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NOW Staff Promotion and New Hire
NOW (Bloomingdale, IL) Director of Quality Katarzyna “Katie” Banaszewski has been promoted to senior director of quality, and Yalda Shokooh, PharmD, PhD, has joined NOW as director of science and nutrition overseeing the nutritional science department. “For many years, NOW has made our quality team a priority, which included recruiting and promoting the best talent […]
NOW Named Elite Winner of Chicago’s Best & Brightest Companies to Work For
NOW Foods (Bloomingdale, IL) has been recognized for the 15th consecutive year as one of Chicago’s Best & Brightest Companies to Work For. This year is NOW’s first time being honored as an Elite Winner in the Employee Achievement and Recognition category. Fourteen Elite Chicago area companies were honored for demonstrating exceptionally innovative human resource […]
NOW Phases Out Use of Magnesium Stearate and Gelatin Capsules
NOW (Bloomingdale, IL), the largest independent and family-owned manufacturer of natural products in the U.S. health food store channel, said in its goal to continually making product improvements, will transition away from animal-source gelatin to Veg Capsules for almost all of their capsule products. The company is also phasing out most use of the common […]
CRN Announces Keynote Speakers for “NOW, NEW, NEXT,” Industry-wide Virtual Event
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has announced keynote speakers for its 2020 annual conference, reimagined as a unique virtual experience, “NOW, NEW, NEXT,” taking place Oct. 14–16: • On Oct. 14, Steven Tave, director of FDA’s (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) Office of Dietary Supplement Programs, will discuss the agency’s regulatory priorities. • On […]
NOW Raises Concerns About Phosphatidyl Serine Supplements Purchased on Amazon.com
Following NOW’s (Bloomingdale, IL) report earlier this year of CoQ10, acetyl-l-carnitine and SAMe supplements with alarming quality and labeling problems sold on Amazon, NOW has identified similar serious failings in the phosphatidyl serine (PS) category, the company stated. NOW purchased and tested a group of PS products on Amazon, choosing this particular supplement for several […]
NOW Health Group to Take Over Naming Rights to Sears Centre Arena
Illinois-based NOW Health Group, Inc., a family-owned natural products manufacturer, will take over naming rights to the Sears Centre Arena, an 11,000-seat multipurpose family entertainment, cultural and sports arena located in Hoffman Estates, IL. The agreement goes into effect Sept. 1, 2020 as part of a 15-year agreement unanimously approved by the Village of Hoffman […]
NOW Named a National Best & Brightest Company to Work For
Illinois-based NOW has received one of the top national human resources awards for 2019, and a second honor for employee wellness programs, according to the company. The National Association for Business Resources (NABR) selected NOW as one of the nation’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the Large Business category. This competition identifies […]
NOW Joins PETA’s Beauty Without Bunnies Cruelty-free Program
Illinois-based NOW Health Group has signed on to the PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) Beauty Without Bunnies program in order to help consumers quickly recognize that all NOW Solutions personal care products and essential oils are cruelty-free. NOW has a company-wide ban on animal testing, one of the main requirements for the […]
NOW Scientists Publish Test Method to Accurately Measure Inorganic Arsenic in Krill Oil
Members of the Illinois-based NOW Methods Development team have published a test method that accurately identifies the presence and measures levels of inorganic arsenic in krill oil: Arsenic Speciation in Krill and Other Marine Oils by Liquid Chromatography−Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry by Katarzyna Banaszewski, Anna Plocicka-Okladlo and Aaron Secrist (Spectroscopy Volume 34, Issue 9, 8-17). […]
NOW Wins a Chicago Top Workplaces Award
NOW has been awarded a Top Workplaces 2019 honor by The Chicago Tribune. The list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by research partner Energage LLC, a provider of technology-based employee engagement tools. The anonymous survey measures multiple aspects of workplace culture, including alignment, execution and connection, among others. […]
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