Ginger Schlueter, assistant editor, and Yair Moneta, head of business development, Inspecto, discuss the development of their nanoscale, a portable device that detects food contaminants in the field. The conversation explores Inspecto’s successes and challenges in product development, offering advice to industry newcomers.

Prebiotics for synergistic support of the microbiome, an emphasis on clinical research on ingredients, interest in beauty from within offerings and unique delivery forms. All of this and more were on display at SupplySide East 2018.

SupplySide East 2018 returned to Secaucus, NJ, for the first time since 2011, delivering to the Northeast a solutions-focused event around ingredients and supply chain solutions. In this episode, Steve Myers, INSIDER managing editor, and Heather Granato, vice president of content, Informa Exhibitions, discuss the top trends they discovered at SupplySide East 2018.

These included:

Beauty from within

Cold-water dispersible ingredients for beverage formulation

Collagen for bone, joint and muscle health

Delivery systems beyond pills—from gummies to “pixie sticks”

Energy boosters without caffeine

Prebiotics and probiotics

Scientific research both into new ingredients and broadening an existing portfolio

Vitamin K2

The editors also discuss ingredients from several companies including:

AIC

AIDP

Anderson Global Group

AstaReal

Bioenergy Life Sciences

Gelita

Horphag Research

Indena

NattoPharma

Roxlor

In this podcast, Josh Long of Natural Products INSIDER explores a lawsuit challenging a marijuana extract rule adopted by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Long interviews cannabis attorney Bob Hoban and takes listeners to a federal appeals court in San Francisco where a panel of judges in February questioned lawyers for DEA and the Hemp Industries Association on the marijuana extract rule. The fate of the lawsuit has potentially broad implications for the burgeoning CBD industry.

Rachel Adams, managing editor, and Lara Dickinson, executive director at OSC2, cofounder at Climate Collaborative and partner at Pluot Consulting, discuss the challenges related to development and adoption of sustainable, flexible packaging and the industry’s first compostable flexible packaging at Natural Products Expo West 2018 in Anaheim, California, March 7-11.

Ingredion recently partnered with the non-profit food business incubator The Hatchery Chicago as part of the Ingredion for Emerging Business initiative to help new food and beverage companies turn innovative ideas into on-trend and scalable products. In this podcast Judie Bizzozero, editor of Food Insider Journal, Evan Hyman, director of Emerging Business at Ingredion, and Natalie Shmulik, CEO of The Hatchery Chicago, discuss the importance of

investing in entrepreneurs, the challenges they face, and how supply chain investment is critical.

Supply chain traceability and mission-based business, plant-based protein and bone broth, and digestive health and CBD. All these trends and more were on display at the 38th annual Natural Products Expo West. In this episode, Heather Granato, vice president of content, Informa Exhibitions; Judie Bizzozero, editor, Food Insider Journal; and Rachel Adams, INSIDER managing editor; discuss the top trends they discovered at Expo West 2018.

China has always been important to the supply side of the U.S. health and nutrition industry, but smart businesses are tapping into the growing significance of the Chinese consumer base. Yet, accessing the market of 400 million people is not an easy task for U.S.-based brands who must navigate regulation and communication barriers.

The U.S. trade organization the United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA) is working to strengthen the bridge to China by creating memorandum of understanding (MOU) agreements with several Chinese organizations.

In this podcast, Loren Israelsen, president, UNPA, discusses how the U.S. and Chinese natural products industries are starting to align, with Sandy Almendarez, editor in chief, INSIDER.

In this edition of the Healthy INSIDER podcast, Judie Bizzozero, editor, Food Insider Journal, and Mary Christ-Erwin, partner at Porter Novelli and lead of the agency’s food and agriculture issues and policy group, discuss the importance of communication in the food and beverage industry--from research and development to marketing and branding. Christ-Erwin will be speaking on “Research & Development: Finding a Common Language” at the 6th Annual Supplier Night hosted by the Cactus Section of the Institute of Food Technology on April 17 in Phoenix.

Authentic leadership can be described as bringing oneself wholly into your team and business—“showing up” and being truly invested in revealing our true selves. This concept goes further in regenerative leadership, which takes the concepts of building a wholistic environment that yields dividends in long term health. In this Healthy INSIDER Podcast, Heather Granato, vice president of content, Informa, talks with Susan Skjei, Ph.D., director of Naropa University’s Authentic Leadership Center, about authentic and regenerative leadership.

Their conversation touches on:

• How to use the principles of authentic leadership to “till the soil” and create a healthy business environment

• Why it’s critical to be willing to ask questions and truly listen to the answers to drive engagement through an organization

• What consumers are seeking in terms of authenticity and their willingness to “invest” in companies that are truly transparent.

Skjei is speaking at 2018’s Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, California. The “Authentic Regenerative Leadership to Grow Your Business, Team & Community” session occurs Friday, March 9, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

If you have feedback on the podcast, email [email protected] or tweet @NatProdINSIDER using #INSIDERpodcast.

2018 is a big year for U.S. politics and regulations that affect the health and nutrition industry. This year will bring the full implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), a new Farm Bill, mid-term elections, and the retirement of unprecedented numbers of congressional members, including the supplement industry’s beloved Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah).

In this podcast Loren Israelsen, president, United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA), discusses what the industry can expect from the year ahead and where it should focus its efforts with Sandy Almendarez, editor in chief, INSIDER.