Pregnant women who do not take folic acid-containing supplements
are eight times more likely to have low serum folate values,
despite eating folate-fortified foods, claims a new study.
DSM Nutritional Products has reported operating profit of $252
million in full year 2005, up 25 per cent on 2004. But with sales
hampered by price pressure on mature vitamins, the company is
looking to reduce its reliance on these...
Argentina's Advanced Organic Materials claims to be Latin America's
first manufacturer of tocopherols and sterols, since it started to
produce and commercialise the ingredients at the end of last year.
Supplements and diet, and not sunlight, should be your source of
vitamin D, dermatology experts have concluded after reviewing
studies from both sides of the on-going debate.
A new statement on diet from the American Heart Association
emphasises weight loss, cutting back on salt and alcohol and
increasing dietary potassium as viable ways to reduce blood
pressure, but does not recommend the use of supplements.
The UK appears close to introducing compulsory flour fortification
in an attempt to reduce neural tube defects, while a new report
lists France as having the lowest rates of birth defects, a
statistic that has been linked to the folate-rich...
Choline salt specialist Algry Quimica has indicated that demand for
its choline derivatives is continuing to rise thanks to growing
awareness of their uses in nutraceuticals.
The recommended daily allowance (RDA) levels for vitamin B12 should
be increased by 500 per cent, according to Danish researchers - a
recommendation which, if taken up, could lead to reformulation of
multivitamins that contain small...
Swiss chemicals group Lonza has reported a 38.8 percent increase in
operating income in 2005, but margins for its nutritional products
have been eroded by high costs.
The functional food market is the fastest growing application for
vitamin E, with beverages, bars and oils increasingly fortified
with the vitamin, reveals new research.
A growing body of research is driving strong growth in supplements
and foods fortified with vitamin D, inversely linked in several
studies to lower risk of certain cancers and osteoporosis.
Higher intakes of vitamin D could reduce the risk of certain
cancers by as much as 50 per cent, suggests a new study, lending
weight to calls for increased supplement intake and food
fortification with the vitamin.
Consumers are confused about the benefits of vitamin E for prostate
cancer, Harvard doctors have claimed at the end of a year that has
seen sales of the vitamin plummet.
World number two vitamin maker BASF said today it will shut down
its vitamin C plant in Denmark by the year-end, bringing to a halt
all of its production of the vitamin.
Zila Nutraceuticals felt the pinch of lower Ester-C sales in the US
in Q1 2006, when net revenues fell by 15 percent. But the company
expects strong sales on the international front to restore it to
its growth trajectory before the...
Zila Nutraceuticals, the US firm that makes enhanced absorption
vitamin C and E, is expanding its sales in Europe with two separate
agreements in the Scandinavian region.
Supplements containing vitamins and other micronutrients can
improve heart function and quality of life in elderly patients with
chronic heart failure, claims a joint British-German study.
Folate levels are directly related to levels of the omega-3 fatty
acid DHA, suggests new research, and may help explain why both
nutrients tend to be low in people with hostility.
Zila Nutritional's agreement with Asahi Godo to distribute Ester-C
in Japan marks a milestone in its international strategy and could
be the US company's key to other countries in the Pacific Rim.
New raw material supplier TR International is to distribute a
bioavailable form of vitamin B6 made by Shanghai Jiubang, giving
American supplement makers an alternative to the more expensive
product made in Europe.
The natural vitamin E alpha-tocotrienol (TCT) may protect the brain
against stroke- and glutamate-induced degeneration, according to
researchers in a new animal study.
Millers and supplement makers could see prices for niacin, or
vitamin B3, increasing further next year if energy prices continue
to rise, says a leading supplier.
China's dominance of the vitamin C market was confirmed last week
as DSM halted all production of the bulk vitamin in the US, making
its Dalry plant in Scotland the only remaining major plant outside
of Asia.
A new technique that allows researchers to track carotenoids
consumed in plant foods through the body's bloodstream confirms the
role of plant beta-carotene in raising vitamin A levels.
Swiss chemicals group Lonza is increasing the prices of its niacin
and niacinamide by between 10-12 per cent to absorb higher costs
for raw materials, energy and transportation, it said yesterday.
Evidence for folic acid's ability to reduce the adverse effects of
alcohol on breast cancer risk is stacking up, with the publication
of a prospective cohort study in the British Medical
Journal.
Innovation in targeted areas like nutrition should add sales worth
€1 billion in five years time, said vitamin and specialty chemicals
maker DSM today.
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