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Nature’s Crops International has secured registration and protection for three varieties of Ahiflower under both the European and US Plant Variety Protection (PVP) programs.

The Council for Responsible Nutrition has submitted a citizen petition requesting that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reverse its position that the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) prohibits manufacturers from marketing products containing N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) as dietary supplements.

Effective June 2021, Kerry will lead the sales, marketing, and distribution of Bio-Cat’s proprietary probiotic strain, Opti-Biome MB40.

Avansya, a joint venture between Cargill and DSM to develop sustainable sweeteners, commissioned a third-party Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) of its EverSweet stevia sweetener.

Aging, interrupted: How COVID-19 influenced consumers’ approach to healthy aging

California Assembly Bill 1341 (AB 1341) has been held up in the state Appropriations Committee, seriously delaying its passage until the assembly reconvenes in January of 2022.

International Molasses introduced CaneRite Panela, an all-natural, unrefined, non-centrifuged powder sweetener made from the freshly squeezed juice of the entire sugar cane plant.

Experts during this week’s AHPA Botanical Congress discussed why practices, and values, up and down the supply chain need to change, all the way down to the consumer.

During the American Herbal Products Association’s AHPA Botanical Congress this week, experts discussed strategies for keeping the supplement industry’s growth going.

Nature’s Sunshine is launching a new personalization program later this year that gives practitioners and retailers the ability to offer their customers personalized health packs presorted and conveniently packed based on their individual health and wellness needs.

The two companies will collaborate to leverage their combined capabilities to set a roadmap for the future of vitamin K2.

Natural-sweetener companies are hustling to make their ingredients friendlier to use.

Following a GRAS (generally recognized as safe) notification for its Taxifolin BC-DHQ, Blue California’s has received a letter of no objection from FDA.

The voluntary program assures brand manufacturers that the ingredients have been routinely tested for a range of prohibited substances, and therefore safe for use by athletes.

Parameters that must be monitored and controlled to ensure the quality of products and compliance with regulatory requirements for dietary supplements

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EpiCor, a postbiotic from Cargill received a letter of no objection for Cargill’s GRAS (generally recognized as safe) notice from FDA .

Affron, from Pharmactive Biotech Products, was awarded a U.S. patent for its role in mental wellbeing.

Brightfield Group recently released a report on the sales of cannabidiol (CBD) in the United States.

Sports supplements are increasingly taking a holistic approach to maintaining peak performance.

Nutritional Outlook spoke to AHPA’s vice president of marketing and engagement, Amber Bennett, to learn more about the event’s agenda, and what one can expect to learn from attending.

Senators Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), and Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) have introduced a new bill to regulate hemp and CBD products called the “Hemp Access and Consumer Safety Act.”

Kerry is developing a purpose-built food technology and innovation center of excellence in Queensland, Australia, which will include pilot plants, laboratories, and tasting facilities.

Marinova is conducting a new clinical trial, in collaboration with Nutrasource, to further explore the immunomodulatory properties of Maritech fucoidan, a marine polysaccharide found naturally in brown seaweed, in healthy adults.

Biotechnology can produce sustainable, traceable ingredients for the clean beauty market.

ValidCare is adding a second cohort of CBD brands to its large scale, human safety study, with additional financial support from Open Book Extracts.

Although the joint health consumer skews older, some of the creative new products coming to market might also capture the attention of younger demographics by fitting more conveniently into their daily routine.

A Norwegian biotech company, Hofseth BioCare ASA, has entered into a global innovation partnership with Catalent to develop a delayed-release formulation of Hofseth’s OmeGo fish oil, derived from sustainable, traceable, and fresh Norwegian Atlantic salmon.

Consumers can be shortsighted—particularly men who may choose to live life with a macho “carpe diem” attitude that is also cavalier about their own mortality.