October 2008: NBJ Healthy Foods & Beverages Issue

U.S. healthy food and beverage sales grew 8.3% to $129 billion in 2007, as functional and natural & organic products each gained more ground in the United States.

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Oct. 1, 2008

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Functional Foods and Beverages Are Finally Making a Big U.S. Splash

2008 will go down in history as the year the U.S. banking system fell to its knees. But, at least within the U.S. nutrition industry, it is also likely...More
Oct. 1, 2008

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Gluten-free foods continue reign as fastest-growing U.S. grocery category

A decade ago when Peggy Wagener was diagnosed with celiac disease, or gluten-intolerance, she said most people didn't know what gluten was, and she felt alone in her quest for information about what foods were safe for her eat....More
Oct. 1, 2008

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You Bar Lets Customers Put Their Own Personal Touches on Nutrition Bars, Shakes

Much has changed for Los Angeles-based You Bar since the company first began making customizable, handmade nutrition bars in August 2007. At that time,...More
Oct. 1, 2008

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Probiotic and Prebiotic Foods and Beverages Take Root in the U.S. Once and For All

Practically non-existent just a few years ago, probiotic foods and beverages have finally taken off in the United States and it's about time. For years,...More
Oct. 1, 2008

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Kraft, NextFoods Tap Sweden's Probi as Probiotic Functional Food Partner

When a group of professors in surgery and microbiology at the University Hospital in Lund, Sweden, originally began their research on probiotics,...More
Oct. 1, 2008

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Dreamerz Dreams Big With New All-Natural Food- and Drink-Based Sleep Aids

Like the estimated 70 million Americans with chronic sleep disorders, such as insomnia or intermittent sleep-related problems, Dreamerz Co-Founder Amanda...More
Oct. 1, 2008

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Move Over Aspartame! Stevia-Sweetened Foods and Drinks are Coming to Stores in the United States This Year

The ongoing race to see who can get a stevia-derived food or beverage product to market first in the United States has garnered lots of media attention...More
Oct. 1, 2008

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Self-Affirmed GRAS Strategies Smooth the Path to the U.S. Food and Beverage Market for Stevia

When Jim May fi rst began importing stevia from Paraguay in 1982 to form Wisdom Natural Brands (maker of Sweet-Leaf stevia) out of his garage...More
Oct. 1, 2008

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Natural Sweeteners: The Future Is in the Blending

The spotlight on stevia and steviol glycoside rebaudioside-A (Reb-A) belies the true nature of the natural sweetener industry...More
Oct. 1, 2008

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Healthy Food Grocers See Slumping Economy as Opportunity to Engage New Customers in New Ways

Blame it on the economy: The grocery store as we know it will never be the same. So say retail experts who are watching purveyors of healthy products...More
Oct. 1, 2008

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Whole Foods Strives to Shrug Off Whole Paycheck Image in Current Economic Climate

After years of blithely brushing off the nickname Whole Paycheck as it counted its profits, Whole Foods Market is making a concerted effort to overcome...More

October 2008: NBJ Healthy Foods & Beverages Issue

Issue Contents

Functional Foods and Beverages Are Finally Making a Big U.S. Splash

Gluten-free foods continue reign as fastest-growing U.S. grocery category

You Bar Lets Customers Put Their Own Personal Touches on Nutrition Bars, Shakes

Probiotic and Prebiotic Foods and Beverages Take Root in the U.S. Once and For All

Kraft, NextFoods Tap Sweden's Probi as Probiotic Functional Food Partner

Dreamerz Dreams Big With New All-Natural Food- and Drink-Based Sleep Aids

Move Over Aspartame! Stevia-Sweetened Foods and Drinks are Coming to Stores in the United States This Year

Self-Affirmed GRAS Strategies Smooth the Path to the U.S. Food and Beverage Market for Stevia

Natural Sweeteners: The Future Is in the Blending

Healthy Food Grocers See Slumping Economy as Opportunity to Engage New Customers in New Ways

Whole Foods Strives to Shrug Off Whole Paycheck Image in Current Economic Climate

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