NPI Center News

The 5th annual Healthy Foods European Summit will be held in central London at the Royal Horseguards Hotel on the 6 -7 October, 2008.

The HerbDay Coalition invites manufacturers and retailers to take advantage of marketing opportunities with national consumer magazines by joining GNC and Vitamin World as sponsors of HerbDay.

Two hundred of the organic industry’s top stakeholders, from a fourth-generation organic peach farmer to Coca-Cola executives, engaged in the working forum of the 2008 Organic Summit (www.organicsummit.com), held in Boulder, Colo., June 25-27.

Dan Roam, management consultant and the author of The Back of The Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas With Pictures, will challenge attendees at The Conference: CRN’s Annual Symposium on Dietary Supplements to engage in “visual thinking,” using interactive exercises and specific examples of companies that have successfully used this innovative combination of creative art and hard science. His keynote presentation will take place on Friday, Oct. 3.

“Successful Superfruit Strategy – How to build a superfruit business” is the answer for every fruit industry professional who has ever shaken their heads and wondered how to save fresh fruit consumption from flat-lining or how to use fruit to target the wellness foods trend.

BENEO-Orafti has advanced its commitment to promoting nutritional research into prebiotics by hosting some of the world’s leading weight management experts and scientists at its highly successful European Scientific Symposium.

Blue Pacific Flavors Inc, a leading innovator of natural and organic-compliant fruit flavors has entered into an exclusive license agreement with The Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand Limited, under which it will have access to HortResearch Ltd's entire database of volatiles and aromas produced by fruits from all over the world, including for example the Actinidia arguta, also known as the kiwiberry native to New Zealand.

Aim & Act, Incorporated, a small Montana firm, is seeking to work with Chinese manufacturers to provide safer products to the United States, providing scientific marketing and consulting services internationally to pharmaceutical, alternative medicine and medical device companies.

Embria(R) Health Sciences has confirms its headquarters was not affected by the recent Midwest flooding and that it is committed to supporting the health of those affected by offering free supplies of the immune balancing supplement EpiCor(R).

The American Botanical Council (ABC) has announced that Denise Meikel has joined ABC in May of 2008 as the organization's new director of development.

Lonza announces the hiring of Stacy Baca to the position of Western Regional Account Manager, Food & Nutrition. Under her new title, Ms. Baca will be responsible for the maintenance and development of business at assigned accounts in the Western region.

EPAX AS was recognized as a Top Supplier of 2007 by its customer, the global drug delivery and specialty pharmaceutical company Banner Pharmacaps, Inc., for producing top-quality oils and providing Banner, Tilburg, Netherlands with accurate deliveries and lead time.

NSF International has announced that will be presenting at the Institute of Food Technologists’ (IFT) “The Best of Food Thinking 2008” Meeting and Expo in New Orleans, Louisiana, Monday, June 30th, at 11:00 a.m. CDT.

Bergstrom Nutrition, the leading U.S. manufacturer of OptiMSM(R), announced today the availability of the first and only GRAS-designated MSM product. ActivMSM™, a proprietary form of MSM (methylsulfonylmethane), has been granted GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) designation for food and beverage formulations.

Auckland based nutraceutical manufacturer Vital Foods has won the Supplier of the Year - Best Marketing Campaign Award at this year’s 2008 New Zealand Pharmacy Awards for the launch of its kiwifruit derived digestive health aid, Phloe(TM) Healthy Bowel.

Solana MedSpas, Inc. has annouonced the release of its new Elite Partner Program(TM)with the intention of better serving physicians who have taken steps to integrate aesthetic medicine into their existing practice.

The NAT’Life Division of Naturex has announced the publication of its products web sites in 3 more languages: Spanish, Italian and German.

AHD International has confirmed its activity at this year's IFT Annual Meeting, taking place June 28-July 1 at New Orleans' Morial Convention Center, focusing on LuraLean(R), the company's weight management ingredient.

The Ingredient House (TIH) will display many different products at IFT in New Orleans including erythritol.

XanGo, LLC distributor leaders and top executives hosted “Online INVASION 2.0” on XanGo.TV, a 30-minute magazine-style program of major announcements and distributor motivation.