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The Nutritional Outlook Podcast takes listeners beyond the pages of the magazine. It digs deeper into key discussions and ideas happening among stakeholders in the dietary supplement, functional food, and natural products industries.
Listen to our editors and industry leaders discuss:
-Controversial and emerging industry developments -Regulatory dilemmas -Leading market, consumer, and retail trends -Key business strategies to grow your business -The hottest ingredients and evolving science
Nutritional Outlook interviews Andrew Ross, DO, Rousselot's science liaison and writer, who makes the case that blending collagen peptides into existing formulas isn't just a cost play, it's a functional and nutritional upgrade.
Nutritional Outlook interviews Scott Dicker, senior director of market insights at SPINS to discuss the 2026 Ingredients to Watch. Dicker unpacks sales trends in the nutraceutical space and what they mean for product formulators and marketers. This year's Ingredients to Watch include ashwagandha, colostrum, creatine, and protein. Listen for more insights, and visit https://www.nutritionaloutlook.com/view/2026-ingredients-to-watch-top-ingredients-and-trends-driving-nutraceutical-product-development for full coverage and detailed sales data.
Labcoats and Lullabies is a special video interview series under the Nourish and Navigate banner dedicated to working moms in science. Hosted by Kriti Chaudhary, associate director of partnerships and strategy for Vedic Lifesciences, the series tells authentic stories of women who balance the rigor of sciences with the realities of motherhood.In this first episode, Chaudhary interview Karin Hermoni, founder of Imagine Health.
Rebeccca Takemoto, executive director of Women in Nutraceuticals, interviews Nikki Putnam Badding, MS, RDN, LD, Jen Cannon, chief of staff at Hahn, and Cheya Thousand, founder and chief empowerment officer of CT Wellness Co. about how to overcome imposter syndrome.Timestamps: Understanding Imposter Syndrome 00:41 Nikki Putnam Badding01:43: Jen CannonBalancing Confidence and Vulnerability03:00 Jen Cannon05:07 Cheya ThousandTools for Overcoming Imposter Syndrome07:37 Jen Cannon09:14 Cheya Thousand10:56 Nikki Putnam Badding
Episode 41: The evolution of the women's health category with Lori Lauersen of Unilever Wellbeing by Nutritional Outlook
discussed the concept of mentorship mentality at the WIN Leadership Summit. She emphasized that mentorship is a mindset, not a task, and should be integrated into leadership. Summers shared her experience of mentoring interns who later became mentors themselves. She advised seeking mentors and mentees at all career stages, even informally, and highlighted the value of observing and learning from experienced professionals.
In the first episode of Nourish and Navigate: Women, Wellness, and Leadership, Rebecca Takemoto, executive director of Women in Nutraceuticals (WIN), interviews Lise Alschuler, ND, FABNO, MBA, who is the president and CEO of the Sonoran University of Health Sciences. Alschuler delivered the keynote address at WIN's inaugural Leadership Summit in April. Here, Takemoto and Alschuler discuss the key takeaways from that keynote.
Nutritional Outlook interviews Jonathan Scheiman, PhD, co-founder and CEO of Fitbiomics to talk about the intersection of gut microbiome and physical fitness and learn how the company decoded the microbiomes from elite athletes to create innovative probiotic products that support sleep, energy, and performance.
In this episode, Nutritional Outlook interviews Scott Dicker, market insights director from market researcher SPINS, about ingredients and product categories nutraceutical and nutrition product manufacturers should watch in 2025. This interview complements our 2025 Ingredient to Watch coverage which can be read in our January/February issue. SPINS provided sales data that informed our Ingredients to Watch coverage.
Shaheen Majeed has been a fixture in the dietary supplement industry, developing a stellar reputation through his leadership at Sabinsa Corp., helping grow the company built by his late father Muhammed Majeed, PhD. Shaheen’s accomplishments at Sabinsa helped modernize and strengthen the company’s brand, serving as a model for the rest of the industry. Now as global CEO and managing director of Sami-Sabinsa Group, Shaheen has the opportunity to apply his vision of the company’s future and build upon his father’s legacy. Nutritional Outlook speaks to Majeed about the personal growth he's experienced in the industry and his goals moving forward for his company.
Aker BioMarine is an authority on krill oil driven by continuous innovation from its sustainability initiatives to ingredient formulations that leverage its expertise in krill phospholipids. Aker BioMarine has been quintessential in developing the krill oil and omega-3 space into what it is today. Nutritional Outlook's managing editor, Sebastian Krawiec, interviews Matts Johansen, Aker's CEO, and Simon Seward, Aker's CEO of human health ingredients.
