OCTOBER 6, 2025
WASHINGTON—The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the leading trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry, today announced new member companies following approval by its board of directors during its quarterly meeting in September.
New Voting Members:
- Biohm Technologies develops targeted microbiome products, including science-based ingredients and at-home gut testing solutions, alongside a consumer brand of probiotic supplements.
- Needed fights nutritional depletion across The Motherspan™—from preconception through perimenopause—with radically better women’s health supplements.
- ReCellience15 is advancing global health with its flagship innovation C15:0 (pentadecanoic acid)—backed by 100+ peer-reviewed studies, 60+ patents. C15:0 strengthens cells to help defend against age-related breakdown and slow cellular aging rates.
- RIBUS, Inc., founded in 1992, supplies plant-based clean-label functional ingredients such as Nu-FLOW®, Nu-RICE®, Nu-MAG®, and Nu-BIND®, offering alternatives to synthetic excipients and fillers for food and dietary supplements.
New Associate Member:
- Food SMART Strategies Inc. helps companies worldwide achieve and maintain compliance with global food safety standards through audit preparation, gap assessments, tailored strategies, and e-learning programs.
“CRN welcomes these companies into our member community of dietary supplement and functional food industry leaders,” said CRN President & CEO, Steve Mister. “Their teams’ expert perspectives in areas such as the microbiome, cutting-edge fatty acids, advancing perinatal nutrition, clean-label functional ingredients, and global compliance, will contribute to CRN initiatives that advance our industry.”
Colleagues from these new CRN member companies are now directly empowered to drive the association’s mission in collaboration with other members to protect and advance a climate to responsibly develop, source, manufacture, and market science-backed dietary supplements, functional food, and their ingredients, for better health and nutrition.
CRN’s board of directors reviews applications for new membership each quarter, with the next opportunity for review in December. Prior to board review, CRN member applications are vetted with outside counsel. More information about CRN members is available at crnusa.org/join.
About CRN:
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 LinkedIn and X @CRN_Supplements.