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System of embargoing press releases skews perception of nutrition studies, GOED chief says

System of embargoing press releases skews perception of nutrition studies, GOED chief says

Adam Ismail

Executive Director - GOED

Recent research results about the effectiveness of omega 3 fatty acids in the prevention of secondary heart attacks have been generalized to cast doubt on the value of the ingredients' overall effectiveness in cardiovascular health.  This is unfortunate, says Adam Ismail, global director of the Global Association of EPA and DHA Omega 3s (GOED).

Published: 21-May-2013

GMO ingredients can form part of Omega-3 supply picture, GOED chief says

GMO ingredients can form part of Omega-3 supply picture, GOED chief says

Adam Ismail

Executive Director - GOED

Genetic modification of oil seed crops will form an important part of the future omega-3s supply picture, according to Adam Ismail, executive director of the Global Organization of EPA and DHA Omega-3s (GOED). 

Published: 20-May-2013

New science, dosage form drives vitamin K2 interest, NattoPharma CEO says

New science, dosage form drives vitamin K2 interest, NattoPharma CEO says

Hogne Vik MD, PhD

CEO - NattoPharma

New research results are driving interest in vitamin K2, according to NattoPharma CEO Hogne Vik.  But the company has also developed a new, more potent powder form that is helping to raise the ingredient's profile.

Published: 17-May-2013

Trend-spotter: The rise of slow-energy

Trend-spotter: The rise of slow-energy

David Jago

Director of innovation - Mintel

There are two speeds when it comes to energy products: Slow and fast, says Mintel trend-spotting guru David Jago.

Published: 17-May-2013

Global healthcare systems are failing; nutrition policy needs to change now, says leading academic

Global healthcare systems are failing; nutrition policy needs to change now, says leading academic

Paul Clayton

Professor - Oxford University Institute of Food Brain & Behaviour

Nations and populations are in peril of being swamped by the cost of their healthcare systems unless a severe nutrition policy rethink can occur, says a leading academic.

Published: 16-May-2013

Delivering on the personalized nutrition promise

Delivering on the personalized nutrition promise

Dilip Ghosh PhD, FACN

Director - NutriConnect

Personalized nutrition has been the Holy Grail of nutrition science.  Dilip Ghosh, PhD, tells how the industry is getting closer to delivering on the promises that this approach implies.

Published: 16-May-2013

Cranberry veteran gathers forces against EU medical device products

Cranberry veteran gathers forces against EU medical device products

Gunter Haesaerts

President - Pharmatoka

With cranberry health claims rejected in the European Union, some players have ventured down the medical devices route where therapeutic claims are possible that would never succeed under the EU’s strict health claim rules. Not a good thing, says Gunter Haesaerts, president of French cranberry specialist, Pharmatoka.

Published: 14-May-2013

Happy holidays from William Reed Business Media!

Happy holidays from William Reed Business Media!

The working year is almost done, time to pause from ‘the business’ and embrace the festive season…go on, give it a big hug. Happy holidays!

Published: 19-Dec-2012

Who can win an EU immunity claim? Yeast beta-glucan can?

Who can win an EU immunity claim? Yeast beta-glucan can?

Leiber

Business unit director in health and functional food - Eike Hagemen

German yeast specialist Leiber possesses the only immune health claim in the EU assessment system at the moment. But why should its beta-glucan yeast succeed when it has already failed once?

Published: 30-Nov-2012

New models hold promise for probiotic claim substantiation

New models hold promise for probiotic claim substantiation

Alwine Kardinaal

Senior researcher for health and nutrition - Nizo Food Research

Exposing healthy people to modified pathogens in a controlled clinical trial setting could be an exciting new way for industry to overcome the challenges of health claim substantiation, says Nizo Food Research expert.

Published: 29-Nov-2012

NPD: The customer is always right – and first – says Danish dairy giant

NPD: The customer is always right – and first – says Danish dairy giant

Paul Cornillon

Senior vice president - Strategic Innovation Centre

Arla Foods used to be a Danish dairy with a Scandinavian bent. Now it is global-facing, upping its R&D spend and obsessed with finding out what consumers want, rather than delivering products it thinks they want.

Published: 23-Nov-2012

DuPont on EU probiotic health claim ban: “Mention specific strains”

DuPont on EU probiotic health claim ban: “Mention specific strains”

Michael Bond

Health platform leader in Active Nutrition - DuPont Nutrition and Health

Giant of probiotic supply, DuPont, is not afraid to admit its European business has been altered by the rejection of probiotic health claims under the EU nutrition and health claims regulation (NHCR).

