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Kerry Hughes

Kerry Hughes, MS, principal for EthnoPharm, is an ethnobotanist, herbalist, and author with a 20-year record of success in natural product development. EthnoPharm specializes in global natural product development and education, innovative product formulation, and nexus-of-market opportunity identification. Hughes is driven by a "tenacious fascination with the potential health-enhancing role plants can play." With a focus on ethnobotanical discovery and strategic innovation, Hughes and EthnoPharm continue to expand the boundaries of new natural product development, catalyze applied phyto-product breakthroughs, and bring to market new, efficacious, and profitable products that not only heal people but help protect the threatened global biodiversity.

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Boosting Nutrition and Texture

Kerry Hughes

September 24, 2009

Boosting Nutrition and Texture The grain market has been estimated to have grown 17% in 2008, according to market research publisher, Packaged Facts. A quote from its report, “The

Kerry Hughes

May 1, 2009

Cellulose has been in the news recently for its use in the manufacture of the alternative fuel, ethanol. It is the primary structural component of the primary cell wall of

Kerry Hughes

May 1, 2009

Stevia’s story is one of sweetness and intrigue--a little plant with all the qualifications of a protagonist in a good mystery novel. A native of Paraguay, it was used for

Kerry Hughes

May 1, 2009

The volatility of oil prices has increased shipping costs for all products, as well as raised the cost of ingredients and labor. Food prices have also risen and remain high.

Kerry Hughes

January 1, 2009

First, the bad and the ugly. Economic realities of higher raw material costs and shrinking margins hit home with everyone.

Kerry Hughes

January 1, 2009

Arthritis is very prevalent in the U.S., with 27 million diagnosed. Osteoarthritis is projected to increase to 47 million by 2030.

Kerry Hughes

December 1, 2008

According to the new report by Packaged Facts called “Market Trend: Low, Reduced and No Sodium or Salt Foods and Beverages in the U.S,” “less sodium” is classified with the

Kerry Hughes

September 1, 2008

There are certain terms that help describe the basic senses. In the case of flavor, the basic tastes are described as sweet, sour, salty, bitter and umami.

Kerry Hughes

July 1, 2008

While kids eagerly anticipated the sprouting of their Chia Pets, they never dreamed they were growing the nutraceutical of the future!

Kerry Hughes

May 1, 2008

Although the Jewish population in the U.S. is less than 6 million, according to the Halal Journal (July 27, 2006), the kosher industry has developed significantly more than 86,000 kosher-certified products.

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