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...
