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FDA announced today a new tool designed to quickly alert consumers of ingredients unlawfully marketed as supplements. Dubbed the Dietary Supplement Ingredient Advisory List, the tool is intended to provide rapid notification to consumers of unlawful ingredients in order to better protect them from potentially dangerous ingredients. Included in the list are ingredients FDA deems not…
Exercise takes many forms, varying from person to person. From dedicated athletes and bodybuilders to frequent and even infrequent gym goers, the sports nutrition market is on the move, rapidly changing to meet the needs of every type of active lifestyle. Personalized nutrition is not new; in fact, it’s a topic that continues to reign.…
In this remarkable age of international supply chains, instant transmissions of electronic information and voice communications, and the varied impositions of tariffs by different governments, the need for supply “country of origin” transparency has never been greater. Recent statements from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., showed the agency believes it needs to step up its…
Despite the recent departure of Scott Gottlieb from FDA, the dietary supplement initiatives he set in motion are expected to continue under his successor. But it remains to be seen whether any substantive changes to supplement regulations or policies will be adopted under the current interim FDA commissioner. Gottlieb, a physician who served as commissioner…
The global sports nutrition market is, in a word, massive. And it’s only going to continue to grow. Different research firms will give you different dollar figures, but the consensus is the market is huge and only getting bigger. Grand View Research predicted the global sports nutrition market will reach US$24.43 billion by 2025, growing…
Personalized nutrition is the future. Currently, the model for pharmaceutical companies is treatment that will work for most patients, while modern wellness is moving toward a model that determines if a treatment works for an individual patient. Personalized nutrition equips consumers with the knowledge and power to make choices about desired actions as it relates…
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 52 million Americans suffer from some form of arthritis—that’s 23 percent of the entire adult population. The joint nutraceuticals glucosamine, chondroitin and hyaluronic acid (HA) are agents that work well for joint support, but sometimes more intensive support is needed. Many herbs and…
Food and dietary supplement labels will be changing right in front of consumers’ eyes. Some already are. And that’s a good thing—but brands must be ready. In 2016, FDA announced its Final Rule requiring both the Nutrition Facts and Supplement Facts boxes on product labels get updated to reflect new scientific information and to help…
“Personalizing” intake is among the most exciting and logical approaches to nutrition. Nothing is more personal than something a person puts inside their body, such as a food or dietary supplement. The challenge for food and supplement brands is to make them even more personal. The industry is approaching personalization with vigor, but regulatory pitfalls…
Consumers demand almost as much from the packages that hold their foods and supplements as they do from the products themselves. Packages must clearly communicate product attributes, must not harm the environment and must stand out among the sea of competitors on store shelves or in online searches. Sustainable packaging can sway a consumer toward a…