On March 7th, 2003, the FDA proposed labeling and manufacturing standards for all dietary supplements. Under the cGMP (Current Good Manufacturing Practices) proposal, manufacturers would be required to evaluate the identity, purity, quality, strength and composition of their dietary ingredients and dietary supplements.

A novel iron fortifier, a ferric pyrophosphate compound called SunActive Fe™, received the NutrAward for Best New Product at this year's Nutracon/Natural Products Expo, as well as Most Innovative Food Ingredient Award at Food Ingredients Europe.

Elevated sales of calcium supplements and fortified foods evidence concerns about osteoporosis, even as isoflavones and essential fatty acids join the battle.

Consumer awareness of eye-health, along with landmark research supporting supplementation benefits, gives direction for nutritional products companies.

A Nutrition Business Journal report titled "Consumer Research in the Nutrition Industry II," concludes consumers are ill-informed about nutritional science, brands and regulations, making them easy prey for misconceptions and misinformation.

The interest in foods with healthful properties has increased the need for food formulators to offer additional benefits in the foods and beverages they manufacture.

Although supermarkets fill an important role in our society...they are not a good place to educate the consumer about the functional benefits of food.

It's as old and delicious as sin...so what is so newsworthy about chocolate? Researchers at Davis have been making headlines lately and spurring special news segments on the newly found cardiovascular benefits of chocolate.