India's largest pharmaceutical firm Ranbaxy Laboratories has
expanded its herbals range with the launch yesterday of three new
products, to be marketed under the 'New Age Herbals' name.
Finland's National Food Agency is to investigate the marketing of
infant formulae and draw up an action plan to ensure compliance
with regulations after feedback from consumers prompted concern.
Functional waters have exploded onto the global drinks scene in
recent years and become the fastest growing functional beverage,
according to new data from market research firm Euromonitor.
The New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) is warning users of
dietary supplements containing lecithin to check whether the
product is safe for them to take if they are allergic to eggs or
soy, the common sources of the ingredient.
The European energy drink market has seen something of a slowdown
in growth in the last couple of years, as we reported earlier this
week, with a plethora of 'me-too' products launched in the 1990s
falling by the wayside...
Growing sales of herbal medicines are threatening to wipe out up to
a fifth of the plant species on which the industry depends, a new
report will claim. It also accuses the herbal medicines industry of
doing nothing to stop the problem.
Healthy foods targeted at children represent a major opportunity
for the food and drink industry, according to a new report that
demonstrates growing parental concern about the family diet.
Growth in the West European energy drinks market has slowed down
and market share is highly concentrated among the leading brands,
reveals a new report.
Spanish firm Algry Quimica saw sales of its choline salts rise by
14 per cent in the first half of 2003 thanks to growing use of the
ingredient, largely in Europe and the US markets, in nutritional
and infant food applications.
German ingredients firm Nutrinova has received approval from the US
Food and Drug Administration to market its Sunett brand of
acesulfame K for general use in the US.
A range of low-carb chocolate bars is the latest US import hoping
to benefit from the popularity of the Atkins diet among the UK's
diet-obsessed consumers.
The launch of a new low-fat version of Unilever Bestfood's
Hellmann's mayonnaise brand in the UK is the first step in the
company's bid to turn Hellman's into a 'master brand' over the next
five years...
The lifestyles of today's parents, which has created the booming
market for unhealthy convenience foods, are partly to blame for the
rise in childhood obesity, suggests a new report. But a backlash
against junk food and the food...
German company Wacker Chemie has applied to approve
alpha-cyclodextrin as a novel food in Australia and New Zealand,
claiming it has dietary fibre-like properties.
Atkins Nutritionals, the company set up by the US pioneer of the
Atkins diet, is to launch its range of low carbohydrate foods
throughout the UK in January, the first European market for the
firm.
A food ingredient that can replace salt, add flavour and
lower cholesterol sounds too good to be true. But a Finnish
scientist says the spice Flavomare can do all of these things.
The UK's fourth biggest supermarket may introduce special labelling
for its low-carb products, reported market research firm
Datamonitor this week, which could spark a wave of diet-related
marketing.
Danish ingredients company Chr. Hansen has teamed up with dairy
manufacturers to develop a new yoghurt culture - Yo-Flex - designed
to be used in products with less fat and fewer additives.
Functional food makers present in the UK market will reap the
rewards of consumers who are among the biggest spenders on
functional foods and drinks in Europe.
The black elderberry extract Sambucol has been shown to reduce
symptoms and shorten duration of flu, according to a new study to
be published in The Journal of International Medical
Research.
Swiss chemicals company Lonza this week report on a new study
showing that supplements of its L-Carnitine Crystalline
significantly increases fatty acid oxidation in healthy adults.
Cognis Nutrition and Health has added a new vegetable sterol esters
ingredient to its product range. The company, which launched the
product for the US market at the SupplySide West tradeshow last
week, said vegetable sterol esters...
Australian biotech firm Novogen has been granted a US patent
covering the use of soy isoflavones in tablet or capsule dietary
supplements, it revealed last week.
French polyphenols specialist La Gardonnenque has launched a
standardised blend of red grape anthocyanins, designed to offer the
benefits of anthocyanins alongside optimum antioxidant activity.
UK-based Overseal Foods has extended its carotenes range to include
highly concentrated natural carotene emulsions, allowing
manufacturers to capitalise on the increasing consumer demand for
natural ingredients.
Regular consumption of the sugar replacer Isomalt appears to have a
prebiotic effect on gut bacteria, according to preliminary findings
of a study being carried out in Germany.
Leading Swedish dairy firm Skanemejerier has gained the rights to
use BioGaia's probiotic Reuteri bacteria in milk products for
launch on the Scandinavian market at the end of next year.
A new system of classification for medicines in South Korea is
helping to drive growth of the country's OTC market, two thirds of
which is made up of vitamins and dietary supplements.
Taiwan-based Allied Biotech has received an award for its
successful penetration of Europe's highly concentrated and
intensely competitive beta-carotene segment.
The WHO is to reevaluate the safety of the herbal kava, taken to
relieve stress and anxiety, but currently subject to a ban in
several leading markets.
Europe's health food industry has 'under-utilised' the
nutraceutical properties of carotenoids and consumers are still
unaware of their health benefits, finds a new report on the $348.5
million (€291.4m) carotenoid...
A fat substitute that can reduce calories by 50 per cent, increase
the fibre content in foods, and save 40 per cent of the normal cost
of fat raw materials is to be launched in Europe by Swiss marketing
group DKSH.
Dutch fine chemcials group DSM is to market creatine directly to
the consumer through Swiss partner Dolder, in a bid to retain its
share of the German sports nutrition market.
Ads for dietary supplements consistently break advertising code
rules and are part of one of the most complained about sectors in
the UK, according to the country's Advertising Standards Authority.
Junk food such as burgers, chips and fizzy drinks, should carry
tobacco-style health warnings in a bid to reduce rising obesity
rates, a senior UK politician told leading food makers in a
government investigation into obesity yesterday.
German company Boehringer Ingelheim received a US patent yesterday
for its extract of red vine leaves which can be used as a treatment
for chronic venous insufficiency.
Swedish probiotics developer Probi has signed a licence agreement
with Canada's Institut Rosell, giving it access to a significant
share of the dietary supplements market in the US and Europe.
The FiE this week was awash with European and American companies
offering the market whey protein isolates. In the US, scientists
have found a further formulation for the ingredient with
researchers at the Agricultural Research Service...
Leading ingredients firm Danisco has announced its second licensing
deal for the Howaru probiotic strain with Chile's biggest dairy
processor Soprole. The agreement looks set to generate significant
interest among food makers...
Plant extract suppliers, keen to offer their solutions for the
booming beverages sector, are promoting a number of concepts at
Food Ingredients Europe this week, many designed for enriched
waters.
Spanish nutraceuticals firm Natraceutical is promoting a patented
olive powder to the European food industry this week, said to both
impart olive flavour and significantly raise the antioxidant
content of foods.
The Fi Europe awards committee, that last month creamed off eight
out of 40 new products shortlisted for the final selection, picked
the latest texturant in the FCI range from French company Limagrain
Cereales Ingredients for the...
Cargill Health & Food Technologies has launched a new soy
isoflavone ingredient developed specifically for the dietary
supplement industry. AdvantaSoy Compress, produced in the same way
as AdvantaSoy Clear, can be customised and...
Following the new studies backing the health benefits of omega-3
fatty acids presented last week, German ingredients firm Nutrinova
announced yesterday that it has received approval to market its
microalgae-derived DHA to European...
Holland Sweetener company, DSM's joint venture with Japan-based
company Tosoh has finally launched its high intensity sweetener
Twinsweet on to the European market after years of waiting for
approval from Brussels.
