59Building A Free Radical Defense
Building A Free Radical Defense
Antioxidants are big business and growing exponentially: the overall market for antioxidants was valued at a whopping $12 billion in 2009, according to Euromonitor International, and the number of products with ‘antioxidants inside’ style labels is mushrooming. According to Mintel’s Global New Products Database (GNPD), in 2009, there were 409 launches globally with ‘antioxidants’ flagged […]
The Importance Of GMP Compliance
In essence, the Dietary Supplement Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) Final Rule 21 CFR Part 111, issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) June 2007, requires that the proper controls be in place for dietary supplements during manufacturing, packaging, labeling and holding operations. The move was supposedly in response to concerns about substandard dietary […]
Science of Supplements
This special section of Vitamin Retailer comes in response to the industry’s desire for more information—retailers wanting to know more about the products they sell and manufacturers, suppliers and private labelers wanting to offer the science that backs the effectiveness of their products.We have featured a similar section annually in Nutrition Industry Executive since 2002, […]
Support For Bone And Joint Health
Strengthening the body from the inside out through nutrition is an opportunity to increase strength and flexibility for bone and joint health while helping to manage aches and pains, a concept with high consumer knowledge. In fact, the state of the market for both manufacturing (new launches) and retail sales of joint health supplements and […]
The Green Scene
Recent studies show that today’s vegetables aren’t as healthy as those of yesteryear.Now is the time for shoppers to fill this nutritional void with a green foods supplement.It Used to be that simply eating vegetables gave people the nutrients they needed to attain good health. But according to a recent study coming out of the […]
An Ounce Of Prevention
There are those people with good, even excellent health coverage. These very fortunate few have the luxury of selecting who treats them, where they receive treatment and often a multitude of options from which to choose from. Then there’s everyone else,” offered Jayson Kroner, health and fitness editor with NOW Foods (Bloomingdale, IL), noting that […]
Digesting The Right Information
Shoppers are finally catching on to the benefits of supporting digestive health. The next step is a deeper understanding of the ingredients and what they do.It used to be that “bacteria” was a negative word—parents demanded antibacterial soaps in schools; dreaded illnesses were classified as bacterial or viral and treated as such. All in all, […]
Warning Signs
As members of the natural products retail industry, we are always aware of numbers. Sales of dietary supplements, organic products, personal care items, functional food and beverages are all regularly reported, making huge numbers that sometimes soar well into the billions seem commonplace.While these estimates are valuable in their own right, they tend to overshadow […]
Weight Management Suite of Ingredients
Building off the success of its Phase 2 Carb Controller™ ingredient (as found in Natrol’s Carb Intercept), which reduces the absorption of calories from starchy foods (carbs), caters to the consumer seeking a product that is well documented, safe and effective (29 studies, GRAS), Pharmachem Laboratories, Inc. (Kearny NJ) is now launching a complete weight […]
The Weighting Game
Americans are overweight, enough said. Every time a consumer opens a newspaper or goes online they’re confronted with the statistics, but this influx of publicity has finally resulted in consumers making the connection between their weight and their health. Couple this with mounting health care costs, and these shoppers start seeing natural product retailers as […]
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