nutrition
CRN Announces New Board Chair, Executive Officers, and Newly Elected Board Members for 2023
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has announced that Tara Martin, general counsel, Nutrawise/You Theory, will serve as the association’s new board of directors chair beginning in January 2023. Ms. Martin succeeds Barry Ritz, PhD, chief scientific officer and vice president, professional R&D and regulatory affairs, Nestlé Health Science, who has served in the role ...
CRN and ASNF Program for Scholars Winners Benefit From Access to Nutrition Science Symposium
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has again partnered with the American Society for Nutrition Foundation (ASNF) to support educational opportunities for the next generation of nutrition scientists and practitioners. The CRN and ASNF Program for Scholars (CAPS) Award was launched last year, providing selected student members of ASN access to CRN’s signature symposium, Science in Session. ...
NOW Rebrands Tea Line to Give Back With Launch of Give a Tea
NOW (Bloomingdale, IL) has given its tea line a makeover, with giving back to the community through food bank donations built into the business model. For every two boxes of Give a Tea purchased by retailers, one box of tea is donated to the Chicago Food Depository. “Food pantries expressed a big need for quality, ...
CRN Reveals Data From 2022 Consumer Survey on Dietary Supplements
On Oct. 13, the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) revealed initial findings from its 2022 Consumer Survey on Dietary Supplements. The survey’s key findings show supplement usage is back to pre-pandemic levels. Overall, three-quarters of Americans report using nutritional or dietary supplements. The vast majority of supplement users continue to be regular users. “This year’s ...
CRN Responds to Wall Street Journal Article Criticizing Gummies/Supplements
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has responded to a Wall St. Journal article that the association says mischaracterizes adult gummy supplements and vitamins. Andrea Wong, PhD, CRN’s senior vice president of scientific and regulatory affairs, stated “Supplements come in a variety of forms—pills, tablets, capsules, liquids, powders, chewables and gummies—to meet various consumer needs ...
Gaia Herbs Celebrates 35 Year Legacy with Sustainability Certification and Gaia PRO Launch
Gaia Herbs (Brevard, NC) is celebrating its 35th anniversary with continued dedication to its mission of connecting people, plants and planet to create healing through its Made to a Gaia Standard promise. This commitment underscores the company’s focus on responsibly sourced ingredients, seed to bottle, expert formulations and industry leading testing protocols to deliver purity, potency and transparency ...
Natures Crops International Achieves B Corp Status
Natures Crops International (Winston-Salem, NC), a vertically integrated producer of specialty plant oils for nutraceuticals, food, personal care and animal nutrition products, has announced that it, along with its U.K. and Canadian subsidiaries, has been certified as a B Corporation (B Corp). Natures Crops has met the high standards and rigorous requirements of becoming a ...
NPA Questions Why Dietary Supplements Aren’t Part of New FDA Criteria for “Healthy” Food Labeling
Days after the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health, which convened on Wednesday, Sept. 28, for the first time in more than 50 years, concluded that nutrition was an essential part of an approach to health and wellness, the Natural Products Association (NPA) questioned why a proposed rule by the Food and Drug ...
Co-Founders of Ancient Nutrition Achieve Regenerative Organic Certified Status on Their Farms
Ancient Nutrition has announced the achievement of Regenerative Organic Certified (ROC) for the farming operations owned by their founders, Jordan Rubin and Dr. Josh Axe in Tennessee and Missouri. With this certification, Ancient Nutrition, through the company’s R.A.N.C.H Project, will direct the strategy and operations on the first ever ROC farms in their respective states. ...
Rising Demand For Healthy Food and Beverages Driving Adaptogen Market’s Growth
The rising demand for healthy food and beverages is expected to propel the growth of the adaptogens market, according to a recent report from the Business Research Company. Adaptogens help the body respond to stress, anxiety, fatigue and overall wellbeing. For instance, in October 2020, according to a 2020 Food & Health Survey by the ...
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