Supply Chain

Editors’ picks: Our favorite articles of 2023

14-Dec-2023 By The NutraIngredients-USA Team

We enjoy writing some articles more than others, whether it’s because of the subject, the impact for industry, the insights from commentators, or other reasons. But which articles did we enjoy writing the most and why?

Guest Article

Omega-3 Market Update: It’s All About the Supply

11-Dec-2023 By Ellen Schutt, Managing Director, GOED

To sum up the discussions about the EPA and DHA omega-3 market in 2023, only one word is required: “supply.” The focus of just about every conversation during the past year has been concern about the supply of fish oil, specifically from the Peruvian...

NutraWomen Wednesday: Emma Hunt, Co-Founder, Rubicon Bridge

08-Nov-2023 By Danielle Masterson

After decades of navigating the complexities of regulatory compliance, Emma Hunt and Kathryn Szymonowicz took their knowledge and used it to launch Rubicon Bridge, a software that helps other businesses to overcome regulatory challenges and achieve international...

Planet FWD debuts platform to cut environmental impact

23-Oct-2023 By Danielle Masterson

Companies now have access to better understanding and reducing corporate emissions–from office operations through the supply chain.

NutraCast: Supporting women in India and across the supply chain

07-Jul-2023 By Danielle Masterson

India’s rich heritage of traditional medicine like Ayurveda has made the country a powerful player in the natural products industry. As such, Women In Nutraceuticals (WIN) recently announced the appointment of Rajat Shah as Global liaison in India, marking...

Growing consumer pressures driving sustainability in the nutrition industry

26-Jun-2023 By Olivia Haslam

Consumer and legislative pressures, and scarcity of ingredients will be the three main drivers for nutraceutical companies to become more sustainable, according to Monique van der Vijve, innovation manager at Solidaridad, the global sustainability organisation....

NutraCast: Power Leaves finds opportunity in decocainized coca

02-Jun-2023 By Danielle Masterson

Power Leaves says it's breaking the monopoly on the supply of coca leaf extract and bringing on a ‘new age of coca’. Through an exclusive agreement with indigenous communities, the ingredient manufacturer and supplier has developed a legal Colombian...

Botanical supply experts call on industry to value the wildcrafters

25-May-2023 By Asia Sherman

Future generations of wildcrafters will have to be convinced that they can make a reliable and dignified living foraging leaves, roots and flowers, or the herbal supplement industry must be ready to shoulder the costs.

Cepham initiates data-based equitable solution for women of the supply chain

22-May-2023 By Danielle Masterson

The ingredient supplier recently started an equitable employment solution for everyone involved in the supply chain. Of these active smallholder-farm owners, women make up about 28%, despite being 50% of the stakeholders.

Ritual debuts at Target

04-Apr-2023 By Danielle Masterson

As if we need another reason to shop at Target, Ritual’s top products are now on the shelves of the go-to destination for everyday essentials.

NutraCast: Incorporating weather forecasting into business models

24-Mar-2023 By Danielle Masterson

Heavy rain, droughts, record-breaking early blooms and even a recent blizzard warning in California..all alarming indicators that Mother Nature is off kilter. Climate Change is a slow-moving crisis that’s catching up quickly, and for some companies, long-term...

Ritual urges Congress to clean up the dietary supplement industry

23-Mar-2023 By Asia Sherman

In a letter addressed to the 118th Congress last week, supplement company Ritual is appealing to lawmakers to address key safety and efficacy issues in a bourgeoning dietary supplement industry.

STATE OF THE INDUSTRY SURVEY

State of the US Dietary Supplements sector in 2023

15-Mar-2023 By Stephen Daniells

Are supply chains still causing problems for businesses? What are the hottest ingredients and most sought-after product claims? And do people really think about FDA’s recent actions against ingredients like NAC and NMN?

2022 Saw Palmetto harvest largely unaffected by Hurricane Ian

09-Mar-2023 By Stephen Daniells

Hurricane Ian battered the Florida peninsula at the same time as the annual Saw Palmetto harvest, but the crop fared well with minimal impacts on yields, experts tell NutraIngredients-USA.

Review outlines adulteration methods to deceive lab analytical techniques

01-Feb-2023 By Stephen Daniells

A new review by the ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program (BAPP) highlights the most common types of adulteration plaguing the botanical supply chain and offers stakeholders a valuable resource to tackle this age-old problem.

Guest Article: Issues and challenges for omega-3s in 2022

12-Dec-2022 By Ellen Schutt, Executive Director, GOED

While 2022 may be categorized as the year the world returned to somewhat normalcy, the last 12 months still held their share of challenges, and for omega-3s, questions remain about how the market will change in 2023.

