2008 was a year of bad debt and tighter access to capital and credit for nutrition industry suppliers. Firms were still dealing with the blows that rising fuel prices and currency fluctuations delivered in 2007 and the first half of 2008 which left many supply companies uncertain of how the economic downturn would affect the U.S. nutrition industry and what would be in store for 2009.

On January 14th, 2009 NBJ’s Carlotta Mast and Thomas Aarts will join me to present a strategic analysis and review of the U.S. nutritional raw material & ingredient supply industry. You are invited to register for this online seminar that will begin at 11am MT.

For $495, each registered company will be allowed up to six participant access points to the live online seminar.

During the seminar, we will present new NBJ market figures and discuss the following topics:

• Snapshot of 2008 business issues, preview of 2009

• Review of over the counter (OTC) & Supp Combo Products and their regulatory potential

• A category overview of pricing and supply trends for vitamins, minerals, herbs & botanicals and specialty ingredients including fish oil, probiotics, whey protein and COQ-10

• Major factors affecting growth in supplement and functional food supply markets

• New steps vitamin manufactures and suppliers need to undertake to maintain market credibility

• Discussion of how the economy is impacting the ingredient supply segment of the U.S. nutrition industry

I encourage you to register here. If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at 303.998.9229

Patrick D. Rea

Publisher & Editorial Director, Nutrition Business Journal

Co-Chair, The NBJ Summit

Did you know that weight loss pill sales only make up 8% of the total U.S. sports nutrition & weight loss market? Did you know the nutrition bar market is larger than the total low-carb foods market? If not, join NBJ editorial director Patrick Rea and Katia Fowler, Director of Communication and former editor of NBJ as they present the 2007/2008 Sports Nutrition & Weight Loss Market Overview Webseminar.

In this NBJ webseminar, we will answer:

Weight Loss

Does Fucoxanthin have the potential to replace ephedra as the weight-loss market king?

How long will alli suppress U.S. weight loss supplement sales growth?

What will be the best sales channel to sell your new (or old) weight-loss product through over the next 5 years?

Where does the GSK petition stand and what are the next steps for the nutrition industry?

Have the AERs shown any prevalence of stimulant complaints?

What’s going on in low-carb? Will it ever disappear?

Sports Nutrition

Why has the energy drink market’s growth slowed?

Will any sports beverage brand successfully challenge Gatorade?

Did the nutrition bar market continue to rebound in 2007? Which bar brands grew, which brands faltered, and why?

What brands and markets are behind the 8.4% growth in the sports nutrition supplement market in 2007?

What channels should sports nutrition brands shy away from to ensure future success?

What alternative channels for sports nutrition products retain potential for future growth and expansion?

That’s right, NBJ has launched a Clearance section on the new nutritionbusinessjournal.com that will be updated with various research products twice monthly.

Visitors to nutritionbusinessjournal.com will be able to link from the Clearance box in the lower left hand corner of the homepage and check out each special deal we’re offering.

Enjoy!

-Patrick

Nutrition Business Journal will host a live web seminar to review the six segments of the $18.26-billion U.S. Sports Nutrition and Weight Loss market and their significance to the $94-billion U.S. nutrition industry. The web seminar will be held on Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 11-12:30 pm Mountain Time. The presentation will include the NBJ editorial team and industry experts.

Share the knowledge! A registration fee of only $495 allows up to six login points for you and your colleagues. Participants will be provided access to a website for the live presentation.

Pivotal issues to be discussed include:

• Erratic ingredient supply markets

New regulatory developments

• The impact of acquisitions on legacy brands

• Mergers & acquisitions in the sports nutrition & weight loss market space

Tuning in gets you:

• A full analysis of the six SNWL categories with recent growth and forecasts through 2016

• Overviews on changing shares in weight-loss pills and meal replacements

• Updates on the explosive energy drink market and sports drinks performance

• Discussion of marketing tactics, regulations, claims, M&As, science and consumers

• Reporting on new growth sub-categories and niche products that are sustaining growth for the greater sports nutrition & weight loss market

If you are a subscriber to Nutrition Business Journal, you can now access all of the 2008 Nutrition Industry Overview online at nutritionbusinessjournal.com. No need to sort through your over flowing mailbox, search your desk and interrogate your co-workers for your copy of NBJ. Just go to nutritionbusinessjournal.com.

To see all the articles, go to the current issue page. Here you will see the entire overview issue laid out in an expanded table of contents view. From here you can link to every article if you are signed in as an NBJ subscriber.

If you do not know your NBJ subscriber username and password, call Rachel Dederich, NBJ’s Subscriber Services Coordinator, at 303.998.9263.

-Patrick