CRN adds 7 companies to its roster

WASHINGTON - The Council for Responsible Nutrition on Wednesday announced the addition of seven new voting member companies to CRN’s membership roster. These companies include: Bodybuilding.com, Helios, The Honest Company, RIBUS, KD Pharma, NRG Innovations and Seppic.

 

“We’re thrilled to start off the New Year by welcoming these new companies as CRN members,” stated Steve Mister, president and CEO, CRN. “It’s an exciting time for the industry, and as our membership continues to grow to new record levels, the addition of these new companies helps strengthen our association to ensure our voice is heard.” 

 

Bodybuilding.com is one of the world’s largest online fitness sites, with more than 1 million daily visitors and 9.5 million total members. It offers its customers an extensive selection of bodybuilding articles, exercises, workouts, supplements and fitness friends. Its online community features guidance from personal trainers, nutritionists and supplement experts. 

 

Helios develops nutritional ingredients backed by human clinical studies. The end use customer will utilize these studies to maximize structure function claims, thus enhancing the ability to commercialize product and stay in compliance with federal regulations. 

 

The Honest Company is a lifestyle brand with a mission to inspire and empower people to live a healthy and happy life. The company’s growing portfolio of more than 100 products addresses the growing category needs of baby, personal care, home care, vitamins and supplements. Launched in 2012, The Honest Company now has a presence across the U.S. and Canada at Honest.com and in more than 4,000 leading retail locations. 

 

Founded in 1992, RIBUS supplies natural and organic rice ingredients to food, nutrition and pet companies globally. 

 

Founded over 25 years ago in Germany, KD Pharma patented the Super Critical Fluid process used to extract and purify Omega-3 compounds. Today, KD Pharma employs a full repertoire of purification technologies, providing the flexibility to tailor make Omega-3 concentrates with purity as high as 99%. KD Pharma’s Omega-3 oils are produced in a GMP manufacturing facility for both the pharmaceutical and nutritional industries. 

 

NRG Innovations is a privately-held, U.S.-based company with headquarters in Deerfield Beach, Fla. NRG Innovations’ main line of business is the manufacturing and commercialization of dietary supplements in “gem” format. The company’s primary brand of supplements, Energems, is the first in its line of chocolate-gem dietary supplements. 

 

Seppic, a subsidiary of the Air Liquide Group based in Paris, has designed and supplied innovative specialty ingredients for more than 70 years - both excipients and actives — for the cosmetic, pharmaceutical and nutrition markets.