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Thorne Research is building a large new manufacuring and headquarters facility in Sourth Carolina.

Investment to help Thorne expand business in Japan

By Hank Schultz

Practitioner channel specialist Thorne Research is expanding its manufacturing capabilities and has concluded an investment partnership that will expand its business in Japan.

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Probiotics go mainstream at Expo West

By George Paraskevakos, Executive Director of the International Probiotics Association

Probiotics have truly arrived. From Dr. Oz earlier this year, to the Natural Product Expo West show in Anaheim, one might say it is the invasion of the microorganism armies.  As I walked the floor at NPEW this year and looked at all the exhibitors from...

Vitamin Angels boosts efforts in Indonesia with MOU

Vitamin Angels boosts efforts in Indonesia with MOU

By Stephen Daniells

Vitamin Angels has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Muhammadiyah, among the largest and oldest charitable organizations in Indonesia, to collaborate on alleviating micronutrient deficiency among children under age 5.

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“Health Savings Act” introduced to House

By Adi Menayang

The Health Savings Act, sponsored by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-Minnesota) proposes legislation that will allow Americans to buy supplements with their HSA and FSA plans.

4 factors to evaluate the potential impact of a health claim

4 factors to evaluate the potential impact of a health claim

By Elizabeth Crawford

Positive health claims, such as those touting the benefits of a food, diet or quality, more effectively motivate the general public than negative or fear-based claims that attempt to scare people into action, according to a recently published study in...

Walgreens' personalization strategy puts people before data

Walgreens' personalization strategy puts people before data

By Hank Schultz

Personalization is the new ideal of dietary supplement marketing. While many experts base this idea on the potential of genomic information, Walgreens has gone the other direction and is basing the idea on actual people.

Eye health benefits help drive booming astaxanthin demand

Special edition: eye health

Eye health benefits help drive booming astaxanthin demand

By Hank Schultz

The eye health benefits of astaxanthin will steadily increase demand for this already red-hot ingredient, says Rudi Moerck, PhD, CEO of Valensa, one of the major suppliers.  This benefit is tied into an aging demographic; few younger consumers think about...

Supplement industry applauds F&S report, urges action

Supplement industry applauds F&S economic report, urges additional action

By Maggie Hennessy

The supplement industry largely commended Monday’s Council for Responsible Nutrition-commissioned report that found that dietary supplements could save billions of dollars in health care costs, while also urging political leaders and health care practitioners...

Faulty claims still dog weight-management sector

As America fattens, faulty claims still dog weight-management sector

By Hank Schultz

A study released this week shows that the obesity crisis in the United States shows no sign of abating; in fact it’s getting worse.  But sales of dietary supplements in the weight management category haven’t kept pace with the nation’s swelling waistlines. ...

Obama bill unlikely to alter medical stance on supplements

Obama bill unlikely to alter medical stance on supplements

By Shane Starling

The Obama administration is pushing through health care reform that promises greater access to health insurance for tens of millions of Americans. Will the reforms bring benefits to the dietary supplements industry?

Probiotics to star in new TV documentary series

Probiotics to star in new TV documentary series

By Mike Stones

Probiotics are to take centre stage in a new series of TV documentaries, the first of which will be screened next Fall on major TV channels in the United States, including Public Service Broadcasting outlets, National Geographic and Discovery, along with...

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