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Despite the start of an economic slump, 2007 was a fruitful year for the U.S. nutrition industry, which grew 10.7% to $93.9 billion. Natural & organic product sales fueled most of this expansion, but even the maturing U.S. supplements sector posted better growth than it has seen in a decade

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AHPA President Michael McGuffi n offers his take on the most important regulations to hit the supplement industry since the passage of DSHEA: the new GMPs and SAER law

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Supplement Outlook: NBJ investigates the fall and purchase of Leiner Health Products, explores why nutritional genomics hasn’t made more of a commercial impact for supplement and functional food companies, looks into the benefi ts of powder and effervescent supplement delivery forms, and sniffs around the pet supplement market

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Natural & Organic Outlook: Soaring organic food prices are hurting manufacturers, but so far consumers are still buying; Applegate Farms carves a niche in the growing natural & organic meat category; and natural & organic companies strive for sustainability

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Retail Outlook: Natural & organic retail sales fl ourish in both the mass and natural channels; Sunfl ower Farmers Market and Sprouts Farmers Market show why many independent retailers are thriving; and supplement retailers report healthy growth in 2007