This digital document is an article from Nutraceuticals World, published by Rodman Publishing on October 1, 2009. The length of the article is 4184 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation DetailsTitle: Nutraceuticals labeling: products designed to improve health and well-being have created a healthy, diverse, yet complex niche of the labeling industry.(Reprint)Author: Steve KatzPublication: Nutraceuticals World (Magazine/Journal)Date: October 1, 2009Publisher: Rodman PublishingVolume: 12 Issue: 8 Page: 74(7)Article Type: ReprintDistributed by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning
Published on: 2009-10-01 Released on: 2009-10-28 Format: HTML Binding: Digital 14 pages
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. A landmark event for nutraceuticals was the creation of the market itself. In 1989, Stephen Defelice, founder and chairman of the Foundation for Innovation in Medicine, coined the term "nutraceutical" as a means to classify foods, beverages and supplements that provide medical or health benefits to consumers, "including the prevention and treatment of disease." The term is a marrying of the words "nutrition" and "pharmaceutical." And because the types of products are so varied--there are foods, drinks, powders, pills, capsules, and more--the packaging of nutraceuticals takes on many forms. Thus, a niche of the labeling industry has developed, and like the products they are designed to brand, inform and communicate a message about, their labeling and packaging is diverse, complicated...