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Jan 30, 2025
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Mangoes ripening on trees, picked sweet corn and bees on honeycomb are all examples of Specialty Crops.
Industry News
Organic Program's Jennifer Tucker takes a temporary Specialty Crops assignmentUSDA's Jennifer Tucker makes temporary move
byTim Linden
Jan 28, 2025
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Shedding light on weight management for women
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Jan 24, 2025
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Beyond weight loss: How GLP-1 drugs are reshaping wellness norms
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Jan 23, 2025
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Industry News
Fresh Market loses CEO to discount retailer Grocery OutletThe Fresh Market CEO takes new position
byMark Hamstra
Jan 23, 2025
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A collage of three different small food brands offered at various co-ops that belong to National Co+Op Grocers
Brands
The co-op difference: Emerging brands can succeed with purchasing cooperativesCo-ops a good launch pad for emerging brands
byDawn Reiss
Jan 22, 2025
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A woman holds a smartphone in her right hand as the TikTok app loads. Her left hand appears to be read to tap the screen when she sees what she wants.
Brands
TikTok uncertainty: Natural CPG brands should adapt to other social media
CPG brands must consider alternatives to TikTok
Jan 21, 2025
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byMark Hamstra
Market Data and Analysis
Editor's Take: What 2025 has in store for the nutrition industry
What 2025 has in store for the nutrition industry
Jan 21, 2025
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1 Min Read
byBill Giebler, Content & Insights Director
Jessica Rubino and Adrienne Smith explore Expo West '25 updates, plant-based protein trends, and the $795 million Simple Mills acquisition.
Natural Product Trends
The Natural List - Expo West 2025 updates, plant-based protein trends, $795M Simple Mills acquisition
The Natural List - Expo West 2025, alt meat trends and major CPG deals
Jan 20, 2025
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byJess Elliott, Digital Content Program Manager
Starkie Sowers stands in front of supplement shelves with the text "The DSHEA Effect: A Conversation with Starkie Sowers" overlaid in green.
Industry Insights
How DSHEA gave retailers the tools to educate and thrive
How DSHEA empowered retailers
Jan 18, 2025
byJess Elliott, Digital Content Program Manager
Nourish + Bloom's srong is painted white and has large windows. Trees are planted along the sidewalk in front of the store.
Retailers
Checkout: Nourish + Bloom expands fresh, affordable options with AI technology
Checkout: AI opens Nourish + Bloom to an entire community
Jan 17, 2025
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byMelaina Juntti
The Rodale Institute has been one of the leading advocates for regenerative agriculture.
Industry Insights
Regenerative agriculture: Cultivating hype into hope
Regenerative agriculture: cultivating hype into hope
Jan 16, 2025
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byDouglas Brown, Senior Retail Reporter
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Jan 16, 2025
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byNew Hope Network staff
Three different flavors of ¡Ya Oaxaca!'s mole sauce are pictured on a sienna background.
Brands
PepsiCo accelerator prize enables ¡Ya Oaxaca! to scale, expand demos
¡Ya Oaxaca! wins PepsiCo accelerator prize
Jan 15, 2025
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1 Min Read
byDavina van Buren
A filmstrip frames three photos: a documentary team recording an interview; a stock photo of chickens; and a woman working in a greenhouse.
Industry News
Top 2024 documentaries about organic food and regenerative ag
2024’s top food documentaries
Jan 15, 2025
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byDawn Reiss
A large robotic grocery bag with a face, legs and arms is filled with a variety of grocery products, surrounded by other products in various colors.
Retailers
AI transforms grocery retail with smart tools and sustainable solutions
The AI revolution in natural grocery retail
Jan 15, 2025
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byDouglas Brown, Senior Retail Reporter
Nicolas Victorian, owner of 4 Vics Farm in Louisiana, poses for a portrait near a corn field.
Industry Insights
Nonprofit Black Farmers Index elevates community, supply-chain equity
Black Farmers Index highlights diversity in food
Jan 14, 2025
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byDawn Reiss
Piping Rock Health Products reintroduces customer-favorite: Rainbow Light Counter Attack
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Jan 13, 2025
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Jessica Rubino and Douglas Brown smile in a recording studio with "The Natural List" logo and text: Hot trends in retail: AI, Gen Z, natural products.
