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Product claims
The industry has a number of ways of explaining the potential health benefits of its products, from structure/function claims to full health claims. However, claims on labels, websites, at trade shows, and even twitter feeds are coming under increased scrutiny. In this topic category we bring all the news on claims together in one easily accessible section.
Dispatches from VitaFoods Europe 2013
EFSA sets standard for study rigor, consultant says
Differing regulatory environments can play havoc with a company's research plans, say consultant Joerg Gruenwald, PhD. But recent, sometimes bitter, experience with the European Food Safety Authority has shed some...
Dispatches from Vitafoods Europe 2013
Trend-spotter: The rise of slow-energy
There are two speeds when it comes to energy products: Slow and fast, says Mintel trend-spotting guru David Jago.
More FDA warning letters for website claims and cGMP violations
The US Food and Drug Administration has issued warning letters to two dietary supplement companies, as the agency maintains its vigilance of website claims and cGMP compliance.
Special focus: Recent FDA warning letters offer important lessons for companies
The US Food and Drug Administration has issued some important warning letters in recent weeks. In this special focus, we revisit the lessons for all companies, from website claims, to...
Website content an extension of labeling: FDA warning letter shows companies need to ‘think about their real estate space’
The FDA has issued a warning letter for a company website that links to articles with disease claims cause products to be drugs (FDA), causing the products linked to such...
CSPI to Bayer: Fix your One A Day claims or we’ll start a lawsuit
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is threatening litigation against Bayer for alleged “deceptive practices in the marketing and sale of several lines of Bayer multivitamins”.
New research bolsters stress-fighting credentials of Relora ingredient
Next Pharmaceuticals has bolstered the stress-reducing credentials of its Relora branded ingredient with new research presented at the recent Experimental Biology conference in Boston.
Boxer, DeFazio introduce federal GMO labeling bill
A bill requiring the labeling of GMO ingredients has been introduced at the federal level by Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-CA and Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-OR. Even though the bill’s chances...
Special edition: Superfruits - old news or still super?
Superfruits category still booming (but care is needed)
Are consumers experiencing superfruit fatigue? Depends on the fruit…and who you talk to.
Research elucidates different approaches to modern ashwagandha ingredients
Ashwagandha, sometimes called the “king” of ayurvedic herbs, has been gaining traction in the North American marketplace. A big part of the reason is the investments in clinical science and...
New management team to reinvigorate UAS Labs brands, R&D as part of acquisition
Lakeview Equity Partners, a Milwaukee-based investment firm, has taken its first dip into the human nutrition pool with the acquisition of probiotics supplier and finished goods manufacturer UAS Labs.
Be careful what you 'like'... The FDA is looking at your Facebook page
Two recent warning letters from the FDA should serve as a reminder to supplement makers that the agency is scrutinizing their activities on Facebook and Twitter just as carefully as it...
Special edition: Antioxidants and Carotenoids
Pterostilbene and ergothioneine: A rich man-poor man story of antioxidant marketing
With antioxidants that are relatively new to the market, strong scientific evidence backing benefits and modes of action is crucial to constructing a coherent ingredient story, experts say. The tale...
Award-winning Swedish spinach extract eyeing EU health claim wins
Swedish firm Greenleaf Medical took the Best New Ingredient gong at the recent NutrAward presented at ExpoWest in Los Angeles for its weight management-focused, spinach extract Appethyl. Now it wants...
Noncompliant use of testimonials remains durable feature of supplements business
Regulations regarding how dietary supplement manufacturers can use testimonials to market their products have been on the books for many years now. But judging from recent warning letters and enforcement...
UK venture capitalists eye expansion at Israeli antioxidant specialists
Southern Israel-based algae-sourced astanxanthin specialists Algatechnologies has won investment from a UK venture capitalist in a move that will broaden its capacity, R&D and distribution scope for the eye and...
FDA seizes supplements over sibutramine tainting, disease claims
FDA seized tainted dietary supplement products from a Florida company called Globe All Wellness, the agency said Friday.
FDA sends more GMP-related warning letters to four dietary supplement manufacturers
Four dietary supplements have received independent warning letters from the Food and Drug Administration for alleged GMP violations, as the agency maintains its focus on compliance.
Dangerous drug-laced ‘Brazilian slimming coffee’ brand still sold in US
Despite a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warning that a sibutramine-laced ‘Brazilian Slimming Coffee’ may pose a 'significant risk' to some US consumers, the product is still widely available online.
Formula-specific science helps product gain entry to practitioner channel
Emerson Ecologics, which markets a wide range of dietary supplements in the health practitioner channel, has taken on a new cognitive support product, Perceptiv by Sevo Nutraceuticals, attracted, a Sevo...
News in brief
Food for Health International hit with FDA warning letter for alleged disease claims, GMP violations
Utah-based Food for Health International, LLC, has received a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for alleged disease claims and GMP violations.
Chr Hansen backs fresh probiotic immunity trial
Danish probiotics leader Chr Hansen, which ditched a €4m immunity trial for some of its probiotic strains last year, is participating in a new trial to determine if probiotics can...
Analysis: POM Wonderful FTC ruling
Attorney: FTC Commissioners’ ruling on POM Wonderful is ‘truly astonishing’, ‘abusive’ and ‘unlawful’
While the headlines yesterday could be summarized as ‘FTC one, POM zero’, legal experts say the 54-page opinion from FTC Commissioners on the FTC’s false advertising case vs POM Wonderful...
Could ‘controversial’ pharma court ruling provide ‘wiggle room’ for off-label dietary supplement marketing?
A recent ruling by the US appeals court protecting free-speech relating to off-label use of pharmaceuticals may have ‘far reaching effects’ for the nutritional supplement business, says a leading industry...
2012’s regulations in pictures: GMPs, NDIs, and energy drinks
As 2012 comes to a close, NutraIngredients-USA looks back on an action packed year. In the second of our series of galleries capturing the year’s main events, we take a...
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