Radicle Science represents major progress in the substantiation of health benefits by offering an innovative model that is more streamlined than traditional clinical trials. This not only makes clinical validation more accessible, but also builds upon the body of scientific literature around supplement ingredients, helping brands make better products, and in turn giving consumers novel and effective ways to support their health. Nutritional Outlook's managing editor, Sebastian Krawiec, interviews Radicle Science co-founders, Pelin Thorogood and Jeff Chen, MD.
On this month's episode of the Nutritional Outlook Podcast, Cepham's founder and president Anand Swaroop discusses the company's recent announcement to prioritize women's health research and innovation. He breaks down the plan to bridge major gaps in women's health research and product development.
In this episode of the Nutritional Outlook Podcast we are looking back on a webcast Nutritional Outlook hosted in May, called “Demystifying the Prebiotic and Postbiotic Markets.” During that event, Sandra Saville, director of education and communication for the International Probiotics Association and Dr. Jessica A. Younes, scientific director of the International Probiotics Association debunked myths about prebiotic and postbiotics, and defined the respective categories to help manufacturers better understand how to responsibly formulate and market prebiotic and postbiotic products. The following are excerpts from the webcast, we encourage you to view the entire webcast to get the full experience here: https://www.nutritionaloutlook.com/view/demystifying-the-prebiotic-and-postbiotic-markets
Nutritional Outlook talks to Lauren Samot, commercial innovation leader, and Blayney McEneaney, sales executive at Vitaquest International, about trends within the contract manufacturing space, and the ways in which contract manufacturers like Vitaquest keep up with the market and differentiate themselves from the competition.
In this episode of the Nutritional Outlook Podcast, Sebastian Krawiec interviews Heather K. Terry, founder and CEO of GoodSAM. They talk about GoodSAM's policy of direct trade with small holder farms, how the company fosters relationships with the farmers and their communities, and the principles of regenerative agriculture by which these farms operate.
In this episode, assistant managing editor Sebastian Krawiec explains the latest progress on two lawsuits filed separately by the Natural Products Association (NPA) and the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) against New York State in an effort to prevent the enforcement of a law that bans the sale of weight management and muscle building supplements to minors. He is joined by Steve Mister, president and CEO of CRN and Kevin Bell of Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, NPA's counsel in its lawsuit. They help explain what's happened thus far and what the next steps are.
Rockstar Energy recently launched a new marketing campaign promoting its sustained mind body energy claim that has been substantiated through clinical research. Nutritional Outlook talks to Pepsi's vice president of North American Beverage R&D, Danielle Barbaro to discuss the study, why it was important for Rockstar Energy to conduct this study, and the value of fortifying energy drinks with nutraceuticals such as lion's mane.
In this episode, Nutritional Outlook interviews Scott Dicker, market insights director from market researcher SPINS, about ingredients and product categories nutraceutical and nutrition product manufacturers should watch in 2024. This interview complements our 2024 Ingredient to Watch coverage which can be read in our January/February issue.
In this special episode of The Nutritional Outlook Podcast, we are interviewing the award winners of Nutritional Outlook’s 2023 Best of the Industry Awards, celebrating excellence, innovation, and leadership in the nutraceuticals and natural products industries. They are: Women in Nutraceuticals for Industry Leader, GenM for Service Provider, PLT Health Solutions for Ingredient Supplier.
Nutritional Outlook Editor Sebastian Krawiec talked to Brightseed and Nuritas at SupplySide West 2023 about how they use AI to discover and develop novel nutraceutical ingredients, as well as the future of this technology for new product development in the nutraceutical space.
In this episode, Nutritional Outlook’s Editor-in-Chief Jennifer Grebow interviews Daniel Fabricant, PhD, (president and CEO of the Natural Products Association/NPA), Kyle Turk (director of government affairs at NPA), and Steve Mister (president and CEO of the Council for Responsible Nutrition) about a newly signed law in New York State, A.5610/S.5823, which bans consumers under the age of 18 from purchasing dietary supplements marketed for weight loss and body building.
In this episode, Nutritional Outlook’s editors interview Dr. Harry Rice, vice president of regulatory and scientific affairs at the Global Organization for EPA and DHA Omega-3s (GOED; Salt Lake City, UT), about the state of the algae- and fish-based omega-3 market.
