What:A recent ITC (Ingredient Transparency Center) survey of US and UK consumers asked respondents what healthy ingredients they used (topically or ingested) for skin health.So what:Results differed remarkably by gender…
Every so often the FDA does or says something so biased against the dietary supplement industry that it is difficult to understand how we are supposed to consider ourselves as…
Earlier this year, ITC fielded a survey through Ooyen Research looking at consumer insights among U.S. supplement users. The survey of 993 U.S. supplement users asked about awareness, use and…
It’s often with a deep sense of frustration that we listen to doctors or mainstream media pan the entire dietary supplements industry and write off all products as ineffective and…
A recent article entitled “Older Americans Are Hooked on Vitamins Despite Scarce Evidence They Work” was recently written by Liz Szabo for Kaiser Health News and later picked up by…
Several weeks ago, we wrote about seven regulatory and fundamental compliance areas where emerging brands using the e-tail channel, especially on Amazon, may be taking shortcuts either through ignorance or…
A Transparency Collision will likely occur when consumers’ or customers’ expectations differ from reality. The outcome of this type of collision will create both fallout and opportunity. And, this collision…
This past week I had the opportunity to attend, for the second time in a few years, the latest installment of the PLMA (Private Label Manufacturers Association) annual tradeshow and…
Synthetic products can be good. Technology continues to march forward, and for some applications that can be a good thing. Synthetic motor oil lasts longer – oil changes are needed…
As seen in NBJ's Dark Issue. Do you or someone you know have Executive Slime Disease? I’m betting you do. Even in a trade like the health-focused supplement industry the…
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