SHARE YOUR INSIGHTS

We want to hear from you! NutraIngredients-USA survey assesses state of industry

07-Dec-2022 By Stephen Daniells

Are your supply chain challenges easing? Did you have to reformulate products because of ingredient shortages? Which ingredients will burn brightest in 2023? Will we see a renewed push for mandatory product listing for dietary supplements?

AHPA’s McGuffin on supply chain, MPL, climate change, and more

22-Nov-2022 By Stephen Daniells

Supply chain issues appear to be easing for the herbal supplements sector, says Michael McGuffin, president of the American Herbal Products Association, but the key lesson from the past couple of years is that supply chain management is not simple.

Nuherbs to launch organic Mexican hibiscus growing partnership

19-Oct-2022 By Asia Sherman

Traditional Chinese medicine ingredient supplier Nuherbs is launching a new partnership with Mexican hibiscus growers designed to minimize supply chain issues and carbon footprint.

Gadot gears up for anticipated high zinc demand

26-Sep-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Now that Fall is in full force, Gadot is locked and loaded for the cold season, armed with the essential trace mineral.

Arxada and DSM target niacin growth as part of an extended long-term partnership

02-Sep-2022 By Nicola Gordon-Seymour

Chemicals specialist, Arxada, will increase production of niacin along with other ingredients, following an extension of a long-term collaboration with nutritional supplier, Royal DSM.

Vetting suppliers becomes ever more crucial as US-China tensions rise

18-Aug-2022 By Hank Schultz

Heightened US-China tensions have caused planners in all industrial sectors to reevaluate their sourcing arrangements. Stakeholders in the dietary supplement industry say having firm relationships with well-vetted suppliers is the best way to manage...

Botanical yields fall as climate change affects harvests

17-Aug-2022 By Stephen Daniells

Extreme weather events from heat waves and droughts to ‘hundred-year storms’ happening every two years, the impact of climate change is obvious. And few industries are witnessing the impact as much as botanical supply chain.

Helaina on track to deliver breast milk-equivalent baby formula

07-Jul-2022 By Danielle Masterson

The New York City-based company was founded in 2019 by food scientist Laura Katz who aspired to advance nutrition by recreating the functional components of breast milk. The lab produces microbes, ferments, and runs immunity testing.

Herbalife’s stock collapse could signal tough times ahead for industry

16-Jun-2022 By Hank Schultz

Stock traders have lost confidence in Herbalife as sales slow and costs rise for the multilevel marketing giant. The company’s recent deceleration could back up the idea that inflation poses a threat the health of the supplement industry.

Inflation, supply chain issues accelerating retail transformation

02-Jun-2022 By Hank Schultz

The dietary supplement industry has often been billed as recession proof. But is it inflation proof? Attendees at a recent industry gathering weren’t so sure.

Verdure CEO on 25 years of scientific success, stewardship, and the opportunity to formulate with Indian botanicals

27-May-2022 By Stephen Daniells

Twenty-five years is a long time in business. The relationships and commitments to people and communities forged over that time by Indiana-based Verdure Sciences have helped the company weather the challenges and disruptions of the past couple of years,...

Renewed lockdowns in China creating many short- and long-term effects

17-May-2022 By Hank Schultz

Renewed lockdowns in China has thrown another wrench into the global supply of botanical ingredients. But having graduated from the recent school of hard knocks, suppliers are managing to cope, experts said.

Specialized supply chain helps Natural Grocers weather inflation storm

10-May-2022 By Hank Schultz

Natural Grocers said the supplier network and customer loyalty it has built up over years has enabled it to restrain inflationary cost increases and to pass on whatever price hikes are necessary onto consumers without much pushback, helping the company...

MartinBauer spreads supply chain risk with advent of US-cultivated echinacea

07-Apr-2022 By Hank Schultz

MartinBauer has moved some of its echinacea cultivation to the Pacific Northwest, building on its acquisition of mint producer Core Botanica in 2020.

NutraCast: How the Great Resignation is impacting quality in the dietary supplement space

01-Apr-2022 By Danielle Masterson

The pandemic has changed the mindset of many, with people beginning to value their time more than ever. As a result, people are leaving their jobs in search of more money, more flexibility and more happiness. With millions of workers saying 'I quit'...

Climate issues compounding botanical supply chain issues

24-Mar-2022 By Stephen Daniells

While COVID-related supply chain disruption has wreaked havoc on global supply chains, climate issues are worsening the problems for the botanical supply from around the world.

Best companies will prevail as CBD market goes through painful winnowing, CEO says

24-Feb-2022 By Hank Schultz

The hemp/CBD market is going through a reckoning but ultimately will emerge in a stronger position, said the head of one of few publicly traded companies in the sector.

