Vitamin B6 supplement dosages should be restricted to 10 mg/day or less, with higher dosages sold only as prescriptions, a citizen petition to FDA has requested. Industry stakeholders say the action is unwarranted and ignores already established safe upper limits.
Despite a pessimistic outlook for the state of the CBD market, the CEO of a leading brand said there’s plenty of opportunity for companies committed to doing things the right way.
A new Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program bulletin on pomegranate adulteration finds that the situation has improved somewhat in the past five years, but that a still unacceptably high amount of fraudulent products are in the market.
The Council for Responsible Nutrition has filed a citizen’s petition with FDA requesting that the Agency reverse its decision that the ingredient NAC is not legal for use in dietary supplements. CRN states that FDA’s ruling on the matter, voiced in warning letters, is not legally justified and is having grave economic consequences.
Sustainability, fair trade and organic messaging support company s 5-HTP ingredient launch Ingredient supplier Nura is claiming an organic positioning and a partnership with Ghanaian wildcrafters to back the market introduction of its Cleanmood 5-HTP ingredient.
Cleanmood is an extract of the seeds of the
Griffonia simplicifolia plant, a woody climbing shrub native to Ghana and other parts of West and Central Africa. The extracts of this plant contain the active ingredient 5-HTP, or 5-hydroxytryptophan, a naturally occurring amino acid. 5-HTP works in the brain and central nervous system by increasing the production of the neurotransmitter serotonin. As an immediate precursor of serotonin, the ‘feel goo’ brain chemical, the company says it has been shown in research to aid in stress management, healthy sleep cycles, as well as satiety and weight management.