In this episode, Nutritional Outlook talks to Dr. Kantha Shelke, a senior lecturer at Johns Hopkins University Master of Science Program in Food Safety Regulation as well as founder/principal of Corvus Blue LLC, a Chicago-based food science and research firm. Kantha will help us unpack the significance of the recent decision by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer to classify aspartame as a possible carcinogen.
In this episode of The Nutritional Outlook Podcast, Jennifer Grebow, Editor-in-Chief of Nutritional Outlook magazine, interviews Heather Granato, a 30-year veteran of the natural products industry.
Heather is vice president of partnerships & sustainability in the Food EMEA division of Informa Markets. She is currently based in London and leads efforts related to industry partnerships and broader sustainability initiatives for the Vitafoods and Food Ingredients brands. Heather also serves as the founding president of Women In Nutraceuticals.
Women In Nutraceuticals is a nonprofit group created last year, spearheaded by global nutraceutical leaders whose mission is to build support for women in the nutraceuticals industry. Some of their targets include 1) helping to increase the percentage of women holding leadership roles in the C-suite and across the dietary supplement industry, 2) increasing funding for female-led businesses, and 3) increasing women’s participation in nutraceuticals research.
Heather talks about why WIN’s work is so critical and about how she and other visionaries saw a need for an industry-led organization to enact change.
In this episode, we talk to Hame Persaud, executive vice president of HP Ingredients to talk about the rich history of bergamot, and its future in the dietary supplement industry. HP Ingredients distributes a patented bergamot polyphenolic extract called Bergamonte in North America, and has been making a push to educate the industry about the value of this ingredient as a dietary supplement while also showcasing bergamot’s rich history and cultural significance in the region it is grown, Calabria, Italy. As part of this educational initiative, HP Ingredients recently produced a documentary that puts a spotlight on Calabria and its people.
In this episode, Nutritional Outlook’s editors interview Anand Swaroop, founder of Ayurvedic-ingredients supplier Cepham and co-founder of the marketplace platform Nutrify Today, about regenerative agriculture, organic farming, their differences, and making the business case for regenerative agriculture.
In this episode, we interview John E. Villafranco, a partner at Kelley Drye & Warren LLP who specializes in advertising law and marketing. He is also a member of our editorial advisory board. We’ll be talking about how FTC is monitoring the way brands utilize review features on e-commerce websites to market and promote their products.
In this episode, Nutritional Outlook’s editors interview Amy Summers, founder and president of INICIVOX and Pitch Publicity, about an upcoming virtual series, “Identifying the Elephant in the Room: Critical Communication Strategies in the Face of Sexism,” focusing on the problem of sexism in the natural products industry.
In this episode, Nutritional Outlook’s editors interview Scott Dicker, senior market insights analyst, and Haleigh Resetar, corporate communications specialist, from market researcher SPINS (Chicago), about ingredients nutraceutical and nutrition product manufacturers should watch in 2023.
In this episode of the Nutritional Outlook Podcast, we talk to our 2022 Best of the Industry award winners for an in depth perspective on what makes them leaders in their respective fields. We talk to:-Andrew Hebard, CEO and found of Nature's Crops International (Time stamp: 2 min. 04 sec.)-Morris Zelkha, CEO of TriNutra Ltd., and Liki Von Oppen-Bezalel, Business Development Director (Time stamp: 21 min. 17 sec.)-Jim Flatt, CEO and co-founder of Brightseed (Time stamp: 48 min. 04 sec)
Nutritional Outlook's editors interview Noah Austin, co-founder and chief technology officer at OK Capsule. OK Capsule specializes in white-label personalized nutrition, reducing the barrier to entry for brands who want to enter the personalized nutrition space, creating personalized packets of supplements based on metrics provided by the consumers to fit their specific needs.
In this episode, Nutritional Outlook’s editors interview two experts at the industry association the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN; Washington, DC) to discuss whether some recent negative headlines on melatonin might impact this popular supplement ingredient. Join us as we talk to CRN’s Dr. Andrea Wong, Senior Vice President of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs, and Megan Olsen, Senior Vice President and General Counsel.
In this episode, Nutritional Outlook’s editors interview Rachel Jones MS, RDN, vice president and chief nutrition officer at GNC, about the successes and challenges of dietary supplement retailing in today’s market.