More extreme weather, continued shipping delays raise risks in botanical ingredient supply chains

09-Dec-2021 By Hank Schultz

The current supply disruptions are likely to continue until at least the third quarter of 2022, industry professionals have told NutraIngredients-USA. And continuing questions of climate change and the political instability that might cause will put...

UNPA’s Israelsen on proposed mandatory product listing, supply chain issues, and China

16-Nov-2021 By Stephen Daniells

Draft bills circulating around Congress to codify mandatory product listings for dietary supplements are progressing, but many remain cautious and concerned about the proposals. “The details are what matter here,” says Loren Israelsen, president of the...

AHPA event to delve into botanical supply headaches made worse by energy shortage

12-Oct-2021 By Hank Schultz

Economic dislocation from the pandemic continues to send shock waves through the supply of botanical raw materials and will necessitate a new mindset about supply chain integrity in the future, experts say. The issue will be a key focus at an upcoming...

Port snarl in China shows shipping crisis far from over

27-Aug-2021 By Hank Schultz

The global shipping crisis brought on by the pandemic is continuing to strain supply chains and raise costs, a number of companies have told NutraIngredients-USA.

CBA: A federal Office of Supply Chain Resiliency is “imperative” to repair weaknesses revealed by pandemic

13-Jul-2021 By Elizabeth Crawford

As legislators continue to negotiate an infrastructure deal, the Consumer Brands Association urges democratic leaders to include the creation of a federal Office of Supply Chain Resiliency to address ongoing challenges exposed and magnified by the pandemic...

Nature’s Sunshine corroborates supply chain issues affecting industry

24-May-2021 By Hank Schultz

Nature’s Sunshine is the latest company in the dietary supplement industry to report supply chain difficulties as the dislocations caused by the global pandemic continue to reverberate through the system.

BAPP: 10 years of tangible results educating the industry and changing practices

22-Mar-2021 By Stephen Daniells

The ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterant Prevention Program made its debut 10 years ago, and over the course of the past decade the program has made an immense contribution to educating the industry about adulteration

NutraVideo: Green Point Research on new 32-acre hemp campus

11-Jan-2021 By Danielle Masterson

Green Point Research (GPR) recently announced that it is expanding its footprint following the purchase of a 32-acre campus in Florida’s Hamilton County.

BAPP puts out adulterated materials procedure for final review

02-Dec-2020 By Hank Schultz

A document that its framers hope will help keep adulterated material from ending up for sale in finished goods is nearing the finish line of an exhaustive review process.

STATE OF THE INDUSTRY SURVEY

NutraIngredients-USA survey on the state of the US Dietary Supplements industry in 2020

02-Dec-2020 By Stephen Daniells

How has Covid-19 affected business? Beyond immunity which categories were big winners in 2020? And did we learn anything about delivery formats this year?

Pandemic boosts need for tracking technology in supply chain

27-Oct-2020 By Danielle Masterson

The demand for nutraceuticals and functional foods is expected to witness an upward surge driven by immunity-boosting supplements during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the current times exposing need for technology to address immediate global needs with...

Could 2021 be THE worst year in memory for botanical supply?

Experts sound alarm over 2021 botanical supply challenges

12-Oct-2020 By Stephen Daniells

As sales of dietary supplements and natural products remain high – and many companies report record sales – the strain on the supply chain is immense, and for botanicals in particular, and that means a difficult 2021 could be on the horizon.

Is the nutraceutical industry prepared for a second wave of COVID?

08-Sep-2020 By Danielle Masterson

Based on interviews with key players across the globe, industry is locked and loaded should a second round of coronavirus strike.

NutraCast Podcast: Palm Done Right on sustainability, vertically integrated supply chain

28-Aug-2020 By Danielle Masterson

A century ago, supply chains were relatively simple. Today, especially amid this global pandemic, supply chains are fragile, incredibly complex and all over the map.

AHPA’s McGuffin: ‘When Americans believe their health is at risk, they turn to natural products’

21-May-2020 By Stephen Daniells

Speaking via video, Michael McGuffin, president of the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), discussed a range of issues, from new supplement users sticking with the products, voicing support for recent FDA/FTC actions against egregious drug claims,...

CBD firm pivots into hand sanitizer market

23-Apr-2020 By Danielle Masterson

Global Cannabinoids has repurposed its contracts for ethanol used in hemp extraction toward the production of hand sanitizers. The result? A sprawling multi-million dollar business.

Prominent animal supplement stakeholder shares insight into supply chain, cautions industry

20-Apr-2020 By Danielle Masterson

The American Pet Products Association’s (APPA) 2019-2020 National Pet Owner Survey found that 67% of American households own at least one pet. But is pet health a priority in tough times?