NBJ's 6th Annual Industry Overview
issue provides you with 48-pages of strategic data and analysis of
the $49.5-billion U.S. nutrition industry. This essential issue
provides an exclusive round-up of the year 2000 along with:
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Detailed market
data charts, growth forecasts and competitive analysis
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Strategic overview
of business trends in | Dietary Supplements | Natural/Organic
Foods | Functional Foods | Natural Person Care.
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Special updates on:
legislative initiatives | the internet | GMO's | European
Organic industry
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Ranking of top
manufacturers, product and segment sales & analysis of mass
market, health foods, multi-level marketing, mail order,
internet and practitioner channels.
"An
excellent source for business planning; an essential reference tool
for anyone interested in the nutrition industry."
Example chart....Source: Nutrition Business Journal (San Diego, CA)
derived from a variety of sources
Annual Growth in the U.S. Nutrition Industry 1990-2005

TABLE
OF CONTENTS:
Annual Overview:
Review of
nutrition industry numbers for 2000 featuring sales by product &
channel and NBJ’s survey of top supplement
manufacturers/marketers...1-7
Washington Watch: Key issues surfacing in front of the new
Administration...8-10
Industry addresses quality issues; ConsumerLab
stirs the pot...11-15
Supplement Profiles: Novartis launches supplement line;
Genesis expands in chewable supplements; Nature’s Life retains its
independence...16-21
Natural/Organic Food Profiles: Growth in frozen desserts for
Howler, Whole Soy and Turtle Mountain; nSpired collects breadth and
marketshare with acquisitions; Wildwood rides soy wave...22-26
Consultant MVS Solutions discusses the role of science in
industry evolution...27-29
B2B electronic commerce update finds survivors with new
models...30-32
Organic foods take hold in Europe; GMO issue rocks the
boat, creating potential for pro vs. con industry rift...33-40
M&A update looks at 2001 transactions and compares trends
to years past; and NBJ Stock Reporter tracks the 2001 climb
of the NBJ Index...42-47
Companies Featured Include:
Adams Harkness & Hill, American Botanical Council,
American Home Products’, Applied Nutritionals, Bayer, Biomune
Systems, Bionutrics, Birdwell, Janke & Durando plc, Botanicals
Internaional, Cloud Nine, Columbia Naples Capital, Consumer Health
Products Assn, ConsumerLab.com, Cool Fruits, Council for Responsible
Nutrition, Federal Trade Commission, Gaiam, Galaxy Nutritional
Foods, Genesis Research Group, Grocery Manufacturers of America,
Hain Celestial, Hansen Natural Corp, Health Trip, HealthWorldOnline,
Herbalife, Horizon Organic, Howler Products, Imagine, IRI, IVC
Industries, J.D. Powers and Associates, Life Sciences Research Org,
Loriva Supreme, Mannatech, Maranatha Natural Foods, MVS Solutions,
National Nutritional Foods Assn, Natrol, Naturade, Natural
Alternatives, Nature’s Life, NB Ventures, Neogen Corp, Next
Pharmaceuticals, Nicholas Hall & Co, North Castle Partners,
Northwest Delights, Novartis Consumer Health, NPIcenter, nSpired
Natural Foods, NutraBid, NutraBuy, Nutraceutix, NutraChoice, Oasis,
Odwalla Inc, Organic Trade Association, PacificHealth Laboratories,
Pfizer, Pharma Nutrients, Ralston-Purina Co, Rock Island Foods,
Royal Numico, S&K Foods, Spins, Stiftung Okolgie & Landbau,
Suiza Foods, Sunspire, The Hymed Group Corp, The Organic
Consultancy, The Whole Soy Co, Turtle Mountain, Twinlab Corporation,
U.S. Public Interest Research Gp, United Natural Foods Inc,
Vitacost.com, Wild Oats, Wildwood Natural Foods, Yves Veggie
Cuisine.