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MegaFood Bares It All With Gummy Vitamin Initiative
Manufacturer MegaFood announced it will create a new line of gummy style supplements—while the world watches every step of the process. This MegaFood “Gummy Bare All” initiative will chronicle the complete development process from concept to finish, including successes, challenges and even failures. Additionally, customers will have the opportunity to not only follow in real-time ...
AHPA Submits Vinpocetine Comments to FDA
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) recommended the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) consider initiating rulemaking to declare vinpocetine to be a lawful dietary ingredient in comments submitted to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). AHPA also strongly encouraged FDA to clarify that if vinpocetine is either found to be currently in the ...
Coffee Fruit Joins ABC’s List of Adopted Botanicals
VDF FutureCeuticals, Inc. (Illinois) has adopted coffee fruit (Coffea spp., Rubiaceae) through the American Botanical Council’s (ABC’s) Adopt-an-Herb program. This program provides support to ABC’s HerbMedPro database, a comprehensive, interactive online tool that provides access to important scientific and clinical research data on the uses and health effects of more than 250 herbs. Distinct from traditional coffee bean ...
NPA Supports Lawful Marketing of Vinpocetine
The Natural Products Association (NPA) has submitted comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response to the agency’s recent actions to ban vinpocetine. FDA is collecting public comments following a Federal Register notice that would effectively ban vinpocetine, a widely used product found in safe and legal dietary supplements. The FDA’s decision ...
Sprouts Makes Natural Holiday Offerings Easier
With consumer interest in healthy food on the rise, Sprouts Farmers Market (Arizona) is making it easier for customers to shop for a delicious, healthy and affordable holiday meal. Now through the end of the year, shoppers can find a wide selection of quality meats, fully prepared meals, catering trays, wines and cheeses and great last-minute ...
AHPA Presents Overview of Regulatory Landscape for Botanical Raw Materials
AHPA President Michael McGuffin presented an overview of U.S. regulations for botanical raw materials at the 2016 Korea-China Joint International Phytonutrient Symposium organized jointly by the Korean Society of Food Science and Technology (KoSFoST) and the Chinese Nutrition Society and held on October 27 in Seoul, Korea. This year’s symposium focused on sustainable cultivation of ...
New Dietary Supplement Product Registry Ready to Accept Product Labels
The Supplement OWL (Online Wellness Library) is now accepting product labels from dietary supplement finished product manufacturers and marketers as the product registry moves into its phase two of beta-testing. Nine companies served as original beta-testers, working with UL, the global independent safety science company who is developing and administering the Supplement OWL, to improve ...
AHPA Reappoints Wynn Werner and P K Davè as Co-chairs of Ayurvedic Products Committee
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has approved the reappointment of Wynn Werner and P K Davé as co-chairs of the AHPA Ayurvedic Products Committee during the AHPA Board of Trustees meeting at SupplySide West in Las Vegas on October 5. Wynn Werner is the administrator of the Ayurvedic Institute, a non-profit organization in Albuquerque, ...
‘Healthy’ May Be Getting a New Definition
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced in late September that it has begun the process of redefining what “healthy” stands for on food labels. The term is a nutrient content claim, meaning that it can only appear on a product if it has certain nutritional qualities based on metrics like levels of fat ...
Fruit d’Or Unveils New Partnership with Taiyo During Cranberry Harvest Symposium
Members of the trade media, industry stakeholders and Fruit d’Or customers converged on the Quebec headquarters this month to literally get their feet wet during this year’s cranberry harvest. This year’s participants in the Fruit d’Or Cranberry Harvest Symposium got the full farm-to-factory experience, and will be on hand when Fruit d’Or formally unveils its new relationship ...
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