Industry Insights
The Natural List - Hot trends in retail: AI, Gen Z and the future of natural products
The Natural List - Hot trends in retail for 2025
Jan 13, 2025
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byJess Elliott, Digital Content Program Manager
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Industry News
UNFI’s latest realignment divides natural and conventional grocery sales
UNFI splits natural, conventional sales
Jan 11, 2025
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byBill Wilson, Senior Editor, Supermarket News
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Supplement industry news and updates – January 2025
Supplement industry news and updates – January 2025
Jan 10, 2025
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Industry News
‘Misleading’ report cites lead levels in protein powders
Alarmist report about lead in protein products called misleading
Jan 9, 2025
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byHank Schultz, Senior Editor, SupplySide Supplement Journal
NMN supplements
Regulatory
NPA lawsuit, amended FDA petition could shape future of NMN in supplements
NPA lawsuit, amended FDA petition could shape future of NMN in supplements
Jan 8, 2025
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byJosh Long, Associate editorial director, SupplySide Supplement Journal
The Flowers Foods logo is above the Simple Mills logo.
Industry News
Flowers Foods acquires Simple Mills in $795M deal
Flowers Foods buys Simple Mills for $795M
Jan 8, 2025
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byDouglas Brown, Senior Retail Reporter
In this graphics illustration, two young women stand in front of a larger grocery store and a slightly smaller natural retail shop behind them.
Retailers
Gen Z's shopping habits: What natural retailers must understand
How to attract Gen Z shoppers to natural retail
Jan 7, 2025
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byJessica Rubino, Vice President, Content
The year 2025 is layered over a photo montage of an analog wall clock and a blue calendar.
Industry News
Mark your calendars now for 2025’s health and nutrition events
2025's nutrition, wellness events you can't miss
Jan 6, 2025
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byVictoria A.F. Camron, Digital content specialist
GLP-1 drugs impact the weight loss market. Join NBJ on Jan. 8th to learn more about opportunities for supplements.
Market Data and Analysis
NBJ Live - The Ozempic Effect: Opportunities for supplements in the GLP-1 weight management revolution
Watch NBJ Live: The Ozempic effect and supplement opportunities
Jan 6, 2025
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byNew Hope Network staff
Inside the Bottle: Top 6 supplement market trends in 2024
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Top 6 supplement market trends in 2024 – spotlight
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Dec 23, 2024
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Mark Blumenthal sits in a chair with the text "The DSHEA Effect: A Conversation with Mark Blumenthal" overlaid in green against a neutral background.
Industry Insights
Mark Blumenthal: DSHEA protects herbs, reduces fraud in dietary supplements
DSHEA protects herbs and reducing supplement fraud
Dec 20, 2024
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byJess Elliott, Digital Content Program Manager
Data supports the importance of communicating science to consumers
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Data supports the importance of communicating science to consumers – video
Data supports the importance of communicating science to consumers
Dec 20, 2024
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Oobli's selection of dark and milk chocolate bars that include the brand's sweet proteins in front of a gradient background of orange, white and blue.
Brands
FDA approves Oobli’s protein-based sweetener monellin
Oobli’s sweet protein approved by FDA
Dec 20, 2024
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byDawn Reiss
Inside Organic Newsletter – December
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Inside Organic Newsletter – December
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Dec 17, 2024
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NBJ Editor-in-Chief Rick Polito
Industry Insights
Editor's Take: Hangover relief products pose challenge for supplement industry
“Hangover” formulations don’t measure up as supplements
Dec 16, 2024
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byRick Polito, Editor-in-chief, Nutrition Business Journal
A variety of prepared salads, side dishes, fish and meats is showcased on white platters in a retail food service display.
Retailers
FMI’s top strategies to spark retail food service growth
Grow retail food service with FMI data
Dec 13, 2024
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byMelaina Juntti
marketing materials generated by artificial intelligence
Brands
AI redefines supplement marketing: Credibility beats clever advertising
AI redefines supplement marketing
Dec 12, 2024
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byNutrition Business Journal
Mar 4 - Mar 7, 2025
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Your health, empowered: a guide to women’s wellness
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Jan 28, 2025
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A female dietician uses an enlarged Nutrition Facts Panel to teach her female client what the numbers mean and what to watch out for.
Retailers
In-store nutrition experts boost natural retailers’ health positioningIn-store dieticians help consumers, boost profits
byMark Hamstra
Jan 28, 2025
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Jessica Rubino, Adrienne Smith and Steven Jamieson talk during the recording of The Natural List.
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byJess Elliott
Jan 27, 2025
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