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NOW Reveals Testing Results of Bromelain Supplements Purchased on Amazon
NOW continued its award-winning industry self-policing program of testing unfamiliar brands found on Amazon, this time on Bromelain, according to the company. The testing revealed some of the most abysmal results since the program began six years ago, the company stated. Although NOW has shared this information widely, with the goal of addressing bad quality ...
NPA Asks Amazon to Restore NMN Sales
The Natural Products Association (NPA) has called on e-commerce retailers to continue selling products containing beta-nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) after Amazon’s Restricted Products Team told sellers in an email on Feb. 16 that those products would be banned after March 13, 2023. For perspective, Whole Foods Market continued to sell NAC when Amazon removed NAC from ...
Trade Associations Commend Senators Lee and Sinema for Highlighting Dietary Supplements
On Feb. 8, the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) and the United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA), organizations representing dietary supplement manufacturers, marketers and ingredient suppliers, released statements commending Senators Lee (R-UT) and Sinema (I-AZ) on their resolution recognizing the importance of dietary supplements and ...
Millennials Are Using Nutritional Supplements More Often Than They Did Before the Pandemic
The use of vitamins, minerals and dietary supplements (VMS) among Americans is on the rise. According to new research from Mintel (Chicago, IL), among the 78 percent of Americans who are vitamin* users, a third (34 percent) have increased their usage since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, including nearly half (47 percent) of Millennials. ...
Farlong Nutraceutical Concludes Clinical Study of InnerPure Supplement
Farlong Nutraceutical (Walnut, CA), a vertically integrated, plant-based ingredient and supplement company, conducted a 30-day double blind, placebo-controlled safety and efficacy study with 125 healthy human subjects using InnerPure Colon Detox to determine the effects on healthy bowel movement, weight management and acne. Conducted by M. Montgomery, PhD, and E. Masters, MD, the study followed ...
IADSA Says Micronutrient Deficiency Is a “Wake-up Call”
The International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplement Associations (IADSA) has developed a new Mind the Gap resource highlighting the findings of a scientific review exposing the true extent of global malnutrition. The study, published in The Lancet, revealed that more than half of preschool-age children and over two thirds of non-pregnant women of reproductive age worldwide have ...
MegaFood Introduces New Label Design for Key Product Lines
MegaFood has announced the rollout of new labels for several key product lines. The new, modernized label design began rolling out with best-sellers like Blood Builder Iron, Baby & Me 2 Prenatal supplements and MegaFood Multivitamins in November, with additional products scheduled to hit shelves. The new design keeps familiar MegaFood visual elements—such as its ...
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 ...
CRN Responds to Cholesterol Study That Compares Supplements to Prescription Drug
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has responded to results of the “Supplements, Placebo, or Rosuvastatin (SPORT)” Study. It was presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions Nov. 6 and published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. SPORT, funded by AstraZeneca, the company that markets Rosuvastatin, compared the effect on low-density ...
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[Video] 2022 Retailer of the Year: Healthy Edge Retail Group
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