Cargill Acidulants is to market Regenasure glucosamine
hydrochloride, a product for the dietary supplement industry that
does not use shellfish as its source.
Analysis distribution company LGC Promochem is to distribute the
ChromaDex reference standards, covering more than 2500 high purity
phytochemicals, to the herbal industry in Europe.
Global sales of nutraceuticals are estimated to reach $74.7 billion
(€68.5bn) by 2007, growing at an average rate of 9.9 per cent
annually for the next five years, says a new report.
The vitamin and dietary supplement market will continue to grow
despite increasing sector maturity, driven by greater consumer
interest, ageing populations and a greater emphasis on self-care,
suggests a new report by market analysts...
A low-cost, fortified, orange-flavoured drink can reduce Third
World deficiencies in essential nutrients such as iron, iodine and
vitamin A, according to new research from the US. The researchers
believe that when the new dietary...
The US Food and Drug Administration said yesterday it had ordered
the seizure of hundreds of bottles of a dietary supplement that the
agency said falsely claimed to treat autism.
The Office of Dietary Supplements at America's NationalInstitutes
of Health has released thethird issue of the Annual Bibliography of
SignificantAdvances in Dietary Supplement Research.
US supplement manufacturer Weider Nutrition is the fourth company
to join the USP Dietary Supplement Verification Program. Weider
will initially submit its Schiff brand of Move Free joint care
products for the DSVP certification process.
Speaking at the annual CRN conference yesterday, president John
Cordaro called upon the dietary supplement industry to promote
growth "by restoring consumer confidence in using dietary
supplements."
The US Food and Drug Administration announced this week that it has
issued a 'cyber letter' to the operator of an Internet website that
was selling Yellow Jackets, an herbal product, as an alternative to
illicit street drugs.
The IADSA Asian conference on food supplement regulations held in
Bangkok, Thailand last week produced a clear recognition of the
need for a common approach to regulations in the region and a
demand for increased collaboration and...
Wyeth Consumer Healthcare has signed a new marketing agreement with
TV channel Nickelodeon which will allow the pharmaceutical group to
market its Centrum Kids multivitamin brand using the Jimmy Neutron,
Boy Genius name.
New legislation proposed earlier this month by the authorities in
California designed to regulate the sale and labelling of ephedra
products had been criticised for being too restrictive, but
amendments to the rules have now been...
The California legislature has passed two bills concerning the sale
and labelling of dietary supplements containing ephedra or steroid
hormone precursors
After three years of legal arguments with Norway's Natural over the
rights to CLA patents, US-based PharmaNutrients has been awarded a
sublicence giving it access to the WARF patents.
US Nutraceuticals has acquired the astaxanthin business of La Haye
Laboratories, a Washington-based manufacturer of branded dietary
supplement ingredients.
An independent committee of experts set up to advise Britain's Food
Standards Agency yesterday issued a consultation document on the
maximum levels of vitamins and minerals that are safe to consume.
The supplement industry said...
The world's biggest vitamin and supplements maker Numico is the
latest company this week to post a slide in first-half profits well
below expectations. The company was severely hit by weak US vitamin
sales with the Rexall Sundown...
Alternativa Natural is to market the natural antioxidant Origanox,
produced by RAD Natural Technologies, as a dietary supplement
available for the health, food and cosmeceutical industries.
A new study has found that taking a daily vitamin E supplement does
not prevent respiratory infections in older people and could even
aggravate symptoms in those who do get a cold. Further research is
necessary to explain the results.
Third quarter sales at Nutraceutical International, the US
supplement manufacturer, rose from $26.7 million to $29.5 million
as a result of good organic growth and acquisitions, while profits
were up from $2.0 million to $4.2 million,...
The US Food and Drug Administration was put under pressure this
week when a US senator attacked the department for refusing to move
on legislation on the herbal supplement ephedra. Trade bodies still
insist however that the herb can...
Six popular supplement products will be the focus of an Institute
of Medicine programme designed to help the FDA decide whether
further saftey tests are needed.
A new survey published in the US has shown that 87 per cent of
sports coaches across the country believe that dietary supplements
are a safe and effective means of improving performance.
An agreement with Australia's Pan Pharmaceuticals will allow Forbes
Medi-Tech to produce and market its cholesterol-lowering ingredient
Reducol as a dietary supplement for the first time.
Merck, the German pharmaceutical group, has acquired Laboratoires
Richelet, a privately owned French company specialising in
vitamins, minerals and food supplements.
Nutraceutix shareholders vote in favour of changing the company's
name to SCOLR, a name which is said to better reflect the shift
towards drug delivery technology.
The US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has ruled that the
product called Nico Water is an unapproved drug and that it cannot
therefore be legally marketed as a cure for nicotine addiction or a
dietary supplement.
Shareholders in Forbes Medi-Tech approve a resolution allowing the
company to issue up to 25 per cent of its shares in order to raise
cash for future expansion.
Researchers from the University of Surrey in the UK have suggested
a novel method of reducing the number of offences committed by
young offenders - feed them fresh vegetables.
After months of negotiations, Canadian nutraceutical products maker
Forbes Medi-Tech has finally reached an agreement with Swiss group
Novartis Consumer Health over the future of the Reducol
cholesterol-lowering ingredient.
Pedro Vieira, marketing manager for Kemin Foods Europe spoke to
NutraIngredients.com about boosting public awareness of the eye
health supplement lutein and making a US public relations campaign
work in Europe.
Vitamin E produced by Pharmavite under the Nature Made brand has
become the first product to be awarded the DSVP certification mark
by the United States Pharmacopeia (USP), an independent quality
control group focusing on the pharmaceutical...
Natural Health Sciences, the US-based producer of nutritional
ingredients, has appointed public relations firm MWW to develop a
new brand and communications strategy for its Pycnogenol product.
The US authorities have announced plans for further research into
the effects of the herbal product ephedra, and a clampdown on the
illegal marketing of non-herbal synthetic ephedrine products.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has responded to a
request from the US Congress and drawn up a detailed analysis of
the likely cost of implementing the Dietary Supplement Strategy
10-Year Plan, drawn up in January 2000 to...
A British consumer organisation has attacked the EU decision to
regulate the vitamins and dietary supplements industry in a letter
to the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
Imagenetix, a US-based supplement manufacturer, has signed a
marketing agreement with Vibrant Health, a company which
specialises in online sales of vitamin supplements, which it hopes
will lead to an increase in sales of its various...
YourVitamins, a US-based dietary supplement manufacturer, has
created a new range of omega-3 fish and flax oil supplements under
the name ProCaps. The product was launched on the US Home Shopping
Network earlier this month, and sold...
Nutraceutical International Corporation, the dietary supplement
manufacturer, has reported a slight rise in second quarter sales
and profits. Net revenues were $27.6 million (€30m), up from $27.0
million a year earlier, while net...
NBTY, the nutritional supplements manufacturer, has said that its
Nature's Bounty division has been named Supplier of the year by the
giant Wal-Mart retail group.
The increased demand for natural vitamin E will be the strongest
driver in the growth of the European vitamin E market, according to
new research from international market consultant Frost &
Sullivan.
Products made by Perrigo will be the first nutritional supplements
to receive the new dietary supplements certificate launched by NSF
International , the US-based supplier of risk-management services
in public health and safety.
Italian pharmaceutical group Sigma-Tau has created a new US
subsidiary, Sigma-Tau US, which will group together its three
separate North American businesses for the first time.