Fibres & carbohydrates

Dietary fibres may protect against asthma: Mouse data

15-Jan-2014 By Nathan Gray

A lack of fermentable fibres in people's diet may pave the way for allergic inflammatory reactions such as asthma - and increasing intake of these fibres could help battle asthma, according to new research. 

EFSA health claim opinion

Get inulin! Northern European giants win EFSA claim for non-digestible carbs and glycaemia

13-Jan-2014 By Shane STARLING

The three giants of chicory-derived inulin and fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS) supply have won a significant European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) health claim approval linking non-digestible carbohydrates and improved blood glucose response.

Advertising authority shows flexibility over health claims

13-Jan-2014 By Rod Addy

The Advertising Standards Authority’s (ASA’s) policing of EU health claims offers a ray of light to food firms looking to use them in advertising, according to Eversheds senior partner Owen Warnock.

Functional dairy: Milk is 'ideal platform' for bioactive polyphenol delivery, finds study

08-Jan-2014 By Nathan Gray

Milk could act as the ideal protective carrier for bioactive nutrients such as the polyphenol epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), say researchers.

Few people with metabolic syndrome follow nutrition recommendations: Nordic nutrition study

07-Jan-2014

People who suffer from metabolic syndrome - or are at high risk of developing the condition - have a very weak level of adherence to the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations, according to research from Finland.

Calcium plus magnesium and lactulose may cut body fat levels: Study

06-Jan-2014 By Stephen DANIELLS

A combination of minerals and prebiotic fiber may help reduce body fat mass in middle-aged women, suggests a new study from Japan.

“The impact of this longer-term erosion of the relationship with consumers will be profound.”

Appraised: 12 months in the life of the world’s toughest health claims regime

20-Dec-2013 By Shane STARLING

Widely despised and foreseen as an innovation crusher and healthy foods/supplements market wet blanket, we asked how life under the controversial EU nutrition and health claims regulation (NHCR) is panning out.

Top 12 trends for food, nutrition and health

18-Dec-2013 By Michael Stones

Naturally functional products leads the top 12 food, nutrition and health trends identified by New Nutrition Business in its latest infographic.

Wolfberry consumption may offer flu protection: Mouse data

16-Dec-2013 By Nathan Gray

Consumption of wolfberries - also known as goji berries - may be associated with increasing the protective effect of influenza vaccines against the virus, according to new research in mice.

Dispatches from FiE

Is the next generation of fruit functional?

27-Nov-2013 By Annie-Rose Harrison-Dunn

Fruit may have its own stand alone functionality but Taura Natural Ingredients says fortification with milk and pea proteins, green coffee and grains will bring the ingredient into new areas. 

Dispatches from #FIE2013

A year of change for DSM’s OatWell

25-Nov-2013 By Staff Writer

One year on from its acquisition of Swedish beta-glucan brand OatWell, DSM talks about entering into new markets and capitalizing on European health claims.

live from #FIE2013

FoodNavigator at FIE: Team round-up – day 1

20-Nov-2013 By Caroline SCOTT-THOMAS

FoodNavigator reporters joined 1000s scouring the show floor from the moment Europe’s biggest food ingredients show opened yesterday morning.

Beneo chief: ‘It is the duty of the food industry to offer healthy solutions'

19-Nov-2013 By Shane STARLING

With the World Health Organization just last week calling on the food industry to do more to improve global nutrition levels, the new(ish) chief of European ingredients giant Beneo says better nutrition will always be front and centre at his company....

Special edition: Super grains!

Barley ‘always a bridesmaid, never a bride’: getting this super grain into the spotlight

15-Nov-2013

Long the victim of an outdated image problem—canned beef and barley soup anyone?—barley has the nutritional profile, cost and versatility that should catapult into the realm of super grains like quinoa and kamut. And yet, barley often ends up buried on...

Glico Nutrition targets US sports nutrition growth for novel maltodextrin

12-Nov-2013 By Stephen Daniells

With a successful GRAS status under its belt and a Glico Nutrition and a large-scale human clinical trials set to conclude in early 2014, Glico Nutrition of Japan is eyeing a larger slice of the US sports nutrition market.

Four trends propelling the dairy market

08-Nov-2013 By Annie-Rose Harrison-Dunn

An ageing population, new EFSA health claims, protein perceptions and a focus on sugar as opposed to fat are some key considerations that are or should be driving the dairy industry, according to an analyst. 

EFSA chiefs: 'It is important EFSA understands the context of its scientific opinions'

04-Nov-2013 By Shane STARLING

After NutraIngredients attended EFSA’s one-day transparency debate recently, we sat down with panel heads, and found an agency content with its transparency progress and its broader role as protector of EU food safety.

EFSA health claim opinions

EFSA backs sugars for recovery; vitamin B for energy

31-Oct-2013 By Shane STARLING

In a fresh raft of health claim opinions the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has backed certain carbohydrates for post-sports recovery and a vitamin B form for energy.

