TABS Group: 'NBJ rebuttal doesn’t measure apples-to-apples'
In response to the Nutrition Business Journal's rebuttal of the TABS Group's size of the US dietary supplement market, Dr Kurt Jetta, Founder of TABS Group, made the following statements:
Archives for May 31, 2015
Marine resources: Ireland looks for its whey powder of the sea
The Irish government has invested €5.2m to capitalise on the country's untapped marine biodiversity.
Green tea supplement backed for prostate cancer reduction: RCT findings
Consumption of a green tea extract has been suggested to reduce rates of cancer in certain indiviuals while reducing levels of the cancer biomarker prostate-specific antigen (PSA), say researchers.
Supplement launches that aims to help people prone to Type 2 diabetes make healthy lifestyle switch
Type 2 diabetes continues to stalk the US population. It’s a public health crisis that has created market opportunities, and one of the companies rushing to fill that breach is Glucose Health, Inc. which has launched a supplement of the same name.
NoorVitamins CEO: In 5 years we’ll be a strong and reputable competitor with a wider value proposition
Leading Halal supplement brand NoorVitamins is aiming to be a serious part of the wider dietary supplements industry, with a focus on quality and transparency driving their value proposition, the company’s President and CEO tells NutraIngredients-USA.
Nano focus: Are protein nanostructures safe for the food industry to use?
While many foods already contain naturally occurring nanostructures that are perfectly safe to consume, the potential to develop new nanoscale proteins for foods may carry unexplored risks that must be dealt with on a ‘case by case’ approach, say...
More than half Similac Organic ingredients 'not allowed in organic foods': US lawsuit
Three US consumers have filed a class action lawsuit against Abbott Laboratories, claiming its Similac Advance Organic infant formula contains 26 ingredients not permitted in organic food.
Amway opens Buena Park, CA manufacturing and R&D facility to support growth of supplement sales
Amway has passed another milestone in its massive manufacturing expansion with the formal opening of its $42 million manufacturing and R&D in Buena Park, CA. The center is part of the company’s $375 million manufacturing expansion program.
NBJ: ‘The US supplement industry is $37 billion, not $12 billion’
Let’s get this out of the way: The size of the US supplement industry is roughly $36.7 billion. The $11.8 billion estimate that TABS Group CEO Kurt Jetta announced last week is way off target, as were his attacks on Nutrition Business Journal.
BEUC: Health claim ‘adjustments’ need caution and nutrient profiles
The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) has urged the European commissioner for health and food safety to practice caution when making ‘adjustments’ to health claim and botanical rules.
Dispatches from Vitafoods Europe, Geneva
Europe’s energy drink market needs a shot of energy: Nergia
Energy shots are a big market in the US, but the potential in Europe is yet to be realized, says America’s Naturals.
Japan
Fukushima locals confident of produce as neighbours raise inspections
Eight out of 10 residents of Fukushima prefecture are comfortable buying local produce four years after the nuclear accident in 2011, according to a survey by local consumer groups.