December, 2009
Natural-chemicals supplier Cognis has highlighted its long-term commitment to sustainability by creating an extensive 90-page section on its website outlining the company's sustainability achievements and goals.
December, 2009
is the only dietary-supplements company designated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) as VPP — a Voluntary Protection Program site.
November, 2009
The FDA's long-overdue approval of Reb-A from stevia as a sweetener is likely the hottest ingredient story of 2009, but the implications go beyond profits for the companies such as Pure-Circle that are in the forefront of providing Reb-A.
November, 2009
OptiPure tries to keep its focus on ingredients that can fulfil a unique niche.
September, 2009
The nonprofit NSF International has been helping companies meet health standards for food, water, supplements and more for six decades.
September, 2009
Police arrested a Las Vegas woman this week for falsely advertising and distributing what she called 'herbal alternatives' to recreational street drugs.
September, 2009
Copenhagen-based Danisco, a bio-based ingredients supplier, is no newcomer to the sustainability movement.
September, 2009
"The world is our backyard" might well be the motto for herbal-extracts supplier Naturex, headquartered in Avignon, France.
August, 2009
Frequently referred to as one of the epicenters of the organics and natural products industry, Boulder, Colorado, may soon become ground zero for the battle between the forces of organics and those of genetically modified organisms.
August, 2009
Although women still own the purse strings when it comes to health and household purchases, men are more opt to impulse buy, they worry less about the recession and they are in dire need of information to help them make healthier decisions.
July, 2009
Considering that one third of the purchasers of dietary supplements are men, and that men are more likely than women to stay on a supplement programme once started, there is a significant opportunity for expansion.
July, 2009
According to Nutrition Business Journal, two thirds of Americans report having trouble sleeping several times a week, and some 44 per cent report problems sleeping nearly every night.
July, 2009
Eye health is increasingly important to the rapidly ageing world's population, providing opportunity for ingredients suppliers.
July, 2009
The American Herbal Products Association announced recently that its comments to the US Food and Drug Administration concerning the agency's ruling on serious adverse event reporting and recordkeeping for dietary supplements apparently were heeded.
June, 2009
On the first of July, Canadian consumers should expect to see begin seeing a new seal for organic products on store shelves.
June, 2009
Come August, consumers will have a new front-of-pack label to consider when perusing grocers' shelves.
June, 2009
Victor Lulla's Out of Africa mission
June, 2009
Today's tough economy highlights the desire for marketers and retailers of supplements, powders and beverages to consider the ways they can trim expenses.
April, 2009
Herbs … and more … for the world
April, 2009
PepsiCo quietly announced in December that for an eight-week run beginning April 20, it would make available Pepsi Throwback and Mountain Dew Throwback, "retro" drinks sweetened with real sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup.