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...
EFSA health claim opinion
EFSA rejects Danone’s infant immunity prebiotic claim
05-Feb-2010 - Danone Baby Nutrition says the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) failed to engage in “direct...
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, minerals may reduce eczema risk in children
01-Feb-2010 - Increased intakes of beta-carotene, vitamin E, folic acid, and iron may reduce the risk of...
EFSA should rethink immunity claim opinion, says Wild
01-Feb-2010 - German supplier Rudolf Wild GmbH claims the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) failed to explain...
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...
Probiotics player ‘puzzled’ by EFSA health claim response
25-Jan-2010 - Swedish probiotics player, Probi, is pursuing “unofficial” dialogue with the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)...
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...
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...
Health claims: How do we define ‘healthy’?
14-Dec-2009 - With ‘healthy’ populations identified as the ideal for the European Food Safety Authority’s health claims,...
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,...
Irish dairy and academia unite over functional ingredients
27-Nov-2009 - Four major Irish dairy ingredient players and four academic institutions form the nexus of a...
Inside the Beneo Institute
26-Nov-2009 - The Sudzucker-owned Beneo Group established the Beneo Institute in late 2009 to give “new oxygen...
Chr Hansen adds Australian probiotic to portfolio
23-Nov-2009 - Leading probiotics supplier, Chr Hansen, has inked a deal with Australian start-up, Probiomics, that will...
Yeast ingredient shows promise for reducing airborne allergies
20-Nov-2009 - Supplementation with a yeast fermentate may improve allergy symptoms like runny nose, according to the...
Weekly comment
Life in a European health claims wasteland
09-Nov-2009 - Ka-CHING! Hear that? No it’s not the sound of overflowing cash registers as consumers throw...
Wild seeks guidance to validate immune boosting claim
04-Nov-2009 - An ingredients manufacture said it is seeking additional information from the European Food Safety Authority...
Low vitamin D again linked to higher mortality
03-Nov-2009 - Low blood levels of vitamin D have again been linked to lower survival in...
Paper proving source of antioxidants for Swiss firm
02-Nov-2009 - A Swiss company extracting what it claims are antioxidant polyphenols from pulp and paper processing...
Nutrient database can assist health claims
27-Oct-2009 - Pooling nutrient information is becoming an important and time efficient way for companies scientific data...
EU doctors deciding on elderly vitamin D levels
26-Oct-2009 - A group of European doctors is moving toward a vitamin D recommended level for the...
Tate & Lyle backs Asian prebiotic in Europe
26-Oct-2009 - A new partnership with chemical group Solvay will enable the distribution of a low dosage...
EFSA publishes probiotic guidance
22-Oct-2009 - Genetic typing, internationally recognised naming protocols and evidence of consistency in the final product have...
July 2010: When EU health claim compliance reaches store shelves
15-Oct-2009 - The European Commission has set itself the goal of processing the 94 generic article 13.1...
