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Functional Mushroom Council Debuts at SupplySide Global

by Shari Barbanel | November 24, 2025

Leading North American businesses have come together to form the Functional Mushroom Council (FMC), the first-of-its-kind nonprofit bringing a unified voice to the rapidly expanding functional mushroom industry in North America. Since its debut at SupplySide Global in late October, the Council has welcomed a wave of additional brands, growers, suppliers and individual experts who ...

Formulating For Quality

by Mike Straus | August 1, 2025

Here’s what formulators say about the challenges and opportunities related to bringing new products to market. The panel: Alicia Kasch, Vice President, Ribus Inc., Sparks, NV, https://ribus.com Asa Waldstein, Principal, Apex Compliance, Boulder, CO, https://apexcomplianceprogram.com Danny Hofeditz, Director, Quality & Product Innovation, Aquanova, New York, NY, https://aquanova.de Gene Bruno, DBM, Chief Scientific Officer, Nutraland USA, ...

Leadership Forum: Improving Quality

by Mike Straus | March 1, 2025

Industry experts discuss the current state of the natural ingredients market and how suppliers can meet high expectations for quality. The panel: David Alcaraz, Senior Vice President of Quality Assurance, Vitaquest, West Caldwell, NJ, https://vitaquest.com Elan Sudberg, CEO, Alkemist Labs, Garden Grove, CA, www.alkemist.com Leena Pradhan-Nabzdyk, PhD, Co-founder and CEO, Canomiks, Rochester, MN, www.canomiks.com Rocco ...

Creative Combos: Emerging Developments in Synergistic Combination Ingredients

by Mike Straus | December 1, 2024

The panel: André Tomazelli Sabará, Sales Director, Concepta Ingredients, Valinhos, Brazil, https://conceptaingredients.com Angie Rimel, Marketing Communications Manager, North America, GELITA, Sioux City, IA, www.gelita.com Liki von Oppen-Bezalel, PhD, Business Development Director, TriNutra, Harrison, NY, https://trinutra.com Maggie McNamara, Vice President of Global Marketing, Gencor, Austin, TX, www.gencorpacific.com Mark G. Walin, Senior Vice President of Business Development ...

Herbs and Botanicals: The State of the Market in 2024

by Mike Straus | October 1, 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, ...

A Deeper Look Into Antioxidants

by Nicholas Saraceno | July 17, 2019

Antioxidants innovations intrigue manufacturers and suppliers for what is to come. Antioxidants, which according to MedlinePlus are “man-made or natural substances that may prevent or delay some types of cell damage.” This cell damage is caused by free radicals and when they accumulate, that is when oxidative stress can become a problem. While antioxidants offer ...

The Clean Label Conundrum: How Can Supplement Makers Comply?

by Barri Sigvertsen | April 4, 2019

For decades, physicians and pharmaceuticals were the go-to for health management—and the primary focus was efficacy. But a changing consumer goal triggered and has since underpinned the expansion of the supplements industry. Supplements have enabled people to take responsibility for their own health, and to prioritize maintaining long-term health. Transparency demands that originally began in ...

Forming a United Herbal Industry

by Janet Poveromo | March 31, 2015

To confront botanical adulteration, Dr. Daniel Fabricant, CEO, Natural Products Association (NPA), suggested suppliers and manufacturers pay close attention to the Food Safety and Modernization Act and the burden it’s going to bring on the suppliers. “It’s incredibly important and something we’re working on at the NPA,” he said. The New York attorney general is ...

Proprietary Compliance

by Janet Poveromo | October 6, 2014

Nutrition Industry Executive magazine’s October issue profiled some of the latest proprietary ingredients offered to manufacturers. Here, suppliers discuss how GMPs and other regulatory scrutiny affect their company and sales. Shaheen Majeed, marketing director with Sabinsa Corporation: Sabinsa manufactures its products under strict cGMP (current good manufacturing practice) manufacturing standards and is willing to share ...

Home Grown

by Janet Poveromo | July 21, 2014

A commitment to red, white and blue has suppliers and manufacturers seeing green. Worries about food contamination, water treatment and crop fertilization in other countries, as well as wanting to support family farms and local economies, have led some U.S. consumers to view “Grown in the USA” as a symbol of quality and a way ...

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