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BioGaia buys out probiotic drops company for €3.5m
Swedish probiotics specialist BioGaia has taken 100% control of probiotic drop producer TwoPac for €3.5m. It previously had a 50% stake in the 11-year-old fellow Swedish firm.
Europe's food industry welcomes EU-US trade negotiations
European food industry trade body FoodDrinkEurope has welcomed formal negotiations between the European Union and the United States on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), announced at the G8...
Newly available test will help qualify vitamin K2 sources, originators say
A new test will help bring clarity to the supply situation for vitamin K2, according the test’s originators. The test, developed by ingredient development and marketing firm Xsto Solutions and...
Frutarom: ‘We want to expand our functional foods business’
Swiss-Israeli flavours and ingredients house Frutarom wants a greater slice of the global functional foods and drinks market with new investment and initiatives to tap markets like the Americas and...
Fresh wings: Red Bull slugs EU vitamin B energy health claims
Energy drink leader Red Bull – previously hit by EU rejection of taurine health claims – is boosting its energy-attention marketing by using approved vitamin B claims.
Bioseutica sells high-end omega-3 division to German equity firm; major expansion planned
Swiss nutra and pharma ingredient player Bioseutica has sold 85% of its KD Pharma high-end omega-3 business to German equity firm Capiton. Serious expansion is planned.
FAO praises 38 countries for halving hunger
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says better nutrition targets to battle global hunger that affects 870 million people globally are being met in 38 countries.
ISEAL develops new ‘credibility principles’ for ecolabels
Global certification association ISEAL Alliance has developed a set of principles for defining what makes an ecolabel, standard or certification credible.
Peruvian fishery ‘well placed’ for eco-certification, says MSC on world’s primary omega-3 source
The world’s biggest omega-3 source – Peru’s anchovy fishery – is moving toward Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) backing although the certifier says work remains before the fishery attains the increasingly...
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Epax chief: ‘We are the last of the big omega-3 independents’
Epax CEO Ola Snove thinks the €2bn BASF and DSM buying frenzy that saw many major suppliers consolidated in their hands is ultimately a good thing for the €20bn+ sector...
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Denomega gains Friend of the Sea certification
Denomega’s omega-3 cod liver oil processing plant in Leknes, Norway, has been certifiedbysustainable fishing watchdog,Friend of the Sea.
'Making malnutrition history': EU unveils €3.5 billion nutrition package
The European Union has pledged to spend an 'unprecedented' €3.5 billion on improving battling malnutrition accross the globe, reveals Commissioner Piebalgs.
Food firms should encourage nutrient-rich diets for women: BNF
Food manufacturers should encourage women to eat nutrient-rich diets after the British Nutrition Foundation’s (BNF) latest Task Force Report proved women’s diets before and during pregnancy can affect an infant’s...
The Lancet: 'Undernutrition cripples global economic growth and development'
Undernutrition causes the deaths of 3m children each year and retards developing world economic growth, commentators have said in The Lancet.
Slow progress: UN children’s agency calls for action to combat childhood undernutrition
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reiterated calls for more to be done to improve nutrition in the first 1000 days of life to reduce growth stunting that blights...
Don’t forget, the Skin Care Ingredients 2013 is live this Wednesday!
On Wednesday, June 12th 2013, the SkinCare Ingredients virtual trade show and conference will be back for the third year running for this crucial event.
5 years on: The Lancet finds much to do for global maternal and childhood nutrition
Prestigious UK journal The Lancet has published a series of articles and studies assessing the problem of malnutrition among women and children, especially in the developing world. Five years it published another...
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Naturex CEO talks HQ expansion, green credentials and the memory of Jacques Dikansky
Naturex hosted 500 of its employees and guests the weekend just passed as it inaugurated a €12m expansion of its Avignon HQ in southern France. We caught up with CEO...
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Capsugel targets nutra and pharma sectors with liquid lipid technology
Pharma and supplement manufacturing giant Capsugel has launched a platform around lipids, liquids and semi-solid fill technologies targeting the food supplement and pharma sectors.
FAO demands an end to malnutrition that affects 3.5bn people
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has issued a compelling demand for an end to the malnutrition that continues to affect more than half of the world’s population....
Dispatches from Vitafoods Europe 2013
Getting on with it: How a big US supplements maker adapts to major EU law changes
US-based foods and supplements manufacturer, Now International, hasn’t sat on its hands since the EU’s new health claim laws kicked into play in 2008 – taking pre-emptive action to keep...
Norwegian family fishing firm seeking omega-3 cod catch
Geir Wilhelm Wold is a Norwegian fisherman, just like his father and his father before him. But when cod catch waste began to bother him Wold bought the Norwegian fish...
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What’s at the heart of functional and healthy confectionery?
ConfectioneryNews explores the issues at the pulse of healthier and functional chocolate, candy and gum.
Norwegians debut 'compressed' omega-3 tablets
A Norwegian start-up says its patent pending compression technology has allowed it to commercialise omega-3 powder that can be formulated in hard tablets rather than capsules.
EHPM appoints new director general; seeks 'to fully leverage' membership
Patrick Ahern, a former industry advisor, trade group manager and consultant on EU law and affairs, is the new director General of the European Federation of Associations of Health Product...
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