Herbs & Botanicals

Herbs & Botanicals: The State of the Market in 2025

by Mike Straus | August 1, 2025

The panel: Alina Hornfeldt, Co-owner, Mastel’s, St. Paul, MN, www.mastels.com Holly Prugar, Supplement Manager, The Mustard Seed Natural Market, Watertown, NY, www.themustardseedonline.com Nichole Petersen, Marketing Director, RidgeCrest Herbals, Salt Lake City, UT, www.rcherbals.com Ramona Billingslea, Marketing & Education Manager, Betsy’s Health Foods, Spring, TX, https://betsyhealth.com Rob Brewster, President, Ingredients by Nature (IBN), Montclair, CA, https://ingredientsbynature.com ...

[Extra! Extra!] BAPP Paper Demonstrates Challenges in Identifying Adulterants

by Mike Straus | November 1, 2024

While it’s been known for some time that certain botanical ingredients are at a high risk of adulteration, the botanicals industry has historically lacked extensive data regarding how frequently adulteration occurs. Thus, the ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program (BAPP) published in September 2024 a systematic review of publicly available information on the authenticity of five ...

Herbal & Botanical Finished Products: The State of the Market in 2024

by Mike Straus | November 1, 2024

Here’s how herbal & botanical finished products are evolving in 2024. The panel: Beth Lambert, CEO, Herbalist & Alchemist, Washington, NJ, www.herbalist-alchemist.com Erin Stokes, ND, Medical Director, WishGarden Herbs, Louisville, CO, www.wishgardenherbs.com Laura Chamberlain, Chief Customer Officer, Nature’s Way, Green Bay, WI, https://naturesway.com Liz Smith, RN, Founder, Natural Path Silver Wings, Nashville, TN, https://npswsilver.com Travis ...

Peak Time for Botanicals!

by Lisa Schofield | February 1, 2021

Because of the pandemic, herbal products are “in season” with consumers! There is indeed a silver lining to everything, even something as universally reviled as the pandemic. COVID-19’s sliver of silver is the fact that people worldwide are not only paying much more attention to their health, they are switching to a preventive mindset and ...

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