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Winclove withdraws probiotic health claims to avoid market “damage”

08-Feb-2010 - Dutch probiotics supplier, Winclove Bio Industries, has pulled its entire range of 30 health claim...

How EU health claim rules affect TV and radio ads

03-Feb-2010 - The UK Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice (BCAP) has revised its guidelines to bring them...

Vitamin D may protect against Crohn’s disease

29-Jan-2010 - Low levels of vitamin D may increase the risk of developing Crohn’s disease, suggest results...

Indian probiotics market to quadruple by 2015

21-Jan-2010 - India’s probiotics market has been highlighted by researcher Frost & Sullivan as a “major growth...

Danisco enters niche probiotic juice category

21-Jan-2010 - Beverage manufacturers seeking to extend their health and wellness portfolio can now incorporate a clinical...

Danes unite to mine infant formula prebiotics

20-Jan-2010 - Danisco and Arla are taking part in a €2.5m+ business/academia research project to isolate and...

Nestlé target elderly with high-dose drink

19-Jan-2010 - Nestlé has launched a 200mL nutrient drink in Switzerland targeting the malnourished elderly – a...

Poland embraces pre- and probiotic supplements

12-Jan-2010 - Gut health, along with weight management, are driving the Polish food supplements market, with pre-...

Beneo backs functional price premiums

06-Jan-2010 - The recession has not dented the will of consumers to pay price premiums for products...

Nestle opens biscuit research centre in Chile

05-Jan-2010 - Nestle has opened a new research and development centre in Chile to help the company...

St John’s wort not effective for IBS: Study

05-Jan-2010 - Daily supplements of St John’s wort are not effective for improving symptoms of irritable bowel...

Beneo: EU health claim ‘scientific agreement’ remains unclear

04-Jan-2010 - Belgian ingredients giant, the Beneo Group, says new European Union health rules favour ‘active’ health...

EFSA health claim opinion

EFSA rejects kids’ probiotic gut health claim

22-Dec-2009 - A dossier containing 13 randomised controlled trials, 6 observational studies, and 15 non-human studies has...

Dispatches from the NI Health Claims 2010 conference

Health claims threaten prebiotic innovation: Scientist

21-Dec-2009 - Concerns abound that the approach of the European Food Safety Authority towards health claims may...

Special Edition: Cranberries

Regulation: Making claims on cranberry's future

08-Dec-2009 - For a fruit that has had more science conducted on it than most, it is...

Special edition: Cranberries

Science: The pick of cranberry’s health benefits

07-Dec-2009 - In the third part of our special series on cranberries, NutraIngredients looks at the science...

India calls for Indian probiotic studies and strains

07-Dec-2009 - India is developing guidelines that may mean probiotic strains will have to be backed by...

Special Edition: Cranberries

Markets: cranberry goes mainstream

03-Dec-2009 - In the first of a four part special edition focused on cranberries, NutraIngredients looks at...

Probiotics: From clinical trial to health claims success

02-Dec-2009 - As a raft of non-positive opinions on probiotics floats down the health claims river, questions...

Probiotic research needed to fulfill gut health potential

02-Dec-2009 - Probiotics should be considered as living drugs rather than “simple good bacteria” in order to...

Calcium and vit D show promise for colorectal health

02-Dec-2009 - Supplements of calcium and vitamin D may promote the health of the cells in the...

Symrise to scale up nutraceuticals portfolio

01-Dec-2009 - Flavour and fragrance company, Symrise, said is intending to scale up its production of ingredients...

Danone resubmits marquee probiotic gut health claim

01-Dec-2009 - Danone has resubmitted an article 13.5 gut health claim for its flagship probiotic product, Activia,...

Inulin-rich chicory extract passes tolerance test

01-Dec-2009 - An inulin-rich extract that also contains polyphenols and other bioactive compound is very well tolerated,...

Inside the Beneo Institute

26-Nov-2009 - The Sudzucker-owned Beneo Group established the Beneo Institute in late 2009 to give “new oxygen...

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