Articles by Angela Santoriello
NOW Foods and Elwood Richard Honored by Emord & Associates
During their 20-year anniversary celebration event, Bloomingdale, Illinois-based NOW Foods and its founder Elwood Richard were honored with three awards by prominent law firm Emord & Associates at the firm’s Sacred Fire of Liberty Gala this month. At the Hyatt Regency Resort in Cambridge, MD, Richard, who is also the webmaster for Natural Health Research ...
VRM Media Executives at Expo East Booth #6625
VRM Media Inc. (East Brunswick, NJ) executives will be ready to talk dietary supplement industry news at Natural Products Expo East 2014 this weekend at booth #6625. Expo East, the East Coast’s largest natural, organic and healthy products event, is expecting continued growth with more new exhibitors and more new products than ever before, according ...
NPA Helps Suppliers Educate Retailers
The Natural Products Association (NPA) has begun a new social media campaign to highlight information about member suppliers’ products and services. According to the association, “more and more, we’re hearing from NPA member retailers that there is a need for access to educational materials related to the products they sell on their shelves each day. ...
MediNatura Finalizes Purchase of Heel Inc.
MediNatura Inc., a Delaware corporation headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, announced it has finalized the purchase of the Heel Group’s USA operations for over-the-counter (OTC) medications. “We are dedicated to providing outstanding homeopathic natural medications to our practitioners, retailers and the millions of people who prefer natural health care products to synthetic ones,” said Cathy Raish, ...
OTA to Highlight Key Organic Issues at Expo East
It’s been a busy year for the organic industry, according to the Organic Trade Association (OTA), with record sales in the U.S., intensifying competition for the attention of the increasingly savvy organic consumer, and a dogged debate over what organic really stands for. Officials with the OTA will deliver a timely and important two-day conference ...
CRN Comments on Dietary Guidelines for Americans
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has provided additional comments to the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) demonstrating that many Americans continue to fall short of their nutrient requirements because consumption of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, milk and milk products, and seafood is lower than recommended. In a letter to federal officials, CRN advocated that ...
Complete Nutrition, Food Bank for the Heartland Fighting Hunger in Omaha
Omaha, Nebraska-based Complete Nutrition has invited the community to help fight local hunger and will give away free Complete Nutrition products in exchange for their support. From September through October 31, Complete Nutrition stores in Omaha, Council Bluffs and Papillion will collect non-perishable food items for the Food Bank of Heartland, an Omaha-based food bank that provides emergency and supplemental food to ...
OTA to Throw First-Ever #OrganicFestival on Social Media
It’s party time at the Organic Trade Association (OTA) and for 10 straight days everyone’s invited, according to the Washington-D.C. based nonprofit group. September is “Organic Month,” and OTA and its member companies are teaming up with other leading organic influencers to throw “Organic-Palooza,” a first-ever, 10-day social media festival that begins today and celebrates the benefits ...
Herbal Dietary Supplement Retail Sales Up 7.9 Percent in 2013
Sales of herbal dietary supplements in the U.S. increased by 7.9 percent in 2013, reaching a total estimated figure of $6 billion dollars for the first time, according to the American Botanical Council (ABC, Austin, TX). These statistics are conclusions of a new report published in the current issue of HerbalGram, the peer-reviewed quarterly journal of ...
KeVita Launches Line of Kombucha Probiotic Drinks
KeVita (Oxnord, CA) announced a new line of kombucha probiotic drinks. Launched in Safeway stores nationwide and select Whole Foods Market regions, KeVita Master Brew Kombucha is available in six bold and naturally energizing flavors, including ginger, grapefruit, lavender melon, pineapple peach, raspberry lemon and tart cherry. “While kombucha stems from ancient Chinese recipes, this ...
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