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22-May-2012 - New research identifying type-A proanthocyanidins (PACs) from cranberry juice in human urine could help to take future clinical trials to the next level, say researchers.

Introducing nutrikinetics: A new way of performing nutrition research

08-Mar-2012 - A new way of performing research in the field of nutrition could one day open a more accurate picture of how the foods and supplements we eat affect our health, and could offer greater insights of how foods are taken in by specific consumer groups – according to a group of Dutch researchers led by Unilever.

UK whey protein market hitting ‘critical mass’ - Volac

23-Feb-2012 - Mark Neville, head of lifestyle ingredients at Volac, told BeverageDaily.com that the UK market for whey protein was hitting “critical mass”, since everyone knew someone who used such ingredients, with word spreading as to their benefits.

Beneo: Prebiotic health claim rejections have put prospects “on hold”

21-Dec-2011 - The second part of this exclusive interview sees Beneo executive board member, Yves Servotte, explaining the cooling but not crushing effect of EU prebiotic health claim rejections on its inulin-chicory business.

Beneo board: “Let us not forget that functional food responds to a clear demand of the consumer”

20-Dec-2011 - In the first part of this exclusive interview, Beneo Group executive board member, Yves Servotte, explains how European Union health claim rules have informed strategic thinking at one of Europe’s biggest and most vocal ingredient vendors.

Chinese market opens up for Naturex for flavour modifier; Burgundy integration underway

21-Nov-2011 - Naturex has just received novel foods approval in China for its flavour masking system, Talin. President and chief executive of the botanicals group, Jacques Dikansky, revealed the news and discussed the integration of Burgundy when we caught up with him at Naturex HQ in Avignon.

Departed Danisco CEO: “I am proud of my legacy”

22-Jun-2011 - If Tom Knutzen is reading this, he shouldn’t be.

Head of DSM Food Specialties tackles the big food ingredient issues

09-Jun-2011 - Hans-Christian Ambjerg, president of DSM Food Specialties, goes head to head with FoodNavigator.com on commodity prices, emerging markets and acquisition strategy.

Accelerated time technology may unlock our long-term nutritional needs

08-Jun-2011 - Technology that can speed up biological time may reveal the existence of hundreds of ‘vitamins’, and provide scientific evidence for how long-term nutrient intake affects the risk of chronic disease, says the executive chairman of a Silicon Valley company at the cutting edge of nutrition.

EU must drive “Limited IP” vitamin D research: Bischoff-Ferrari

07-Apr-2011 - Vitamin D will fail to deliver on its promise to reduce healthcare spending by billions of euros until further human intervention studies are commissioned, says leading researcher, professor Heike Bischoff-Ferrari.

The opportunities and obstacles for gut health science

21-Dec-2010 - It’s been a bad year for good bacteria: A raft of negative health claims opinions from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has left many in the industry predicting trouble ahead for probiotics and prebiotics in Europe. But Professor Tine Rask Licht, the winner of this year’s Danisco Award, believes that gut health still has a bright, but challenging future.

Negative antioxidant health claims not short-term barrier

25-Aug-2010 - The science of antioxidants will eventually convince regulatory bodies around the world of their benefits, and there are existing options to communicate the benefits of the compounds, according to industry experts.

Health claims legal challenge remains a possibility

19-Aug-2010 - In the fourth excerpt from a NutraIngredients health claims roundtable, our experts discuss the possibility that the 2006 nutrition and health claims regulation may end up being challenged in an institution like the European Court of Justice.

Time for a ‘Probiotics for Life’ industry website?

18-Aug-2010 - In the third excerpt from a NutraIngredients health claims roundtable, our experts wonder whether industry is being creative enough with the new European Union regulations.

Proving health claims with healthy populations proves tough

06-Aug-2010 - In the second excerpt from a NutraIngredients health claims roundtable, our experts discuss some of the controversy that surrounds health claim validation in healthy populations.

Health claims ignored by the least healthy

05-Aug-2010 - Health claims matter to wealthier consumers but those on lower incomes often shun them and the healthy foods that bear them, according to industry experts.

EFSA health claims chief: Our methods are misunderstood

06-Jul-2010 - In part two of this exclusive NutraIngredients podcast, Professor Albert Flynn, chair of European Food Safety Authority’s Scientific Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (NDA) refutes criticism the agency is biased toward certain nutrients.

Health claims chief highlights EFSA’s compromised comms policy

28-Jun-2010 - Professor Albert Flynn, chair of European Food Safety Authority’s Scientific Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (NDA) tells Shane Starling how its communication ambitions are being thwarted by a lack of funding.

DSM CEO: “food ingredients are not pharmaceuticals”

25-Jun-2010 - The president and chief executive officer of DSM Nutritional Products, Leendert Staal, says his company is facing up to life under EU’s new health claims rules, but has not changed its approach to nutrition science and product innovation.

Spend on science not marketing for a positive health claim: EFSA scientist

23-Apr-2010 - Companies should put more money into studies to substantiate the science of probiotics, perhaps at the cost of marketing, a member of EFSA’s evaluating panel has said.

Bruce Ames: Vitamin insufficiency boosting age-related diseases

09-Feb-2010 - It is literally all about living for today. By understanding that nature favours survival today over tomorrow, a theory that vitamin inadequacy is behind the rise in chronic diseases “makes sense… and it is almost certainly going to be right,” says world-renowned scientist Bruce Ames.

How tomatoes are informing Danone's probiotic claims

29-Sep-2009 - Danone’s newly submitted article 14 probiotic, diarrhoea health claim, is a product of the ongoing learning process that is occurring as companies come to grips with the reality of the European Union’s new health claim regime, according to the French dairy giant’s regulation chief.