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Most Important Vitamins for Dogs and Cats
Just like humans, pets have basic nutritional needs, which include many of the same vitamins we take. According to the American Kennel Club (AKC), the seven most important vitamins that dogs need to maintain health are vitamins A, C, D, E, K, B vitamins and choline. The AKC explains that vitamin A is responsible for ...
Vitamin Angels Advanced Goal to Reduce Barriers to Access Essential Nutrition for Pregnant Women Globally in 2021
Vitamin Angels, a public health nonprofit working to improve nutrition worldwide, focused their efforts in 2021 on reducing the barriers to accessing essential nutrition that underserved pregnant women and children face in the U.S. and around the world. As a result, Vitamin Angels program partners were able to extend their health and nutrition services further than ever ...
Lycored Opens New Facility in New Jersey
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 ...
CVS Launches “Tested to Be Trusted” Program for Supplements
CVS Pharmacy (Rhode Island), the retail division of CVS Health, announced the launch of “Tested to Be Trusted,” a program requiring third-party testing of all vitamins and supplements sold in-store and online to confirm the accuracy of the dietary ingredients listed on the supplement facts panel and to confirm products are free from certain additives ...
The Ongoing Development of Vitamins & Minerals
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
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 ...
Trump Tariffs Will Impose Financial Burden on Supplement Industry, NPA Warns
The Trump Administration’s proposal to impose tariffs on key ingredients for nutritional supplements and vitamins will cause disproportionate economic harm to U.S. interests and increase costs for small businesses and consumers, the Natural Products Association (NPA) said in a letter to United States Trade Representative Robert E. Lighthizer. President and CEO of NPA Daniel Fabricant, ...
Study Questions Importance of Supplements, Industry Responds
Nutritional supplement industry associations have responded to a new study led by researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital and the University of Toronto, which suggests that the most commonly consumed vitamin and mineral supplements provide no consistent health benefit or harm, and says to rely on a “healthy” diet for vitamins and minerals. Published in the ...
NPA Seeks Vitamin Inclusion in WIC Program
The Natural Products Association (NPA) recently submitted comments to the Institute of Medicine advocating for expanding access to vitamins for low-income mothers and children. NPA submitted its comments as part of a Congressionally mandated study that will examine the impact of expanding the supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC) to cover certain ...
Proactive Immune Health
Consumers are seeking targeted, functional benefits in their immune health products. Call it a gut reaction or call it a change in direction. As more people seek products that promote immune health, the shelves of the wellness marketplace are getting stocked as much with enriched drinks and foods as with jars of supplements. Developers and ...
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