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Balchem hires de Boer to build Euro business
05-Oct-2009 - Balchem Corporation has hired a new European sales manager to manage its European choline business, and introduce new products and technologies.
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Naturex and Natraceutical Group formalise merger
01-Oct-2009 - Naturex and Natraceutical Group have formalised contracts yesterday for the €110m merger their ingredients businesses.
Danone splits from Wahaha; not talking to Mead
30-Sep-2009 - Danone’s troubled relationship with China’s Wahaha looks finally to be at an end; and rumours of a new deal with Mead Johnson over baby food are flatly denied.
Time for a change? More food jobs around now
29-Sep-2009 - The UK food job market has seen an upturn in recent months, according to a recruitment expert, and it’s no longer a buyers market for those in the hiring seat. But for mainland Europe, recovery is still to come.
Naturex merger to double 2009 earnings
28-Sep-2009 - Naturex, the French-based botanicals giant that recently acquired the ingredients business of Spanish company, Natraceutical Group, will earn €185m in 2009 – up from its 2008 income of €93.2m, as it announced details of the deal.
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The benefits of a probiotic witch hunt
28-Sep-2009 - Get your pitchforks ready! There are evil-doers out there! We’ve been conned: Probiotics don’t work. Dannon’s settling out of court, EFSA’s rejecting health claims, and the media is starting a witch hunt.
FSA dismisses Codex supplement conspiracy theory
28-Sep-2009 - The UK’s Food Standards agency has published a blog entry dismissing an internet conspiracy theory that Codex Alimentarius is preparing to ban dietary supplements.
Hindustan Unilever scientist on cutting ayurvedic barriers
25-Sep-2009 - A leading scientist at Hindustan Unilever has spoken out about the need to improve product quality and documentation to grow the market for ayurvedic nutraceuticals in India.
Fish oil supplements (sans liver) are ok, says UK professor
25-Sep-2009 - The UK professor who found himself at the heart of an industry storm after his remarks on the value of food supplements were misquoted in the national press has spoken out to clarify his position.
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Fraudsters hit UK food businesses
25-Sep-2009 - UK food businesses are being targeted by fraudsters, claiming to represent the Food Standards Agency (FSA), who impose illegal penalty fees for bogus hygiene infringements, warns the agency.
National Starch creates animal free emulsifier for instant foods
25-Sep-2009 - National Starch has developed a new fat encapsulation system for instant desserts or other dried products that replaces animal derived ingredients like sodium caseinate.
Danone kills beauty yoghurt but comeback likely
24-Sep-2009 - Danone has killed the Essensis beauty yoghurt worldwide blaming lower consumer spending but the dairy giant remains convinced of beauty food potential.
Doctors debate vitamin D levels
24-Sep-2009 - The Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME) is preparing a vitamin D policy paper it hopes can influence European national associations considering vitamin D medical recommendations.
Industry turning food supplements media bashing around
24-Sep-2009 - The positive discrimination food supplements reporting campaign being mounted by the head of the Irish Health Trade Association (IHTA) has had a successful start with Irish and UK newspapers picking up stories brought to its attention by the IHTA.
A chance to milk new developments in dairy
24-Sep-2009 - Advances in technologies for the extraction and modification of milk components have opened up new opportunities for the food and nutraceutical industries, say the publishers of a new book.
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Tomato extract maker seeks investor millions
24-Sep-2009 - UK fruit extract specialist, Provexis, hopes to raise €5.5 in a deal that may see it offer shares at a significant discount to the current listed price of about €0.10.
Irish establish functional foods initiative
23-Sep-2009 - Four of Ireland’s biggest healthy ingredients companies have joined with academics to form Food for Health Ireland (FHI), a group that will bring together partners up and down the value chain to develop and market ingredients and functional foods.
Royal wedding sparks 'herbal valium' concern
23-Sep-2009 - The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has warned the public of the dangers of Aconite after media reports suggested a celebrity had taken the poisionous plant to reduce stress before her wedding to a member of the royal family
EPAX builds its house on low-oxidant fish oils
22-Sep-2009 - A supplier of marine-based Omega-3 products to capsule manufacturers is expanding its Norwegian operation with a new operational facility to accommodate a three-fold rise in staff numbers over nine years.
Fytexia expands on weight management boom
21-Sep-2009 - French herbal supplier, Fytexia, has moved into a new premises at its southern French base as it responds to growing demand for natural ingredients and attempts to gain high-level European GMP certification.
‘Gut friendly’ pizza – coming to a neighborhood near you
18-Sep-2009 - With probiotic yogurt shots beginning to establish themselves on US grocery store shelves, are consumers ready for a gut-friendly pizza?
Special edition: Market insights
CPL: Deciphering the European cholesterol-lowering market
18-Sep-2009 - The European cholesterol-lowering market presents many opportunities for food supplements and functional foods despite threats such as statin drugs and a tough new health claims regime, says Dr Robert Harwood, principal consultant at UK-based CPL Business Consultants.
Irish fight food supplements media bashing
18-Sep-2009 - The Irish Health Trade Association (IHTA) has begun a mainstream media campaign to promote the positive role food supplements can play in the diet.
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FSA advises on sustainable fish choices
18-Sep-2009 - The UK’s Food Standards agency is sticking by its advice for people to eat at least two fish portions a week, of which one should be oily – but is highlighting the need for sustainable choices.
Red wine powder gives the benefits without the booze
18-Sep-2009 - The health benefits of wine could be available to those who prefer not to drink alcohol, says a German team who are adapting the by-products of red wine production to make a powder for use in yoghurts and chocolates.
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