Dietary Supplement Companies

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Supply woes cut Clorox’s supplement sales, but sanitizer demand more than fills gap

21-May-2020 By Hank Schultz

Based on strong sales of its cleaning products, The Clorox Company has increased its stock dividend. But supply bottlenecks meant sales of the company’s dietary supplements fell, bucking an industry trend.

Herbalife to pay $123 million fine in tentative settlement of China bribery case

18-May-2020 By Hank Schultz

Network marketing giant Herbalife has announced an agreement in principle with US authorities over a bribery scandal in China. The reported pact, which includes a $123 million fine, was part of the company’s first quarter earnings report, which came...

Nature’s Sunshine rides immune health demand to strong sales despite pandemic-related declines in Asia

18-May-2020 By Hank Schultz

Nature’s Sunshine reversed years of sales declines in North America as demand for immune health products surged. This more than compensated for coronavirus-related sales declines in Asian markets.

GNC succeeds in getting critical debt payment pushed back to August

15-May-2020 By Hank Schultz

Supplement retailing giant GNC seems to have prevailed in its high stakes negotiations with its lenders. Bloomberg Law reported yesterday that the company won a postponement until August of a major payment that could have caused the company to sink into...

NOW testing reveals CoQ10, SAMe products sold on Amazon to be of almost uniformly low potency

14-May-2020 By Hank Schultz

Supplement manufacturer NOW reports that among CoQ10 and SAMe products it purchased recently on Amazon and subjected to analytical testing, only a few came close to meeting label claim for the amount of active ingredients, while most had little or none...

GNC turns up volume on bankruptcy alarm

12-May-2020 By Hank Schultz

Struggling supplement retailer GNC has reiterated a forthright statement that filing for bankruptcy court protection might be only days away.

Online sales will cushion coronavirus blow, Usana says

27-Apr-2020 By Hank Schultz

Network marketing company Usana Health Sciences says an accelerated move toward online selling will help it weather the current pandemic crisis.

From the editor's desk

Supplement industry can win with emphasis on safety, clapping lid on disease claims

03-Apr-2020 By Hank Schultz

The dietary supplement industry has an opportunity to communicate with a new range of consumers in light of the current crisis. Highlighting the excellent safety of the products and quality initiatives underway can help keep the embarrassment of rampant...

Restructuring efforts help Nature’s Sunshine eke out profit amid falling sales

12-Mar-2020 By Hank Schultz

Cost cutting efforts helped network marketing firm Nature’s Sunshine report a profit even as sales fell significantly in most of its markets.

Herbalife notches $4.9 billion in annual sales despite hit in China

19-Feb-2020 By Hank Schultz

Herbalife reported a 3% rise in sales for its full year, recording $4.9 billion in revenue. The increase was achieved even with sharp declines in China attributable to that country’s regulatory crackdown on multi level marketing companies.

Twinlab recovery story adds chapter with new manufacturing agreement

18-Feb-2020 By Hank Schultz

Twinlab Consolidation Corp. has entered into a manufacturing agreement with a new contract manufacturer as part of an ongoing effort to rejuvenate the legacy brand.

From the editor's desk

China is still a huge opportunity. But are the panacea days over?

14-Feb-2020 By Hank Schultz

Recent changes in the Chinese market beg the question of whether network marketing companies selling dietary supplements can see an entry there as a panacea for weakness elsewhere.

Special Edition: Botanicals

From calming capsules to energizing teas: Botanical product launches at Expo West

20-Mar-2018 By Adi Menayang

What’s new in the botanical supplements and functional foods this year? We caught up with some botanical-focused companies at the Natural Products Expo West show in Anaheim, CA, earlier this month to get the scoop.

Startup data company seeks to 'personalize' supplement buying experience with health data

21-Sep-2017 By Hank Schultz

Startup company Biomarker.io bills itself as a way for dietary supplement companies to better engage with consumers and to get a better look at the efficacy of their products by integrating multiple streams of online health data.

One week to go: UNPA hosts PCQI training for dietary supplement companies

10-Jul-2017

The United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA) is launching a new training course, “Preventive Controls Workshop for Dietary Supplements: PCQI Training for Dietary Supplement Companies”, but spaces are limited.

Prop 65 private enforcers are just getting warmed up, attorney warns

24-Oct-2016 By Hank Schultz

The pace of Prop 65 suits in California continues to be brisk and settlement demands have been increasing, said a lawyer who represents dietary supplements in these actions.

Beazley turns up competition in insurance realm with new program specific to supplement companies

22-Apr-2015 By Hank Schultz

Another competitor has arrived in the specialized sphere of insurance for dietary supplement companies in the United States with a new program offered by Beazley Group, a worldwide insurance provider with headquarters in the United Kingdom.

Outsourcing, bone & joint health, LATAM, functional foods: lessons from 2014's special editions part 2

23-Dec-2014 By Hank Schultz

From polyphenols and prebiotics to a focus on Latin America, healthy aging and functional foods, NutraIngredients-USA’s special editions have set traffic records because of their in-depth coverage and exclusive content.  Today we feature part two of our...

Proposed changes to supplement labels could cause many products to be reformulated

03-Mar-2014

The new levels of nutrients specified will be the prime impact of FDA’s proposed changes on the labels for foods and supplements for the dietary supplement industry, experts agree.

Updated: Associations welcome Durbin-Blumenthal cGMP dialogue & FDA explains GMP violation stats

12-Jul-2012 By Stephen DANIELLS

The Natural Products Association (NPA) and the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) have welcomed requests from Senators Durbin and Blumenthal to outline cGMP education initiatives, but questions have been raised as to the numbers cited by FDA officials...

FDA aims for 200 GMP inspections this year

10-Jun-2009 By Lorraine Heller

With two weeks to go before mid-sized supplement firms need to comply with new GMPs, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said it aims to inspect 200 facilities this fiscal year.

The biggest challenges in making GMPs work

31-Oct-2008

Many medium and small dietary supplement companies are still not close to meeting new GMP requirements, despite the looming deadlines. Lorraine Heller speaks to industry members about the major challenges that remain, and the next steps that should be...

CRN discusses AERs on Capitol Hill

08-Mar-2006 By Clarisse Douaud

The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) is today rallying
support for potential legislation that would mandate reporting of
serious adverse events for dietary supplements and
over-the-counters to the Federal Drug Administration.