Hansen revels in probiotic female niche
09-Feb-2010 - Danish supplier Chr Hansen says the two probiotic-strain combination it has been promoting for more...
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...
Beyond guilt - Barry Callebaut predicts a healthy future for chocoholics
03-Feb-2010 - ConfectioneryNews.com caught up with Hans Vriens, chief innovation officer with global chocolate supplier Barry Callebaut...
Yakult to commence US production in 2012
26-Jan-2010 - Japanese probiotics pioneer, Yakult Honsha, will commence manufacturing its little probiotic dairy bottles in the...
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...
Special edition: Weight management
Science: Slimming ingredients beyond satiety
21-Jan-2010 - In the third part of our series on weight management, NutraIngredients looks at how nutritional...
Special edition: Weight management
Science: Backing up the satiety and metabolic claims
20-Jan-2010 - In the second part of our focus on weight management, NutraIngredients looks at the science...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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,...
Inulin-gum mix creams up low-fat custard
30-Nov-2009 - A mixture of inulin and carrageenan may allow the formulation of low-fat custard formulations with...
