News, Analysis & Insights on Nutrition, Supplements, and Health
Dietary supplement manufacturers must be totally transparent if they are to strengthen trust with retailers and consumers, but contract manufacturers and brokers are unlikely to like such moves, says Robert Craven, CEO of FoodState/MegaFood.
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The natural products market continues to grow and achieve scale, reaching $150 billion last year and projected to hit $226 billion by 2018—with 68% of that coming from food and beverage products, according to the Nutrition Business Journal.
Network marketing giant Herbalife has confirmed that is the subject of an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission. Trading in shares of the company were briefly halted on the New York Stock Exchange after the price plunged 12% in the minutes after...
FMC Corporation, owner of omega 3 fish oils leader EPAX, will split into two publically traded companies, the corporation announced recently. The plan is to split the agricultural and nutrition segments off from the company’s industrial minerals divisions.
Persistent strong demand for astaxanthin continues to have an effect on the supply end of the sector. In the most recent development, La Jolla, CA-based Contract Biotics announced that it has begun construction on an additional six acres of algae...
Markets, whether for dietary supplements, functional foods or other consumer products, are divided between “market makers” and “market followers.” You don’t want to be in the latter group if you can help it, said market research expert Peter Leighton.