The Canadian market for natural health products offers excellent opportunities for U.S. and international raw material suppliers.  Being realistic about the prospects this market offers can go a long way toward avoiding the disappointment that is so often seen...

Last month, following the appearance of an article in The New York Times in which Tod Cooperman of Consumerlab.com was quoted as questioning the ability of any dietary supplement company with a wide range of products to “make every product well”, I posted an Open Letter asking Dr. Cooperman to address some concerns relating to his company’s business practices within the supplement industry. After hearing from Dr. Cooperman, I have some follow-up.

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I am hosting a plenary session at Nutracon 2010 concurrent with Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim this coming March... see www.nutracon.com or www.expowest.com and click on Nutracon tab...

The all day session will focus on the new sweeteners available for food and beverages to include Stevia... the good bad and ugly of using same, and formulations issues, consumer trend/purchase data etc......

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Every couple months, for the past 5 plus years, I've found occasion to write on the subject of the supplements industry and the sports community. Obviously, the latest opportunity comes in the wake of USADA CEO Travis Tygart's testimony in DC and the unveiling of the 'Supplement Safety Now' campaign.

It wasn’t surprising that Tod Cooperman of Consumerlab.com was quoted in the New York Times questioning the ability of any dietary supplement company with a wide range of products to “make every product well”.   His public endorsement of products made by companies that pay fees to Consumerlab.com, however, seems somewhat more noteworthy.

In any normal week, I see quite a few updates from the FDA regarding companies they've sent warning letters to, actions they've taken against illegitimate companies and more. This week, however, I found it curious that they retracted a posted warning letter to Procter and Gamble regarding their NyQuil product with added vitamin C.

Part One in a three part series highlighting the negative effects of water in raw materials on our industry

As most of you know, Natural Products Expo East is at our doorstep, starting next Wednesday, September 23^rd through the 26^th...

This week there’s been quite a bit of buzz surrounding Rebaudioside A, the latest and greatest hot topic.