a powerful tool for consumer engagement. While formulations and efficacy remain the focus of a supplement’s success, packaging delivers critical elements like safety, shelf-life, convenience and branding. As consumers increasingly prioritize sustainability and innovation, packaging has evolved to meet ...
CRN Adopts New Guidelines for Melatonin Supplements
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has announced the adoption of two sets of new voluntary guidelines: one focused on the formulation, labeling and packaging of melatonin-containing dietary supplements marketed for sleep support, and another dedicated to the labeling of gummy dietary supplements. The updated melatonin guidelines provide recommendations addressing intentional overages during manufacturing, child-deterrent ...
Innovation and Adaptation for a More Resilient Nutrition Industry Supply Chain
As we approach year-end and take stock in the current state of the nutritional supplement industry supply chain, we are seeing continued improvement with a mix of challenges and opportunities. For the industry overall, I believe we are at a kind of crossroads of innovation and adaptation. The global events of the past few years ...
Nutrition Industry Supply Chain and Regenerative Agriculture
Supply chain conditions for the nutrition industry are still a work in progress, but they are definitely showing encouraging signs of improvement. Warehouse inventory levels are increasing, lead times for ingredients, raw materials and packaging are decreasing, and prices are starting to come down. Though we’re not quite at the 2019 pre-pandemic levels and lead ...
The Steps for Ingredient Protection in Nutraceutical Manufacturing
Ingredient protection during supplement manufacturing is an important aspect of the production process that helps to ensure the quality, purity and effectiveness of the final product. There are several steps that manufacturers should take to protect ingredients during supplement manufacturing. The most important are to source high-quality raw materials, test for purity and potency, properly ...
Transparency in Nutraceutical Manufacturing
Inspection and track and trace solutions for nutraceuticals. More than half (55 percent) of consumers say having “transparent and open business practices” builds trust in a company and trust in a company makes consumers more likely to buy their product (68 percent), recommend them to a friend or colleague (59 percent) and even pay more ...
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