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The letter cited claims from the JÙS By Julie website stating that several of its cold-pressed juices and soups included ingredients that could “fight diabetes,” “lower bad cholesterol,” “control blood pressure” and “offsetting common life disrupting ailments such as depression and ADHD,” among other benefits.
The Financial Times reports on Albertsons interest in acquiring Whole Foods, while Demi Lovato's Instagram endorsement of "detox" tea blend Teami sparks a backlash from some fans.
Green Park CEO Livio Bisterzo described the venture as a true partnership, noting that Ugly will operate as separate, stand-alone vertical with co-CEOs and co-founders Joe Benn and Hugh Thomas at the helm.
Industry veteran and Reed’s director Stefan Freeman has taken the reins as interim CEO while Reed assumed the newly created role of Chief Innovation Officer (CIO).
The company's move to a new 20,000 sq. ft. production facility, due to be fully operational this fall, helped make the deal to enter 4,500 GNC locations nationwide possible.
Lifeway Foods is facing a class-action suit alleging that it deceived customers in claiming its Plain Kefir is “99 percent lactose free," while the ex-CEO of Jammin' Java reaches a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
In an interview with BevNET, Laufer said he was motivated by the “social and environmental impact that I could be a part of.”
Chuck Engle joins REBBL as the its senior vice president of sales, while Rusti Porter, a former vice president of marketing at Kraft Foods-owned jerky brand Krave, was appointed as senior vice president of marketing.
Elmhurst Milked unveiled its premiere line of non-dairy products — dubbed “milked nuts” — at Natural Products Expo West in March in four varieties: almonds, cashews, hazelnuts, and walnuts.
The San Francisco-based Full Harvest, founded by Christine Moseley, a former head of business development at Organic Avenue, has raised $2.35 million thus far, having brought in $350,000 from The Impact Engine, Astia and Wilson last May.
The results concluded that ultra-lightweight bottles can negatively impact the effectiveness of recycling systems, while showing that the a majority of the bottles tested showed significant issues in recyclability, based on Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) guidelines.
Balance Water names Brian Pear as the company’s new CEO, while McDonald's taps the CMO of Pepsi's Global Nutrition Group for its top marketing role.
Corporate transparency, restorative agriculture and the rise of nut butters as a snack were among several emerging trends from Natural Products Expo West 2017 that were highlighted in a webinar from market research firm SPINS on Thursday.
GIVN co-founder John Houseal said the revamped packaging aims to distill the multiple call-outs on the previous version down to a simple core message, much of which is represented in the brand name itself.
