Vitamins, Diet and Sports Nutrition

NEW YORK  — Nature's Bounty on Wednesday announced a partnership with baseball legend Tim Raines, who was just elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and the company's Osteo Bi-Flex brand.

HILTON HEAD, S.C.  — Snap Nutrition on Wednesday announced its Ooh Snap! Crispy Protein Bars were recognized with the ECRM/DSN Buyer’s Choice Award at ECRM’s recently concluded Vitamin, Diet and Sports Nutrition EPPS.

CASTLE ROCK, Colo.  — ApaxBrands is bringing to market a USDA-certified organic supplement line called FeelGood Organic Superfoods that not only features organic ingredients, but it's oranic straight down to the capsule containing those ingredients.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Natural Products Association on Wednesday formed the Supplement Safety and Compliance Initiative, bringing together some of the largest retailers of natural products and supplements, including GNC and Walmart, on self-regulating the sale of VMS products.

TORONTO — Iovate Health Sciences, owner of the Hydroxycut brand, on Wednesday announced the signing of country music star Chris Lane to represent the Hydroxycut family of weight management products.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force on Tuesday published a final recommendation statement on folic acid, suggesting all women who are planning or able to become pregnant take a daily supplement containing 400 micrograms  to 800 micrograms of folic acid.