Supplement Manufacturer Insiders Knowledge

Firstly, it’s a good idea to understand where these supplement label compliance changes are coming from. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has officially enacted its updated nutrition facts panels listed on both food and supplement products.

While the changes have been developed over several months, they’ve only officially been implemented as of January 1st. 

Founded by Aaron Singerman in 2012, BlackStone Labs is now a leading provider of bodybuilding supplements, including protein supplements, sleep aids, fat burners, anabolics, muscle builders and pre-workouts.

Singerman's journey to becoming the founder of BlackStone Labs was anything but easy. Although he always had a passion for fitness and nutrition, he fell in with the wrong crowd when he was young and became addicted to drugs.  Eventually, however, he remade himself and became a co-founder of BlackStone Labs. 

Testofen is an excellent ingredient to add to multiple supplement types but seems to find itself in the center of lawsuits. Of course this has nothing to do with the ingredient itself. Read on to assure that you should have no fear in using this potent ingredient if you manufacture your product with a supplement manufacturer that is diligent in their processes in bringing products to market. 

ABH Pharma has been named the silver winner in Entrepreneur / Founder of the Year in Best in Biz Awards, the only national business awards program judged by members of the press and industry analysts. The award was given to the president of ABH Pharma; Frank Cantone

They have also been named bronze winners in the categories of:

• Start-up of the Year
• Website of the Year

The importance of this article is for supplement brands rests in the fact that if you aren't compliant with the set guidelines of manufacturing and marketing supplements you pay the price. We will discuss one of the more recent instances where legal action was necessary and give you insight on how who you choose to work with the most quintessential. 

Smiling Bob—real name, Steve Warshak— was the founder of Berkeley Premium Nutraceuticals. He was also handed a 25-year jail sentence following a federal court case which found him guilty of an astounding 93 counts of fraud, conspiracy and money laundering. Steve and his company were ordered to forfeit $500 million by a federal court. 

GMP - Good Manufacturing Practices - they mean a lot to every product ever constructed or made, but in the dietary supplement industry that means a whole lot more. To fully understand the implications of GMP, this blog, looks at the role of a product as viewed through many lenses. 

If you're in the market to begin selling your own nutritional supplements, then one of the first steps will be to determine not only what you want to have manufactured, but to decide on the various types, coatings, shapes, and other customization options for each supplement. After all, there are a variety of different types of nutritional tablets and capsules available, each differing in the way they are taken, the way they break down in the body, and more.

A new niche has carved it self out in the supplement industry. Sales of testosterone supplements for women have been booming due to research suggesting it can help them in many ways.  Testosterone marketing to women sound odd to many but it has shown to help post menopausal women.

At ABH Pharma we are always on top of nutraceutical market trends and want our customers to be as well. That is why we have began marketing testosterone to not only men but women as well. Let's go more in depth of the benefits of testosterone for women. 

According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, some 60-70 

million people have digestive disorders.

In 2010, 48.3 million people saw a doctor because of complaints about their digestive track. Of those 48.3 million, 7.9 million received a primary digestive disorder diagnosis via an emergency room visit.

During the same year, 21.7 million people were hospitalized due to a digestive disorder. In 2009, 245,921 people died from digestive diseases or episodes. In 2004, it cost $141.8 Billion to treat digestive disorders. [ 1 ]

The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) is asking the federal government to populate an additional $5 million for a budget to help them oversee and regulate a $40-plus billion dollar industry. [ 1 ]

The question is, what does that mean for the supplement industry?