Kimberly J. Decker writes for the food and nutrition industries from her base in the San Francisco area where she enjoys eating food as much as she does writing about it.
Built to last: Formulating for endurance
Considerations for endurance nutrition, and the evolving consumer segment.
Taking Initiative: Can the WHI’s model help the nutraceutical industry answer questions the study didn’t even ask?
The Women's Health Initiative is the high water mark for women's health research. What can the nutraceutical industry learn from WHI to further scientific research about the impacts of diet, lifestyle, and supplementation on women's health?
Eczema and nutrition: Are the two related?
A look at the state of science on nutrition’s relationship with eczema.
Are gummy supplements difficult to make?
Can making gummies be as easy as taking them?
Regenerative and Organic: How do both fit into farming’s future?
And how do the two differ?
Cold comfort: Frozen foods put health on the menu
Frozen foods can be a healthy choice. Here’s why.
Can probiotics manage metabolism, mood, and body mass?
If the gut-brain axis connects our microbiome and mood, mass, and metabolism, can probiotic supplementation support all three?
Why the supplement industry still needs wildcrafting
Wildcrafting is important to the supplement industry even as threats to the craft grow.
What should botanical companies do with adulterated herbal material?
The story behind the Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program’s SOPs for IDAs.
Taking charge: What women want in health, wellness, and supplements
What does a 21st-century women’s-health supplement look like?
Crazy 8s: Does delta-8 THC threaten the supplement industry?
The spotlight on delta-8 THC is heating up. Where will regulators ultimately land in regard to this controversial cannabinoid?
Personalized health takes digestive wellness to a higher level
Personalized nutrition is transforming the digestive health space.
What promise does personalized nutrition hold for healthier aging?
How personalized nutrition is helping seniors chart a course for healthy aging.
Are CBD sales stabilizing?
What’s happening to sales in the CBD market?
Can supplements make consumers literally feel better about sleep?
And which emerging ingredients are coming down the pipeline for sleep supplements?
Healthy conversation: Where FDA’s “healthy” update stands—and what industry’s doing about it
Why FDA’s proposal to redefine “healthy” unsurprisingly isn’t as simple as it sounds.
How fermentation is changing the wellness and nutrition market
Fermentation is an old concept but a rising star in wellness.
How can supplements stay relevant in an evolving weight-management space?
With science showing how supplements achieve their benefits via multiple mechanisms of action—and without potentially adverse side effects.
The more you grow: Consumers embrace botanicals
Botanical and herbal supplement sales go from strength to strength.
Forecasting is a challenge for the supplements industry today
How wellness companies are learning to predict the unpredictable.
Ground support: Leveraging mushrooms’ immune health benefits
What’s in the mushroom-health pipeline?
Skin in the game: How testing and certification give sports-nutrition brands an edge
How testing and certification give sports-nutrition brands an edge.
How do you modernize the multivitamin?
Leading supplement brands explain how today’s multivitamins meet modern needs.
Sustaining interest: Keeping sustainability top of mind, even during crises
Far from taking a backseat, sustainability initiatives are turning out to be savvy strategies for weathering not just this supply-chain storm but the storms to come, as well.
Heroic efforts: How contract manufacturers are gearing up for a rocky road ahead
What does contract manufacturing for dietary supplements look like in 2023?
Has CBD officially entered the mainstream?
What do CBD’s latest sales data tell us about consumer acceptance?
Healthy debate: How FDA’s redefinition of “healthy” affects consumers and companies
Leading industry attorneys dig into the complexities of FDA’s announcement.
Tough row to hoe? What improvements are still needed in the plant-protein ingredient space?
Plant protein innovations pull up weeds one by one.
Stressing the positive: Supplements and functional foods help consumers keep their cool
Brand leaders in the supplements and foods space explain how they are delivering products to de-stress—and delight—their customers.
Lasting benefits: How omega-3s remain relevant in a complicated wellness space
To stay relevant moving forward, products must evolve to meet today’s consumer needs.