Frank Cantone

Frank Cantone appears in Why is there a supplement craze if they don’t even work? as the supplement manufacturing CEO who walks Sarah Gonzalez and Jane Black through making a hypothetical Planet Money supplement. He describes product forms such as capsules, tablets, powders, soft gels, and gummies, along with custom runs, stock formulas, flavor choices, and label-claim boundaries.

The episode uses Cantone as an inside-the-industry voice rather than a critic. He believes in supplements and says he rejects impossible or unsafe requests, but his manufacturing explanation still shows why Recurring Supplement Commerce and Supplement Structure Function Claims can make the category easy to enter and hard for consumers to interpret.

Connections

• Planet Money - source show.
• Dietary Supplement Regulation - broader system his business operates within.
• Recurring Supplement Commerce - business logic he explains through monthly reorders.
• Supplement Structure Function Claims - claim-language boundary he helps the hosts navigate.
• NSF International and Third-Party Supplement Testing - certification context mentioned for his products.