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Numico to restructure US operations

Dutch food group Numico has announced that it is to restructure its US operations after a difficult year affected by a downturn in supplement sales....

Reliv earns anti-ageing patent

Reliv International of the US, an international manufacturer and marketer of nutritional supplements and other food technology products, has been awarded a US patent for...

Enfamil LIPIL shown to improve eyesight

Enfamil LIPIL, an infant formula with DHA and ARA - two nutrients naturally found in breast milk - has been shown to improve visual development...

Two new functional foods from GeniSoy

Functional food manufacturer MLO/GeniSoy is to launch two new products at this week's Natural Products Expo in Anaheim, California: GeniSoy Chocolate Drenched Premium Soy Nuts...

NSF offers banned substance tests for athletes

With the number of athletes being accused of taking banned substances continuing to rise, US-based public health and safety company NSF International has introduced a...

Record sales for RiceX

The RiceX Company, a manufacturer of food ingredients from stabilised rice bran, has reported a 64 per cent increase in revenues for 2001 to US$6.3...

Natrol supplements to help aid sleep

Natrol, the US-based manufacturer and marketer of branded dietary supplements, has launched Natrol Stress Complex, a supplement designed to help stressed-out insomniacs get a good...

So Natural Foods fears the worst for 2001

So Natural Foods Australia, the country's largest producer of soymilk and other soya-based products, said it expected to record a full year loss for 2001,...

Record 2Q sales for United Natural Foods

United Natural Foods, the US-based marketer of natural food products, has reported sales of US$285.5 million (€327.5m) for the second quarter of 2002, a 16.8...

Organic exchange planned

Organic farmers in the UK will be able to trade their products on a commodity exchange which is due to open later this year, according...

Nutritional drinks live up to claims

A recent test of 26 nutrition powders in the US showed that 24 of them lived up to their claims regarding carbohydrate, fats and proteins....

Fungus by any other name

The US-based Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has called on the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to stop what it calls the...

NIC buys three stores

Nutraceutical International Corporation of the US has announced that its Fresh Organics subsidiary has acquired three natural foods markets in San Francisco from the Real...

Leiner files for bankruptcy

Leiner Health Products, the US dietary supplement producer, has filed a Chapter 11 petition in the US Bankruptcy Court. The company said it hoped to...

French organic farming growth set to slow

France's organic farming sector may experience slower growth in coming years as the number of traditional farmers converting to organic production drops off, a French...

Access acquires Australian technology

Dallas-based Access Pharmaceuticals has acquired the targeted therapeutic technology of Biotech Australia, giving it access to the patents to three targeted therapeutics. The amount paid...

Forbes to help find buyer for Take Heart

Canadian group Forbes Medi-Tech, a producer of cholesterol-lowering food ingredients, has been approached by Novartis Consumer Health to help it find a buyer for the...

Roche considers selling off vitamins unit

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche has said it is "reviewing strategic options outside the group for the vitamins and fine chemicals division" after a difficult year...

End of the road for Altus functional food venture

Quaker Oats and Swiss healthcare giant Novartis have confirmed that their functional foods joint venture has been quietly pulled from operations, according to a report...

P&G to sell Olestra plant after disappointing performance

Consumer products giant Procter & Gamble is to sell the plant that makes its controversial fat substitute olestra, after the product failed to live up...

Mood-enhancing ice cream brings a smile to British faces

Scottish ice cream-maker Mackie's is launching what it claims is the world's first mood-enhancing ice cream, according to a report in Scotland on Sunday. The...

LifeSmart Nutrition Technologies buys LifeSmart Nutrition

LifeSmart Nutrition Technologies, formerly known as Upland Energy, has announced that it has acquired LifeSmart Nutrition, the Utah-based company, as a wholly owned subsidiary. LifeSmart...

FDA clears new use for Novartis drug Zometa

Novartis said that US regulators approved its recently launched drug Zometa for treating bone metastases caused by several types of cancers. The action enables Switzerland-based...

Thailand seeks to take on greater role in world's organic market

Farmers in Thailand are being urged to reduce the use of chemical pesticides so that a five-year masterplan to make the nation a global centre...

DEFRA survey points to organic future for some FMD farmers

Many of the British farmers affected by foot and mouth disease (FMD) are looking at moving into organic farming as they start to rebuild their...