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Seventy-one percent of U.S. adults—more than 170 million—take dietary supplements, according to the most recent annual survey conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs on behalf of the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN). The 2016 CRN Consumer Survey on Dietary Supplements also found that the five most popular supplements are the multivitamin, vitamin D, vitamin C, calcium and vitamin B/B complex. 

—More than 170 million Americans take dietary supplements—

Washington, D.C., October 27, 2016—Seventy-one percent of U.S. adults—more than 170 million—take dietary supplements, according to the most recent annual survey conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs on behalf of the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN).  The 2016 CRN Consumer Survey on Dietary Supplements found that the five most popular supplements are the multivitamin, vitamin D, vitamin C, calcium and vitamin B/B complex.

Washington, D.C., August 17, 2016—The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the leading trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry, is pleased to announce that John Gerzema, best-selling author and social trends/data analyst, will present at The Conference: CRN’s Annual Symposium for the Dietary Supplement Industry, taking place...

Washington, D.C., August 1, 2016—In response to President Obama’s signing of S.764, the “Biotech Labeling Solutions Act,” the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the leading trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry, issued the following statement:

Ankeny, Iowa - Embria Health Sciences has expanded the market for its groundbreaking fermented immune supplement ingredient EpiCor into Central and Eastern Europe with a new distribution agreement with Hermes Consilium, d.o.o. Through this agreement Hermes Consilium will be the exclusive sales agent for EpiCor within 10 countries – Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Macedonia...

—Non-Validated DNA Barcode Testing on Finished Products Ignores Well-Established Quality Control Procedures for Herbal Products— Washington, D.C., February 3, 2015—In response to actions taken today by the New York State Attorney General toward four retailers requesting they stop the sale of specific herbal supplement products, the Council for Responsible Nutrition...

The anti-inflammatory effects of EpiCor® dried fermentate previously shown in laboratory and animal models are now demonstrated in vitro and in a human clinical. Embria Health Sciences, a leader in providing safe and science-based dietary supplement ingredients to the global marketplace, announces new study results published in the Journal of...