Business news affecting the nutraceutical, dietary supplement, functional food and cosmeceutical industries, including business partnerships, new product launches, scientific research studies, brand marketing innovations and more.
Olive Lifesciences Pvt Ltd. opened a new research and development center with state-of-the-art equipment and a team of researchers dedicated to new product development and product assessment. ...More
NOW Foods, an international manufacturer and distributor of health food and nutritional supplements, announced an accelerated completion date for the second phase of its new 130,000-square-foot West Coast distribution and manufacturing facility in Sparks, NV. ...More
Assured Calibration and Laboratory Accreditation Select Services (ACLASS) accredited STR-Registrar under its good manufacturing practices (GMP) factory assessment program for and dietary supplement, over-the-counter (OTC) drugs and medical device manufacturers. ...More
Carotech's full spectrum palm tocotrienol ingredient was named a finalist for Best New Ingredient, which is awarded in conjunction with Nutracon's NutrAward program. ...More
DKSH's Business Unit Performance Materials, a specialty chemicals and food ingredients distributor, opened a sales office in Sri Lanka on Jan. 20, 2012. ...More
As long as 30 members of the of the Global Organization for EPA and DHA (GOED) adhere to the GOED voluntarily monograph, they will not be sued by two plaintiffs under Proposition 65 violations, according to recent settlements the trade organization made. Both the Mateel ...More
A probiotic juice that contains Institut Rosell's proprietary Lactobacillus plantarum 299v (Lp299v) probiotic strain reduced myocardial infarct size in rats in a new study led by Dr. John Baker from the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (FASEB J. 2012 Jan 12). ...More
Kemin self-affirmed its AssuriTEA™ Green ingredient is GRAS (generally recognized as safe) under the conditions of use proposed by the company. An independent panel of scientific experts evaluated available data and unanimously found a scientific basis to allow AssuriTEA ...More
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