Vitaquest International has acquired a powder processing facility from New Jersey-based Pharmachem Laboratories, a division of Ashland Inc., to help its customers develop, manufacture, and commercialize a broad range of consumer products across the nutraceutical,...
Herbal extract and ingredient supplier Vidya Herbs has expanded its manufacturing capacity to the U.S. with the opening of its new extraction facility in Bunnell, FL.
Herbalist & Alchemist has moved to a larger facility, increasing manufacturing capacity to meet the demand for the company’s liquid and solid botanical extracts.
Along with developing the science and marketing story behind an ingredient, suppliers also need to ensure those ingredients are easy to work with. A prominent vitamin K2 supplier says it has done just that with a new, stability-enhanced version of...
Global ingredient and service solution provider Glanbia Nutritionals is investing €1.4 million into upgrading its research and development facility in Kilkenny, Ireland, and is expecting to open its doors for operation in Q3 of 2022.
Roquette has launched a market-first pea starch technology, named LYCAGEL, which it claims will take vegetarian softgel formulations to the next level.
Supplier AstaReal has taken another step in trying to differentiate itself within the astaxanthin category by announcing it has achieved USP Ingredient Verification on its ingredient.
Innovative e-commerce platform ingredientsonline.com has hired its first employee in India and has opened an office in Mumbai, as the company expands its global infrastructure.
A recent FDA warning letter reinforces the idea that a quality agreement that covers all aspects of a contract manufacturing relationship—including the documentation aspect—is really a must-have for GMP compliance.
The Natural Products Association (NPA) is encouraging its members to add their product labels to the growing collection of products represented in for the Supplement OWL.
A year after the NY AG probe on botanical supplements, big calls for transparency came from both consumers and the industry. This year, we dedicated some of our in-depth coverage to transparency post-Schneiderman, as well as trends in contract manufacturing....
Nine companies are beta-testing the CRN’s product registry – the Supplement Online Wellness Library (Supplement OWL) – which is being developed and administered by UL.
The dietary supplements industry continues to grapple with the age-old issue of cost versus quality as regulatory issues increase the cost of compliance for manufacturers, say industry experts.
Contract manufacturers bring a range of capabilities to the table, from pricing advantages based on scale, to expertise with certain market niches or dosage forms, to a reputation for top shelf quality. It’s a crowded field with companies striving for...
Dietary supplement product development, especially for multi-ingredient formulas, has been a costly undertaking in the past. A new cloud-based software tool promises to streamline that process and cut R&D costs.
If you didn't make it to Chicago last week for the inaugural Food Vision USA event, you missed a truly awesome ensemble of industry experts covering everything from our nutritional needs on a manned mission to Mars to the challenges facing small...
Citing operational and quality issues and a strategy to focus on brand building and sales infrastructure, Post Holdings has announced it will close the Farmers Branch, Texas-based manufacturing facility for Dymatize on December 1, 2015.
Many own label product distributors remain ignorant about their responsibilities under good manufacturing practice (GMPs) when using contract manufacturers and Quality Agreements are still not widely enough used, say industry experts.
As the dust settles in the NYAG affair, the new contours of the industry start to become apparent through the thinning murk. And the message from industry seems to be that those are mole hills, not mountains.
Increased demand for contract manufacturing services has led Axiom Nutraceuticals to retrofit a recently acquired facility to bring its manufacturing footprint to more than 100,000 square feet, the company announced recently.
A new force has appeared on the contract manufacturing scene with the formation of Capstone Nutrition, which is an amalgamation of Integrity Nutraceuticals in Spring Hill, TN and Cornerstone Research & Development in Ogden, UT. Both companies were...
For a contract manufacturer, formulation expertise, a good story on GMP compliance and robust relationships with ingredient suppliers are all good and necessary things to have. But none of it replaces good, old service to the customer, said Jonathan...
Many brand owners, particularly first time entry brand owners, remain ignorant about their responsibilities under good manufacturing practice (GMPs) when using contract manufacturers, say industry experts.
Carmine DiGiovanni, VP, sales and marketing for British Columbia-based The Rhema Group has hailed the ‘esteemed group of industry leaders’ at the United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA), as the company joins the association.
Contract manufacturer Robinson Pharma has acquired the manufacturing assests of bankrupt Creations Garden Natural Products in a deal that will allow the combined company to “enter into some new product arenas,” according to Kenn Israel, vice president...
Finished product testing has been predicted to be a key focus for regulatory enforcement as FDA inspectors gain more experience and move beyond the first tier GMP compliance issues, but much of the industry is not yet ready for this increased scrutiny,...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent a warning letter to New York based NX Generation Ltd for ‘serious violations’ of the current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) regulation for dietary supplements.
RFI Ingredients, a vertically integrated manufacturer of a range of natural and organic ingredients, is expanding its Loveland, CO facility to add encapsulation, powder filling and bottling capabilities as part of an aggressive expansion push.
Current compliance levels to good manufacturing practice (cGMP) are ‘all over the place’, but ‘for the most part there is an increase in compliance’, says the CEO of Alkemists Laboratories.
It’s a factory Jim, but it sure doesn’t look like one. It’s also housed on one of the prettiest places on earth, which by happy coincidence provides near-perfect growing conditions for the microalgae needed to manufacture one of the hottest nutraceuticals...
TSI Group is splitting into two strategic divisions – Value Services and Innovation Products – as the Hong Kong registered company aims to double existing corporate business by 2015.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it had no choice but to seize supplements manufactured by Syntec Inc (Syntec Nutraceuticals) after the firm committed serious cGMP violations and ignored warning letters accusing it of making unauthorized disease...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning letter to Florida-based Cerebral Health, LLC, for failing to comply with Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP).
Utah-based Trace Minerals Research (TMR) has announced an increase in production capacity, as it responds to increases demand for its top-selling powder line of products.
Robinson Pharma Inc (RPI), a dietary supplement contract manufacturer, has said its latest quality audit has confirmed continued cGMP compliant operations.
Chinese ginseng extract manufacturer Hongjiu has received NSF International Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) registration, allowing it to better meet the needs of US manufacturers looking to step up to new quality regulations.
Merical Vita-Pak and B&C Nutritional Products have announced a
plan to merge and form an integrated company that will deliver cost
and lead time benefits to customers.
The four leading US dietary supplement trade associations have
announced the launch of a new voluntary industry-wide protocol to
facilitate the exchange of information between ingredient suppliers
and finished product manufacturers.
Maryland-based Martek Biosciences is facing further tightening of
ARA supply, after a fire shut down production of the fatty acid by
key supplier DSM last weekend.
Industry associations have jointly recommended a number of further
changes to the FDA's proposed current good manufacturing practices
(cGMP), which they say would make it a more 'reasonable' assessment
of product quality.