Special edition: Brain boosting ingredients

Battling cognitive decline: Where do we stand?

22-Oct-2013 By Nathan Gray

Cognitive impairments have been long linked to the development of dementia and memory problems in the elderly. However, recent research has begun to suggest that nutrition can play a vital role in protecting against such declines. In this special edition...

Citrus fibre improves nutritional quality of meatballs: Study

22-Oct-2013 By Nathan Gray

The addition of citrus fibre to meatballs improves nutritional quality of the food without affecting taste, according to new research.

Could the health effects of inulin be complimented by wheat fiber?

09-Oct-2013 By Stephen DANIELLS

Long-chain arabinoxylan derived from wheat has potential prebiotic activity and may complement the effects of inulin, an established prebiotic fiber, according to new data from Belgium and the Netherlands.

Nordic nations up vitamin D and selenium intakes after 8-year review

04-Oct-2013 By Shane STARLING

A 3-year review of Nordic nutrient intakes has recommended daily vitamin D inputs increase from 7.5 microgram to 10 mcg per day for people between 2 and 75 years of age. For over-75s, it set a level of 20 mcg.

PepsiCo brand Gatorade nets Liverpool Football Club deal

03-Oct-2013 By Ben BOUCKLEY

PepsiCo brand Gatorade has signed a deal with Liverpool Football Club to supply products to the team, while the club also gains access to the brand’s sports science laboratory to work on player fitness.

Prebiotic fibre could induce 'profound metabolic changes'

02-Oct-2013 By Annie-Rose Harrison-Dunn

Prebiotic short-chain fructo-oligosaccharides (scFOS) could modify metabolism through their effect on intestinal microbiota, which could prove helpful for type 2 diabetics, research has claimed. 

European Parliament rejects carbohydrate health claim

01-Oct-2013 By Caroline SCOTT-THOMAS

The European Parliament has vetoed a health claim linking carbohydrate consumption to normal brain function after objections that it could promote sugar consumption.

Blueberry powder may boost gut bacteria with 'demonstrated health-promoting properties', says a new study

26-Sep-2013 By Stephen DANIELLS

A daily drink of juice containing wild blueberry powder may boost select bifidobacteria strains in the gut with the potential to influence immune health, says a new study with human volunteers.

General Mills files patent for improved RTE cereal fortification

25-Sep-2013 By Kacey Culliney

High levels of fiber and/or calcium can be incorporated into a ready-to-eat (RTE) cereal without impacting eating quality by pelletizing the ingredients, General Mills says.

Live from the 20th International Congress of Nutrition

Prof: 'GI can be more powerful obesity-fighting tool in Asia than the west'

20-Sep-2013 By Shane Starling in Granada, Spain

Prebiotics and other fibres have a big role to play in curbing spiraling obesity, diabetic and pre-diabetic rates in emerging economies like India and China, according to one respected nutrition academic here at the ICN in Granada.

RCT supports fucoidan’s potential as a ‘powerful, immune-priming agent’

16-Sep-2013 By Stephen DANIELLS

Dietary supplements containing fucoidan from seaweed may amplify the immune response to seasonal influenza vaccinations in the elderly, a population known to have an inadequate immune response to ‘flu vaccines, says a new study from Japan.

Baobab fruit extract shows blood sugar management potential

16-Sep-2013 By Stephen Daniells

Formulating functional foods with extracts from the baobab fruit may help manage blood sugar levels, says a new study.

Showfloor blog: FI Asia-Thailand

Supply chain shocks driving Asian food producers to western quality

13-Sep-2013 By Shane Starling in Bangkok

The non-Asian ingredient supply sector is fairly well represented here at Food Ingredients Asia-Thailand in Bangkok, but given current concerns about food supply chain security in the region, is probably still under-represented. Which is surprising…

Sugar tax ‘best option’ to limit escalating health problems, says Credit Suisse

13-Sep-2013 By Oliver Nieburg

A sugar tax is the best way to combat excess sugar consumption which doctors agree is partly to blame for growing global obesity and diabetes rates, according to a report from Credit Suisse.

'Cobiotic' delivers dramatic decrease in fasting blood glucose and 'virtually eliminates' diarrhea caused by Metformin in type 2 diabetic: Case study

12-Sep-2013 By Elaine WATSON

A new-onset type 2 diabetic who developed diarrhea after being prescribed the drug Metformin resumed regular bowel movements, lost weight and experienced a dramatic reduction in fasting blood sugar after taking a novel ‘cobiotic’ ingredient, according...

Wellmune may maintain immune health for athletes: RCT data

10-Sep-2013 By Stephen DANIELLS

Daily supplements of the baker’s yeast beta glucan ingredient Wellmune may reduce the number of cold/flu symptom days that runners experience post-marathon by 37%, says a new study.

