OCTOBER 23, 2024
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WASHINGTON – The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the leading trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry, proudly announces the addition of eight new members during the second and third quarters of 2024. The inclusion of these companies further emphasizes CRN’s dedication to fostering innovation, regulatory compliance, and scientific advancement within the industry.
New Voting Members:
Anderson Advanced Ingredients SSW BOOTH #3057
Anderson Advanced Ingredients is an Irvine, California, based innovator and provider of functional food and nutraceutical ingredients. Since its first product launch in 1989, Anderson Advanced Ingredients has provided novel clean label solutions to industry-wide challenges while offering an innovative foundation in advancing R&D projects from concept to reality. Led by legacy products MoisturLOK and EnergySMART, the company portfolio features brands such as FiberSMART, AllSWEET, MctSMART, CherryPURE and GuaranaSOL.
Indus Biotech Limited SSW BOOTH #3729
Indus Biotech Limited, based in Pune, India, is a pioneer in developing patented, innovative nutraceutical ingredients (and other healthcare products) from food chain biomasses. Indus Biotech has been granted 212 patents globally, has published more than 92 studies in peer reviewed journals, and has completed more than 34 human clinical trials on its products, addressing blood sugar management, hormonal health, stress, weight management and sports nutrition.
Nisarga Biotech Pvt. Ltd. SSW BOOTH #4990
Nisarga Biotech, based in Satara, India, established in 1998, is an ingredient manufacturer specializing in CO2 extracts, essential oils, branded ingredients and standardized botanical powder extracts of Indian origin. They have an in-house product development lab developing over 300 products for 80 clients across the world. The company’s certifications include USDA and EU organic, FSSC 22000, ISO 9001:2015, Halal, Kosher, For Life certifications underscoring their commitment to quality and sustainability.
Nuseed Nutritional SSW BOOTH #5474
Nuseed Nutritional, a West Sacramento, California, company, is nourishing the world with global leadership in agricultural innovation. Nutriterra Total Omega-3 is purposefully designed for human nutrition from Nuseed Omega-3 Canola, the world’s first plant-based source of DHA, EPA, DPA, and ALA. This groundbreaking ingredient is expanding the omega-3 supply with renewable, US-grown, Friend of the Sea certified oil. The mild taste of this plant-based oil is ideal for use in functional foods and dietary supplements.
Specnova SSW BOOTH #5173
Specnova specializes in cutting-edge delivery system technologies, including liposomal ingredients and encapsulation systems. Specnova develops clinically backed branded natural product ingredients like LipoVantage, GingerT3, and MitoHeal. The company’s focus on advanced delivery technologies, such as NovaQspheres, positions Specnova as a leading innovator in bioavailability and efficacy improvements in nutraceutical formulations and delivery systems.
New Associate Members:
IngredientAI
IngredientAI is a generative AI and technology company built for the nutraceutical industry. Started by the co-founder and CTO of Care/of, IngredientAI helps both brands and suppliers launch new products sooner and faster with turbocharged formulation research, ingredient discovery, claims substantiation, dossier generation, and more.
iniTech
IniTech is a lean-centric engineering firm with a focus on optimizing manufacturing processes. Their expertise in batch processing allows dietary supplement manufacturers to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, ensure quality while meeting compliance requirements. IniTech brings its lean-centric engineering to workflow balance, constraints analysis and impact reductions, tracking of raw material to finished goods and the streamlining of regulatory compliance. Often, inTech’s customers cannot pass along increases in material and compliance costs through as price increases to their own customers. Therefore, continuous improvements in efficiency and controlling operational costs are critical to sustaining profitability. IniTech believes that when it comes to automation, that compliance and efficiency are not mutually exclusive. Their scope of work extends from analyzing and improving existing processes, plant expansions to the complete design and building of new sites.
Kleinfeld, Kaplan & Becker, LLP
Kleinfeld, Kaplan & Becker LLP is one of the most distinguished and experienced law firms in the country specializing in FDA law and advertising law. It has played a leading role in the implementation of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) and in the representation of the dietary supplement industry for many years. With a deep bench of experienced attorneys, KKB prides itself on providing practical, business-focused advice on a wide range of issues related to agency laws (FDA, FTC, CPSC, USDA, TTB) and advertising law. Examples of representative issues include: product/ingredient regulatory status review; labeling, website, and social media review; claims review and substantiation; current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) requirements; FDA inspections; responses to FDA Warning Letters, 483s; product complaints, market withdrawals, and recalls; adverse event reporting requirements; FDA import holds, detentions, and import alerts; competitor or consumer challenges, including trade complaints, demand letters, and NAD challenges; and M&A due diligence review.
Talati Law Firm, PLLC
Talati understands how crucial it is for businesses in food, beverages, dietary supplements, cosmetics, OTC drugs and medical devices to play by the FDA’s rules. The firm provides personal guidance, ensuring compliance without cutting corners—keeping risk low and confidence high—and brings clarity and confidence to clients wandering in regulatory mazes.
The firm’s services include compliance assessments and roadmap—essentially helping clients develop comprehensive compliance frameworks encompassing everything from creating specific compliance reviews, internal policies, and training geared towards meeting all the necessary FDA/FTC standards throughout their operations. Talati also performs due diligence reviews for the buy and sell side, labeling and advertising reviews including accurate ingredient labeling, health claims, and advertising disclosures.
“The CRN team is pleased to welcome these companies into the CRN member community,” said CRN President & CEO Steve Mister. “Responsible is our middle name, and their commitment to responsible practices while driving innovation in the dietary supplement and functional food marketplace aligns with CRN’s culture of credibility that is foundational to our mission to support science-backed supplements and functional foods that promote better health and nutrition.”
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), founded in 1973, is a Washington, D.C.-based trade association representing 180+ dietary supplement and functional food manufacturers, ingredient suppliers, and companies providing services to those manufacturers and suppliers. In addition to complying with a host of federal and state regulations governing dietary supplements and food in the areas of manufacturing, marketing, quality control and safety, our manufacturer and supplier members also agree to adhere to additional voluntary guidelines as well as to CRN’s Code of Ethics. Follow us on Twitter @CRN_Supplements and LinkedIn.