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Enjoy Life Foods Earns FODMAP Friendly Certification
Illinois-based Enjoy Life Foods has achieved FODMAP (fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols) Friendly Certification for 19 of its allergy friendly and Certified Gluten Free products from the FODMAP Friendly Food Program, the largest registered certification trademark worldwide certifying FODMAP friendly packaged foods. The company earned FODMAP Friendly Certification to provide those following a low-FODMAP diet ...
Sprouts Foundation Announces Day of Service, Support for Child Nutrition Education & Access
The Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation announced that it is expanding the impact Sprouts Farmers Market has on local neighborhoods with its inaugural Make a Difference Day on October 27 with team member volunteer activities throughout the company’s communities. More than 500 team members will contribute 2,000 volunteer hours across 28 nonprofit organizations nationwide, with the ...
FDA Requests Consumer Feedback on Use of Plant-based Substitutes
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently published a statement from Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD requesting feedback on “how consumers use plant-based alternatives and how they understand terms like ‘milk’ or ‘cheese’ when used to label products made.” A portion of Gottlieb’s statement read: “ … Many dairy products, such as milk, yogurt ...
Educational Program Developed for Children Focuses on Minerals
Through the support of Arizona-based Jigsaw Health, Shape Up Us has introduced a new MINERAL POWER curriculum with an emphasis on magnesium as part of the Hip Hop Healthy Program for Children. The Hip Hop Healthy Program for Children focuses on the “Whole Child” and features eight modules in the areas of nutrition, exercise, mindfulness ...
Coca-Cola Buys Australia’s Kombucha Maker Mojo
Georgia-based Coca-Cola Co. said it bought Australia-based Organic & Raw Trading Co., known for its Mojo brand of kombucha tea, extending its push into healthier drinks. The world’s largest drinks company has been increasingly diversifying its portfolio to include healthier options such as sparkling waters as consumers move away from sugary sodas. Organic & Raw’s ...
Nature’s Way and Natural Products Canada Sign Investment Agreement
Nature’s Way (Green Bay, WI) and Natural Products Canada (NPC) have signed an agreement to co-invest in innovative natural health product opportunities in Canada. The output of this partnership will continue to feed consumers’ needs for natural product solutions, a category that is already growing +5 percent in Canada. “We are very excited to explore ...
New Chapter Founders Launch byOM
After formally parting ways with Procter & Gamble (Ohio) on July 1, Paul and Barbi Schulick, founders of the P&G subsidiary New Chapter (Vermont), have announced their next venture, Vermont-based byOM life, LLC. Thirty-five years ago, Paul Schulick’s vitamin and herbal formulations initiated a paradigm shift in the natural products industry towards fermentation and whole food supplementation. Now, Schulick plans ...
New Survey Finds Consumers Skeptical of Synthetic Dietary Supplements
Trust Transparency Center (Texas) released the results of a new survey finding that most Americans prefer natural dietary supplements over synthetic, and think synthetic supplements should be labeled as such. The national survey fielded by Ooyen Research (Colorado) was conducted in August 2018 on behalf of Trust Transparency Center. The survey was conducted online among ...
Study Advocates for Risky FMT Procedure Over Probiotic Supplements
A new study published in the medical journal Cell encourages patients to avoid probiotics in favor of a medical procedure that is known to cause adverse events in more than 25 percent of patients. The Natural Products Association (NPA) pointed out the near universal medical consensus that probiotics are safe and effective and questioned why ...
Kroger to Phase Out Single-Use Plastic Bags by 2025
The Kroger Co. (Ohio) announced it will phase out single-use plastic bags and transition to reusable bags across its family of stores by 2025. Seattle-based QFC will be the company’s first retail division to phase out single-use plastic bags. The company expects QFC’s transition to be completed in 2019. “As part of our Zero Hunger | ...
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