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Published May 15, 2012
Pharmachem Laboratories, Kearny, NJ, developer of Phase 2 white kidney bean extract, is looking to remedy consumer confusion caused by generic white kidney bean extracts. Their white kidney bean extract, which has been shown to reduce starch digestio… Read More »
Published March 19, 2012
African mango supplements are touted to help shed pounds, but do they really work? “Long-term weight loss with African mango has not been proven,” said Tod Cooperman, MD, president of ConsumerLab.com, White Plains, NY, which evaluated the… Read More »
Published March 1, 2012
ConsumerLab.com analyzes probiotics, zinc in separate reviews. Read More »
Published January 2, 2012
At FDA’s request, U.S. Marshals seized raw materials imported by Infinity Marketing Group, Inc. containing ephedrine alkaloids, a large family of pharmacological compounds called sympathomimetics banned by FDA since 2004 for use in dietary supp… Read More »
Published December 1, 2011
Settlement imposes a $22.5 million judgment against Nutraceuticals International executive. Read More »
Published October 17, 2011
San Francisco, CA-based Joint Juice, Inc., has acquired Premier Nutrition, Carlsbad, CA. Founded in 1997, Premier Nutrition, Inc. offers several lines of high-protein nutrition products, including ready-to-drink shakes, bars, powders and cookies. The… Read More »
Published August 17, 2011
The Electronic Retailing Self-Regulation Program (ERSP) has determined that clinical studies on a key ingredient, LuraLean, provide adequate support for performance claims made by DR-Ho’s for its Slimmies Weight Loss Chocolates. The marketer ag… Read More »
Published March 1, 2011
The dietary supplement industry’s leading trade associations have joined forces with FDA to support heightened efforts aimed at addressing significant public health problems posed by products that are illegally marketed as dietary supplements b… Read More »
Published December 1, 2010
Half of adults rank antioxidants as the top nutrient they are most concerned about adding to their diets—ahead of calcium, fiber and iron—according to a new consumer survey by Bossa Nova, the Superfruit Company. However, despite this desi… Read More »
Published November 1, 2010
The National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business Bureaus has determined that Celsius, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, provided adequate substantiation to support certain advertising claims—as modified during the course of NAD&rsq… Read More »
Published October 1, 2010
San Clemente, CA-based Metagenics, Inc. has acquired Catalina Lifesciences, Irvine, CA, which makes Bariatric Advantage, a micronutrient replacement product for surgical weight loss patients. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Currently, 10… Read More »
Published September 1, 2010
Consumer interest in foods and beverages that offer better digestive health, increased energy, weight loss and healthy blood sugar levels is greater than or similar to interest in vitamins and supplements that provide the same health and wellness ben… Read More »
Published May 14, 2010
The Functional Food Centre, Oxford Brookes University in collaboration with New Zealand Institute of Plant and Food Research and University of Manitoba will host UK’s first International Functional Food Conference “The Science, Claims and… Read More »
Published May 12, 2010
Gateway Health Alliances (GHA), Fairfield, CA, has identified new indigenous ingredients for the food and beverage, functional food and dietary supplement markets sourced from West Africa. One ingredient is Irvingia gabonensis, which potential… Read More »
Published April 1, 2010
A carcinogenic form of chromium, hexavalent chromium, was found in some dietary supplements, according to new tests by ConsumerLab.com, White Plains, NY. Hexavalent chromium was found in two popular weight loss products and a chromium supplement, whi… Read More »
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