TABLE
OF CONTENTS:
Fourth
Annual Industry Overview:
U.S. nutrition industry sales top $44 billion, including functional
foods. NBJ analyzes performance in 1999... 1-7
Planetary
Formulas stabilizes after
rise and fall of St. John’s wort and kava....... 8
Prince of
Peace generates revenues of
$30 million in 1999 from sales to the Asian grocery trade and as a
distributor, private labeler and manufacturer to the
industry.......... 9
Genisoy sales
double to $18 million in FY2000 thanks to surge in soy sales........
10
Pacific
Foods anticipates $50 million
in 2000 from soy drink sales...12
Relationship
with Herbalife has been fundamental to $247-million Global
Health Sciences but recent losses present a challenge.....14
Clif Bar,
ranked third in the nutrition bar category, tackles mass market
.......15
Council for
Responsible Nutrition
analyzes usage patterns in nutrition labeling........16
SPECIAL
SECTION: Complementary & Alternative Medicine
Overview
of the CAM industry.....18-20
Practitioner
sales grow to $535 million.
List of top manufacturers...21-22
Insurers
test CAM waters with discount plans; HMOs are the most active
.....23-24
NBJ’s
M&A Update: 48 deals in
2000 : NBJ Stock Reporter.....25-31
Companies
Featured Include:
AAC Consulting, Advanced Medical Nutrition Inc., American
Ingredients, American Specialty Healt, Network, American WholeHealth, American WholeHealth Network,
Archer Daniels Midland, Aventis CropScience, BASF AG, Blue Cross of
California, Blue Shield of California, Burrill & Company,
Chiquita Brands International, Clif Bar, Cognis BV, ConAgra,
Consumerlab.com, Council for Responsible Nutrition, Distriborg
Group, Dole Fruit Company, Douglas Laboratories, E. Merck India
Ltd., Emerson Ecologics, Energy Brands, Experimental and Applied
Sciences, Expert Health Systems, Forbes Medi-Tech, Galaxy Foods,
GeniSoy Products Company, Global Health Marketing, Global Health
Sciences Inc., Hain Celestial Group, Hartman Group, Hauser, Health
Net of Oregon , Health Products
Research Inc., HealthAmerica, HealthComm International, Healthzone,
Henkel KGaA, Herbalife, High Mark Blue Cross/ Blue Shield,
Information Resources Inc, Integrated Benefits Institute,
Integration Strategies Financial, Health
Care, Integrative Therapeutics Inc., Int’l. Society of Certifie, Employee Benefit Specialists, Joe’s Vegetables, Kaiser
Permanente of Ohio, Kashi, Kellogg Company, Koninklijke Wessanen,
LightLife Foods, Leiner Health Products, MLO Products, Made In
Nature Inc., MediMerge Group, Market Biosciences, Metabolic
Maintenance Prod., Metagenics Inc., Mothernature.com, NBTY Inc.,
National College of Naturopathic
Medicine, Natrol Inc., Natural Business, Nature’s Sunshine, Nestle
USA, North Castle Partners, Nu-Skin, Nutraceutical Int’l Corp.,
Nutri Pharma ASA, Odwalla, Opta Food Ingredients, PDK Labs, Pacific
Foods Inc., Planetary Formulas, Premier Valley Foods, Prince of
Peace Enterprises Inc., Protein Technologies Int’l, Pure World,
Quality Assurance International, Rabobank, Retail Insights, Rexall
Sundown, SKW Trostberg AG, Saratoga Beverage Corp., Saratoga
Beverage Group, Sonoma West Holdings, Soyfoods Center, Spins, Takeda
Chemical Industries Ltd., Tree Top Inc., Threshold Enterprises,
Twinlab, U.S. Medical Review, USANA Health Sciences, Vacu-dry, Ven
den Bergh Foods, VitaminShoppe.com, Yorkshire Foods Inc.
