Vitamins, Diet and Sports Nutrition

WASHINGTON — The Council for Responsible Nutrition will be hosting a Twitter chat (#GMPsTurn10) on June 22 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. to discuss the importance of Good Manufacturing Practices and to call for increased compliance within the industry.

The Twitter chat is being held in recognition of the 10th anniversary of the issuance of the final rule for dietary supplement GMPs that ensures identity, purity, quality, strength and composition of dietary supplements.

As part of the DSNTV’s Executive Viewpoints series of interviews conducted at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Annual Meeting, DSN caught up with Piping Rock Health Products SVP sales and marketing Kimberly Vigliante to talk about the high-growth aromatherapy segment.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Nature’s Bounty’s Sundown Naturals brand of vitamins and supplements is headed to pharmacies in Canada, the company announced Tuesday. The non-GMO line of products are free of gluten, dairy, preservatives, artificial flavors and colors, the company said.

NORCROSS, Ga. — Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals on Monday acquired Top Secret Nutrition, a manufacturer of dietary supplements. The transaction will continue to bolster Hi-Tech's sports nutrition and weight loss arsenal and expand its position as a leader in diet and energy products.

RONKONKOMA, N.Y. — Nature’s Bounty on Thursday announced it is the recipient of the Long Island Business News Corporate Citizen of the Year Award.

The Vitamin Shoppe for the past year has been steadily redefining the brick-and-mortar experience for natural health shoppers via its latest store prototype, the Brand Defining Store, currently in nine locations with another five to open soon. “We’re always looking for innovative ways to enhance our customer’s wellness journey, and our BDS stores are one of many examples of how we’re increasing consumer engagement and improving the customer experience overall,” Jason Reiser, The Vitamin Shoppe’s COO, told Drug Store News.

Probiotics are one of the better-selling categories within the VMS space, as evidenced by the number of growing probiotic brands on the top 10 mineral supplement brand chart, which is where IRI captures many of the probiotic SKUs. While market-leading mineral supplement brands Nature Made and Nature’s Bounty certainly include probiotics, i-Health’s Culturelle brand is the best-selling pure-play probiotic brand with $123.1 million in sales on 8.9% growth across total U.S. multi-outlets, according to IRI.

PARSIPPANY, N.J. — RB on Thursday announced the completion of the acquisition of the Mead Johnson Nutrition Company, which folds the two infant and child nutrition powerbrands Enfa and Nutramigen into RB's existing health portfolio.