Vitamin Shoppe among first national chains to sell CBD supplements
US health food retailer Vitamin Shoppe has become one of the first national retail chains in the country to sell hemp-based CBD supplements, after Congress legalised the cannabis derivative in…
Profits slump at Blackmores as China’s import law change bites
Blackmores, Australia’s leading natural health supplements company, saw profits drop sharply in the first quarter of 2019.
China’s Sirio Pharma launches global collaboration to boost clean-label supplements innovation
China’s Sirio Pharma (SIRIO) has announced a global collaboration, bringing together its 100+ scientists and industry experts to boost innovation of clean-label nutritional products for worldwide markets.
How to get teenagers to eat healthily – make them angry
Teenagers who read an "eposé" on how Big Food spends billions on trying to hook them onto junk food cut their consumption of unhealthy snacks by up to a third,…
Trade association brands damning supplements study ‘fake science’
Getting the right amount of vitamins and minerals can lower risk of an early death, but they should come from food instead of supplements, suggests a new study by US…
Say hello to Eco Life Scandinavia – Nordic region’s biggest natural products show gets a new name and major rebrand for 2019
Award-winning international event organiser Diversified Communications has announced further details of its major rebrand for Eco Life Scandinavia (the show formerly known as Natural Products Scandinavia), being held in Malmö,…
FDA will apply ‘enforcement discretion’ on CBD products
The US natural products industry has been pushing the Food and Drug Administration for clarity on how it will regulate products hemp-derived CBD containing products since hemp was legalized by…
Vitafoods Europe has mission to set nutraceutical industry on a path to a more sustainable future
As environmental awareness reaches new heights and the world’s population continues to rise, the issue of providing sustainable foods which also offer a high nutritional value is set to grow,…
NHS trial will test if ayurvedic remedy is effective alternative to antibiotics
UKp-based organic wellbeing company, Pukka Herbs, says it is working with the University of Southampton on a clinical trial to test whether the South Asian herbal remedy andrographis could be…
Mondelēz takes stake in functional foods start-up Uplift Foods
Confectionery multinational Mondelēz International is taking a minority investment in Uplift Food, a US-based early-stage start-up focusing on prebiotic functional foods.