Senator Dick Durbin and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro have introduced legislation that would establish a new regulatory body in charge of regulating food, including dietary supplements, called the Food Safety Administration. Jen and Sebastian talked with Michael McGuffin, president of the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), to learn more about how this bill would impact industry, and why AHPA has chosen to endorse the bill.
In this episode, Nutritional Outlook’s editors interview industry trade association leaders to discuss the proposals for mandatory product listing found in Senate Bill S. 4090, the “Dietary Supplement Listing Act of 2022," and the "FDA Safety and Landmark Advancements (FDASLA) Act" submitted by the Senate HELP Committee. Industry trade association leaders will share their views on mandatory product listing, the language of the bills, and what the associations plan to do to advance an outcome that will be favorable for the dietary supplement industry.
PART 2 includes conversations with Loren Israelson, president of the United Natural Products Alliance, and Michael McGuffin, president of the American Herbal Products Association.
In this episode, Nutritional Outlook’s editors interview industry trade association leaders to discuss the proposals for mandatory product listing found in Senate Bill S. 4090, the “Dietary Supplement Listing Act of 2022," and the "FDA Safety and Landmark Advancements (FDASLA) Act" submitted by the Senate HELP Committee. Industry trade association leaders will share their views on mandatory product listing, the language of the bills, and what the associations plan to do to advance an outcome that will be favorable for the dietary supplement industry. Part 1 includes conversations with Daniel Fabricant, president and CEO of the Natural Products Association, Steve Mister, president and CEO of the Council for Responsible Nutrition, and Duffy MacKay, senior vice president of dietary supplements at the Consumer Healthcare Products Association.
In this episode, we talk to Dr. James Griffiths, senior vice president of international and scientific affairs for the Council for Responsible Nutrition about the recent Cocoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study, aka COSMOS. As a scientist, Dr. Griffiths can help us better understand the significance of the study’s results and as a participant of the study, he can offer some personal insights into the research process involved.
In this episode, the Nutritional Outlook editors interview Robert Durkin, Of Counsel, for Arnall Golden Gregory LLP’s FDA and Healthcare practices. Previously, Durkin worked as the acting director and deputy director of the Office of Dietary Supplement Programs, in the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Given Durkin’s experience at FDA, he is well-qualified to provide some insights into how the leadership of FDA’s recently confirmed commissioner Robert Califf, MD, may affect the dietary supplement industry.
In this episode, Nutritional Outlook’s editors interview Scott Dicker, Senior Market Data Analyst at SPINS (Chicago), about ingredients dietary supplement and nutrition product manufacturers should watch in 2022.
In this episode, Nutritional Outlook’s editors interview Pelin Thorogood, cofounder and executive chair of healthtech B-Corp Radicle Science, to talk about the results of its new study titled “Radicle ACES (Advancing CBD Education and Science)”. This study examined the therapeutic benefits of 13 different hemp-derived CBD products across five health outcomes.
Nutritional Outlook interviews its 2021 Best of the Industry awards winners:
-Industry Leader: NOW (2 min. 3 sec mark)
-Service Provider: Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program (28 min. 26 sec mark)
-Ingredient Supplier: Seraphina Therapeutics (35 min. 41 sec mark)
-Retail Brand/Product: Good Catch (54 min. 23 sec mark)
Read their stories in out December issue or online at https://www.nutritionaloutlook.com/awards.
On this month's episode, we have the pleasure of speaking with Wilson Lau, vice president at herbal ingredients supplier Nuherbs. We asked Wilson about a critical challenge many in the dietary supplements industry continue to face: COVID-related logistical challenges.
Lisa C. Buono, principal of client insights at IRI Worldwide, helps Nutritional Outlook understand how consumer buying habits in the dietary supplement space may change once the COVID-19 pandemic improves.
In this episode, Nutritional Outlook interviews Robert Principe, director of business development at Netrush, to discuss the many complexities of selling a dietary supplement on Amazon and other e-commerce platforms.
Jennifer and Sebastian interview Ashish Talati, a partner at Amin Talati Wasserman. Talati will discuss how the CBD market in the U.S. could change if CBD is one day legalized for use in dietary supplements.
Nutritional Outlook introduces The Nutritional Outlook Podcast. The new podcast will take listeners beyond the pages of the magazine. It digs deeper into key discussions and ideas happening among stakeholders in the dietary supplement, functional food, and natural products industries. In this episode, you will be introduced to Jennifer Grebow, editor-in-chief, and Sebastian Krawiec, editor, as they discuss their backgrounds and break down the premise of the podcast and its goals.