Published: 21-Nov-2012

Do consumers understand and trust functional foods? Not really, say experts

Do consumers understand and trust functional foods? Not really, say experts

Prof Stefanie Bröring, Professor of Food Chain Management, University of Applied Science

Chris Brockman, Senior Global Food & Drink Analyst, Mintel

While EFSA’s health claims dossier may pave the way towards tighter regulations on what can and cannot be said about a food's potential benefit, the way that consumers understand and interact with functional foods seems to remain mainly unchanged. For now at least…

Published: 20-Nov-2012

Global population demands, ‘confusing’ media coverage and the 100 year old vitamin

Global population demands, ‘confusing’ media coverage and the 100 year old vitamin

Deshanie Rai, PhD

Senior Scientific Leader, Human Nutrition & Health - DSM Nutritional Products

It’s 100 years since Casimir Funk came up with the term ‘vitamin’, but with an ever-increasing global population and negative reports in the media of their ‘ineffectiveness’ for select health conditions, what does the future hold for the humble vitamin?

Published: 19-Nov-2012

Arla says UHT-friendly whey can tackle elderly malnutrition

Arla says UHT-friendly whey can tackle elderly malnutrition

Vivian Kjaer Jensen

Business development manager - Arla Food Ingredients

About 60% of elderly hospital patients in the UK are malnourished according to recent data from the British Dietetic Association, a problem companies like Danish firm Arla Food Ingredients are trying to tackle with a new whey form.

Published: 19-Nov-2012

Roquette seeks sports blends for pea protein

Roquette seeks sports blends for pea protein

Aurélie Mauray-Soulier, PhD

Market development manager - Roquette

Roquette is intensifying its research efforts into the protein potential of various plant forms, and used HIE to launch a pea form targeting sports nutrition products.

Published: 16-Nov-2012

Functional foodstuffs: The challenge of omega-3 in finished products

Functional foodstuffs: The challenge of omega-3 in finished products

Dr Rob Winwood

Manager Scientific Communications - DSM Nutritional Products

The challenge of getting beneficial omega-3 fatty acids into finished products is a big one for the food ingredients and manufacturing industry. But how can suppliers and manufacturers work to get these ingredients into a wider range of products?

Published: 15-Nov-2012

December 14, 2012: EU health claims doomsday? Er, not really…

December 14, 2012: EU health claims doomsday? Er, not really…

For years, probiotics and other sections of the food industry have supposedly been dreading the implementation of despised EU health claims laws.

Published: 14-Nov-2012

'Our probiotic science will lead to an EFSA health claims approval': DuPont VP of marketing

'Our probiotic science will lead to an EFSA health claims approval': DuPont VP of marketing

Scott Bush

VP Marketing - Nutrition and Health - DuPont

Recent studies using DuPont’s HOWARU strain combination, combined with a better understanding of ‘the rules of the game’, will lead to positive health claims in Europe, DuPont’s Scott Bush has confidently predicted.

Published: 14-Nov-2012

‘Revolutionary’ aseptic spout for drinks pouches suits ‘on the go’ consumers – IPN

‘Revolutionary’ aseptic spout for drinks pouches suits ‘on the go’ consumers – IPN

Luis De La Mora from Innovative Packaging Network (IPN) tells Ben Bouckley why he believes his firm’s new ‘non spill’ aseptic spout for beverage pouches, Clean Valve, can help the format steal share from cans, cartons and PET bottles.

Published: 07-Nov-2012

Gut microbiota opens locked prebiotic research doors

Gut microbiota opens locked prebiotic research doors

Dr Nathalie Delzenne

Head of Research Group in Metabolism & Nutrition - Louvain Drug Research Institute

Evolving gut microbiota knowledge is being leveraged to drive prebiotic research forward and providing new insights into older prebiotics, according to a leading researcher.

Published: 16-Aug-2012

Clinical trials needed to fulfill prebiotics obesity promise: Professor

Clinical trials needed to fulfill prebiotics obesity promise: Professor

Kristin Verbeke

Professor of Translational Research in GastroIntestinal Disorders - Catholic University, Leuven, Belgium

Battling obesity is not the first port of call for prebiotics – they are much more commonly known for their role in promoting gut health and boosting immune systems. But a growing number of studies is showing different prebiotic forms can influence weight...

Published: 13-Aug-2012

It's flour Jim, but not as we know it... Solazyme Roquette Nutritionals takes algae to the final frontier

It's flour Jim, but not as we know it... Solazyme Roquette Nutritionals takes algae to the final frontier

Jodie Morgan

President - Solazyme Roquette Nutritionals

The first novel algae products to emerge from a joint venture between French food ingredients giant Roquette and Californian microalgae expert Solazyme have just hit the market.

Published: 23-Jul-2012

Novel plant source of omega-3s DHA and EPA should be commercialized by 2020, says Cargill

Novel plant source of omega-3s DHA and EPA should be commercialized by 2020, says Cargill

A completely new source of the coveted long chain omega-3s EPA and DHA should be commercialized by the end of the decade thanks to a multi-million-dollar tie up between ingredient giants BASF and Cargill to produce the next generation of canola oils.

Published: 09-Jul-2012

Industry hopes Olympics will torch supplement contamination concerns

Industry hopes Olympics will torch supplement contamination concerns

Paul Brown

Lab manager - HFL Sport Science

The Olympic Games have in the past brought the food supplements industry to the edge of its collective seat – but not necessarily in fevered anticipation of the world-class sporting fare on offer as anti-doping scrutiny has raised contamination issues.

Published: 21-Jun-2012