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Tuna, chocolate to spice up Valentine's Day

01-Feb-2002 - With Valentine's Day just around the corner, a number of food products are being touted as beneficial for enhancing the love life. Among them are...

Organic crops need protecting, says SA

01-Feb-2002 - The Soil Association has called on the British government to follow its experts' advice and protect organic crops from the next round of GM field...

Food report welcomed by organic association

31-Jan-2002 - The Soil Association, the UK-based organic food promoter, has welcomed the recommendations of a new report on the future of British farming, and in particular...

Technology to play a greater role in designer foods

31-Jan-2002 - The constant demand for food which is fresher, more convenient, more flavourful and more nutritious will mean an increase in the use of technology in...

P&G licenses green tea processing technology

30-Jan-2002 - Procter & Gamble has licensed the Chinese Wuxi Green Power Bio-Products exclusively for its solvent-free green tea processing technology. P&G claims that its processing technology...

AHDC launches new website

30-Jan-2002 - American Health and Diet Centers (AHDC) has updated its website to include a complete range of consumer health information, a catalogue of products and an...

Don't forget the DHA, mothers told

30-Jan-2002 - The importance of calcium and folic acid to the development of infants is well documented, but the benefits of docosahexaenoic acid, or DHA, are less...

Cholesterol advice from Cheerios

29-Jan-2002 - Most American consumers know that reducing their cholesterol level can help reduce the risk of heart disease, but the majority seem to need help in...

Organic pledge from Sainsbury

29-Jan-2002 - UK supermarket J Sainsbury plc recently pledged to dramatically decrease the amount of imported organic food sold in the UK. In a statement one of...

Organic future for Britain

28-Jan-2002 - A British government inquiry to be published tomorrow is expected to back financial incentives for increased production of organic food, reported The Observer. The Curry...

HDT adds Solid Gains

28-Jan-2002 - MD Labs has added a new high calorie, high protein weight gainer drink to its Human Development Technologies (HDT) line. Solid Gains contains 5.8 pounds...

Finnish organic food sales rise sharply

21-Jan-2002 - Sales of most organic food products in Finland rose sharply in 2001 with the greatest increases from eggs and pasta products. Organic milk has also...

UK supermarket giants snub organic campaign

21-Jan-2002 - Two leading supermarket groups in the UK, Tesco and Safeway, have refused to back a campaign calling for a rise in the amount of land...

Mannatech wins glyconutritional patent

16-Jan-2002 - Mannatech Inc. of Texas has been awarded a patent by the Australian Patent Office for the glyconutrient blend listed as 'Compositions of Plant Carbohydrates as...

Major support for Accelerade and Endurox

16-Jan-2002 - PacificHealth Laboratories has unveiled an ambitious marketing and promotional programme to support its Accelerade sports drink and Endurox R4 recovery drink brands in the US....

French organic dairy market boosted by cheese

16-Jan-2002 - The French organic dairy products market is set to grow rapidly in the coming years as dairies raise production levels, according to a new report...

Monsanto insists soybeans were not GM

14-Jan-2002 - Biotech giant Monsanto has insisted that an unapproved genetically engineered soybean variety had never been sold to US farmers despite a survey of growers that...

Galaxy Smoothie proving popular

11-Jan-2002 - Ultra Smoothie, blend of Tropicana fruit juice and Veggie Milk produced by Galaxy Nutritional Foods, is testing very well in several Subway franchise stores in...

Infant formula supplemented with fatty acids to get US launch

11-Jan-2002 - The Ross Products Division of Abbott Laboratories has announced plans to launch an infant formula supplemented with two fatty acids that function as nutritional building...

Tantivy to distribute V-Tech products

09-Jan-2002 - Tantivy Sciences has signed an exclusive distribution license with V-Tech LLC, a California-based biomedical company which develops medical foods, dietary supplements and pharmaceutical applications to...

Soil Association refutes organic food claims

09-Jan-2002 - Organic food promoter the Soil Association has refuted claims made in a recent survey by Mintel that consumers are becoming increasingly cynical about the safety...

GNC extends Scan-Diet range

09-Jan-2002 - General Nutrition Companies (GNC) has added two new products its Scan-Diet range of weight loss products - Scan-Diet Bars and Ready-to-Drink (RTD) Shakes. Scan-Diet is...

Industry directors give their opinion for 2002

04-Jan-2002 - The US-based journal Nutraceuticals World has asked several industry executives to reflect on the past year in nutraceuticals and make predictions on the year 2002....

Consumers becoming sceptical over organic food

04-Jan-2002 - A survey has found that Scots have the strongest belief in the health benefits of organic food, with a fifth of them saying it's better...

Oversupply to continue in UK organic dairy market

21-Dec-2001 - The British organic dairy products market is to show healthy growth in the coming years however oversupplies are set to continue, market analysts Organic Monitor...

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