The market for soy foods has shown significant growth in recent
years, and there are plenty of oppportunities for further
developments. But companies should be careful that the products
they launch are what the consumer really...
The Hain Celestial group has announced that it is to close its
Celestial Seasonings supplements business and terminate its licence
to produce products under the Weight Watchers brand in order to
concentrate on its more profitable...
Two new supplements designed to promote bone health have been
launched under the Daily Balance brand. The supplements contain
calcium and soy and were formulated by women's health expert Dr
Susan Lark.
Shareholders in Forbes Medi-Tech approve a resolution allowing the
company to issue up to 25 per cent of its shares in order to raise
cash for future expansion.
Cytodyne Technologies'Xenadrine EFX weight loss nutrition bar has
been awarded a gold medal for excellence and voted America's
best-tasting protein bar by the American Tasting Institute.
Scandinavian food group MD Foods and Germany's Nordzucker sugar
producer have formed a joint venture to begin commercial production
of the sweetener tagatose in the summer of 2003.
Scientists from Texas A&M University are attempting to discover
how exactly the pulp of the Aloe vera plant acts to heal wounds -
and they are focusing on polysaccharides.
Potassium iodide pills can help combat the threat of thyroid cancer
caused by radioactive iodine, but their availability in the US -
where the fear of terrorist attacks is still very real - is not
good, claims ConsumerLab.com.
Neptune Technologies & Bioressources said it had received
positive results from recent clinical trials of its Neptune Krill
Oil (NKO) product and that it had made an international patent
request for certain applications of the...
Ginkgo biloba and soy isoflavones are among the products which will
help drive up sales of nutraceuticals by 6 per cent a year between
now and 2006, claims a new report.
Calcium is known to help combat the risk of colon cancer, but
recent research in the US has shown that low fat dairy foods are
just as effective as calcium supplements.
Naturol has filed a provisional patent application to protect the
process by which it extracts Paclitaxel from Canadian Yew trees for
use in a range of anti-cancer applications.
Probiotics or 'friendly' bacteria given to babies during weaning
may help alleviate the symptoms of eczema, according to research
published in the British journal Gut.
Roche Vitamins, a unit of the Swiss pharmaceutical group, has
opened a new production facility in South Africa which will
manufacture vitamin premixes for the food industry and help reduce
the levels of malnutrition in many African...
After months of negotiations, Canadian nutraceutical products maker
Forbes Medi-Tech has finally reached an agreement with Swiss group
Novartis Consumer Health over the future of the Reducol
cholesterol-lowering ingredient.
Vitamin E could play a key part in fighting Alzheimer's disease,
according to a recent study of the effects of various antioxidants.
However, the research also showed that vitamin E supplements had no
significant effect on the...
A new report shows that consumer confidence in the health benefits
of vitamin and mineral supplements remains high, good news for
companies affected by the short-term downturn in the market.
Researchers from the University of Surrey in the UK have suggested
a novel method of reducing the number of offences committed by
young offenders - feed them fresh vegetables.
OsteoScreen, a Texas-based bone screening laboratory, has been
awarded a patent for the use of red yeast rice as an ingredient in
its OsteoPure bone-building supplement.
Simply taking a multivitamin and other key supplements on a daily
basis can help promote good health and stave off a wide range of
diseases, according to a new report released by the Council for
Responsible Nutrition (CRN).
A team of researchers from the US has discovered that levels of
vitamin D deficiency in women of childbearing age are higher among
African Americans than among white women of the same age, leading
to a higher risk of the deficiency...
BotanicLab, already facing censure over its PC-SPES supplements,
sees seven more herbal products withdrawn from sale in Canada for
containing undeclared drugs.
Vital Living sucessfully completes private placement, raising more
than $3m, but Herbalife finds there is little interest in its bond
issue from European investors.
A survey of US adults has revealed that more than 80 per cent of
them know only very little about nutrition, and that 70 per cent
are worried about not getting enough vitamins in their daily diets.
Most said that a better choice of...
Scientists in the US have discovered a happy side-effect of hormone
replacement therapy for post-menopausal women. Oestrogen, when
taken in association with calcium and vitamin D, can help prevent
tooth loss.
The UK Food Standards Agency has published the results of a survey
of dioxin and dioxin-like PCBs in 33 branded fish oil supplements
bought from UK retailers, and has withdrawn two batches from sale
after they were found to contain...
BioTech of the US has introduced a new weight loss supplement
called Norexin which it claims will enable consumers to lose weight
without any unwanted side-effects which may be related to the use
of other slimming products.
Pedro Vieira, marketing manager for Kemin Foods Europe spoke to
NutraIngredients.com about boosting public awareness of the eye
health supplement lutein and making a US public relations campaign
work in Europe.
The Dr Enuf energy drink range has been extended with the addition
of a new herbal variant, Herbal Dr Enuf, a cherry-flavoured drink
containing ginseng and guarana.
Neptune Technologies & Bioressources of Canada has said it will
reach profitability next year thanks to the first order for its
marine oil extracted from krill sold under the brand name NKO.
Vitamin E produced by Pharmavite under the Nature Made brand has
become the first product to be awarded the DSVP certification mark
by the United States Pharmacopeia (USP), an independent quality
control group focusing on the pharmaceutical...
Galaxy Nutritional Foods, the producer of nutritious plant-based
dairy alternatives for the retail and foodservice markets, has
announced a sharp rise in sales of its Veggie brand products via
the Canadian supermarket chain Loblaw.
New research from the US has shown that the addition of soybean
phytosterols to lean ground beef can have a significant effect in
reducing cholesterol levels.
Contrary to certain 'fad diets' that promote fewer carbohydrates in
favour of more protein and fat, US researchers claim this week that
people who consume a high carbohydrate diet apparently eat fewer
calories per day and...
Zila, an international provider of healthcare and biotechnology
products and services for dental/medical professionals and
consumers, said that higher sales in its third quarter had helped
it to reduce its net losses during the same...
BASF, the German chemicals group, has formed a joint venture with
US-based Fortitech focusing on the manufacture, marketing and sales
of human nutrition premix products.
A hearing by a US Senate Subcommittee on the illegal use of
steroids is told that the Council for Responsible Nutrition is
drawing up guidelines to warn young athletes of the potential risks
involved in taking legally-produced supplements...
Irish ingredients group Kerry has unveiled plans to target the
growing market for soy-based health foods with the creation of a
new subsidiary, Nutriant.
Researchers from the USDA's Agricultural Research Centre and Purdue
University have created a tomato which has nearly three-and-a-half
times the usual amount of the carotenoid as a happy side effect of
a GM process.
Leading Brands, the Canadian beverage manufacturer and distributor,
has begun shipments of its new "optimised performance
beverage" TREK after an extremely positive reaction from
distributors involved in earlier trials.
Gum Tech, the Utah-based company which produces the Zicam
homeopathic cold remedy and other innovative pharmaceutical
products, has announced plans to change its name to Matrixx
Initiatives and to launch a number of new products within...