GNC takes NutraClick’s ProbioSlim into nationwide stores
Supplement retail giant GNC has picked up the ProbioSlim product from NutraClick, marking a significant success for the Boston, MA-based nutritional products company.
Archives for April 9, 2014
Torch passed in Senate during NPA lobbying day
The Natural Products Association lobbying day began with an address from a new advocate for the industry and ended with remarks from one of the industry’s oldest champions.
Insights from Perrin Conferences
Traceability, tell-all genomics and authentication: The new reality for F&B litigation
Few short answers exist in the world of complex consumer food litigation. Arthur Miller, PhD, principal scientist and engineering and scientific consulting firm Exponent Inc., summed up three key industry trends that have contributed (and likely will...
Probiotics, enzymes, and fiber are the ingredient categories to watch for M&A: NCN CEO
After much consolidation in the fish oil sector, probiotics, enzymes, and fiber could be the ingredient categories to watch moving forward for M&A activity, says the CEO of the Nutrition Capital Network.
Applicants right to challenge generic descriptor rejection, says EU law veteran
The European Commission over-stepped its jurisdiction with its guidance on generic descriptors, and applicants could challenge rejections, according to an EU food law expert.
DAIRYREPORTER.COM INVESTIGATION
Nutricia India at ‘risk of non-compliance’ with IMS Act: Danone
The Danone Group has acknowledged that its Nutricia India business is still at “risk of non-compliance” with the Infant Milk Substitutes Act (IMS Act), DairyReporter.com can exclusively reveal.
UK ASA: "Court action is a last resort but we will issue such action if other measures fail"
Snubbed: Dutch firm smokes UK joint health claim ban
Joint health claims made by a Dutch-made collagen, glucosamine and omega-3 based food supplement, have been kyboshed by the UK advertising watchdog. But Finitri, the Dutch firm, has gone underground and the disputed claims remain on its website.
Finns and Norwegians partner on probiotic juice
Finnish dairy and ingredients giant Valio has inked a deal with major Norwegian food and drink maker Tine to license its LGG probiotic strain in Tine’s Biola juice range.
ChromaDex’s new deal with Brazilian Biosciences National Laboratory could lead to ‘rapid commercialization of novel natural products’
A new agreement between Chromadex and the Brazilian Biosciences National Laboratory (LNBio) to evaluate ChromaDex's natural product libraries could lead to ‘rapid commercialization of novel natural products for food, beverage, cosmetic or pharmaceutical...
Key Insights from Food Vision
Food Vision 2014: Bridge knowledge gaps, overcome change and work sustainably
What is the future of food? Simple communication of complex advances will be crucial, as well as picking up the pace amid a global population boom to feed the world nutritiously and sustainably, according to FoodNavigator and NutraIngredients senior editors.