Pea protein boom drives Cosucra plant expansion

06-Sep-2013 By Shane Starling

Belgian pea protein player  Cosucra is investing €30m to build a ‘second line’ at its processing facility as European and North American demand rockets.

Big brand sale

UPDATE: Suntory will buy Lucozade and Ribena for ‘sum close to £1bn’; brands won’t work in Asia, says analyst

06-Sep-2013 By Shane Starling & Ben Bouckley

Sources close to GlaxoSmithKline have confirmed that the sale of its iconic Lucozade and Ribena brands to expanding Japanese beverage giant, Suntory, will proceed for a sum closer to initial estimations of £1bn (€1.18bn/$1.55bn), but an industry analyst...

Mulberry leaf extract shows blood sugar management potential: Human data

04-Sep-2013 By Stephen DANIELLS

Daily ingestion of a mulberry leaf extract may lower blood sugar spikes after eating and help reduce the risk of diabetes, suggests data from a randomized clinical trial with 50 healthy people.

Prebiotic potential: Mushroom ‘waste’ could enhance probiotic survival

03-Sep-2013 By Nathan Gray

By-products from mushroom processing could be a cheap and unexplored source of prebiotics that may enhance the survival of probiotics in storage and digestion, according to new research.

7-year gap: New nutrition concepts for a new elderly generation

02-Sep-2013 By Diana Cowland

The ageing population remains under-served in terms of functional food and drink products, says Euromonitor's Diana Cowland, despite 'elderlies' living longer and healthier than ever before.

Health economics: Nutritional supplement intervention may have significant benefits in hospital

02-Sep-2013 By Nathan Gray

Oral nutritional supplements provided to patients during hospitalisation is associated with significant reductions in length of stay and hospitalisation costs, according to economic research backed by Abbott Nutrition.

HFMA: “The report ignores the significant efforts by UK manufacturers’ to comply with the regulation...”

Industry response: Which? food supplements attack is ‘inaccurate'

22-Aug-2013 By Shane STARLING

The UK food supplements industry has hit back at the consumer watchdog there that today slammed some of Europe’s biggest manufacturers like Seven Seas, Vitabiotics and Boots for deceiving consumers with unsubstantiated health claims.

And in this news just to hand...NI mobile app is live!

19-Aug-2013 By Shane STARLING

The NutraIngredients mobile app is live and kicking all the global nutrition news you need straight into your Android or Iphone.

Leucine: A practical solution for muscle wasting?

19-Aug-2013 By Annie-Rose Harrison-Dunn

The essential amino acid supplement leucine is a practical and affordable way to prevent muscle wasting in bed-bound patients, say researchers.

Little seeds, big deeds: Chia's bright bread future

16-Aug-2013 By Annie-Rose Harrison-Dunn

Adding chia seeds to bread recipes significantly increases final product levels of proteins, lipids, ash and dietary fiber, and consumers like it too, according to research.

Don’t raise threshold for gluten-free food, says Australian specialist

14-Aug-2013 By Ankush Chibber

An Australian specialist has expressed serious concerns about efforts being made by industry bodies to increase the mandated gluten threshold for Australasia’s gluten–free (GF) standard.

EFSA health claim opinions

Non-fermented fibre wins tooth claim; cranberry may need to find new tract

29-Jul-2013 By Shane STARLING

Non-fermented carbohydrates can deliver tooth health benefits but there is not enough data to show cranberry can benefit urinary tract infections, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has found in a new series of health claim opinions.

2011 LAUNCH FAILED TO TAP $770M 'SUSTAINED ENERGY' MARKET IN GREAT BRITAIN?

'Poof!' CCE's Powerade Energy is gone…like Keyser Söze in The Usual Suspects!

29-Jul-2013 By Ben BOUCKLEY

Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has quietly withdrawn Powerade Energy, which took it took two years to develop, from sale in Britain and one industry source tells us he thinks the launch was ‘foolish beyond belief’

Tate & Lyle meeting profit targets despite 4% US soft drink slide

24-Jul-2013 By Shane STARLING

Tate & Lyle CEO Javed Ahmed says earning and profit forecasts are intact – “mid single digit growth” – despite an unseasonably cold spring that has contributed to an annual drop of 4% in the US soft drinks market and hit its specialty and bulk sweeteners...

Industry and public to be consulted on fibre claims Down Under

23-Jul-2013 By RJ Whitehead

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has released a consultation paper about the qualifying criteria for dietary fibre nutrition content claims.

Bone & Joint health – The big ingredients for a booming market

19-Jul-2013 By Stephen DANIELLS

As populations age, maintaining healthy bones and joints becomes increasingly important. Indeed, the global bone and joint health supplements market is predicted to hit US$9 billion globally by 2017, according to Global Industry Analysts. In this gallery...