Chinese dairy sets sights on US organic yoghurt leader Stonyfield
China’s largest dairy is in talks to buy America’s leading organic yogurt company, Stonyfield Farm, reports New York Post, Reuters and others.
Jack Challem – goodbye to our columnist and friend
Natural Products Global was saddened to hear of the untimely death of our long-time columnist – and friend – Jack Challem.
Washington Post reports raise doubts about organic standards in the US
Two recent Washington Post reports by Peter Whoriskey have raised doubts about organic standards in the US.
Gluten-free diet may increase heart disease risk, scientists warn
Researchers at the Harvard Medical School are warning that eating a gluten-free diet could increase a healthy person’s risk of developing coronary heart disease.
From ‘sick care’ to ‘self-care’ – how one US pharmacy retailer is reinventing itself
US pharmacy chain CVS Health is rolling out a radical new store design that repositions it to take advantage of a major societal shift in thinking about health.
Non-profits sue Monsanto over “misleading” Roundup labelling
Two US nonprofit organizations this week filed a lawsuit against Monsanto for allegedly misleading the public by labeling its top-selling weed-killer Roundup as “target[ing] an enzyme found in plants but…
Danone agrees to sell Stonyfield as part of WhiteWave deal
French food multinational Danone had agreed to sell its US organic yoghurt business Stonyfield to get clearance for a proposed USD 10.4 billion acquisition of WhiteWave Foods.
Sprouts shares surge amid Albertsons ‘merger’ reports
Shares of US natural food retailer Sprouts Farmers Market spiked to a four-month high last month after media reports suggested it was in “preliminary merger talks” with supermarket giant Albertsons.
82.3% of Americans buy organic regularly, survey shows
New findings from Nielsen released by the Organic Trade Association (OTA) show that 82.3% of America’s 117 million households regularly buy organic.
Latest GOTS standard allows ‘combined products’ to certified
Strict criteria for ‘additional fibre material’ and a new category for ‘combined products’ are among the changes in Version 5.0 of the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), released on 1…