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Savings will be made in part through a further 100 job losses, say DSM

DSM eyes brands, private label; will cut 100 nutrition jobs

By Annie Harrison-Dunn

DSM will cut 100 nutrition jobs as part of efficiency plans on top of the 900-1100 job losses elsewhere already announced as it set out goals that include greater interest in brands and private label.

Simon Coveney (2nd left): “We are going to have a lot more people and a lot more people choosing protein-based diets.”

Exclusive interview: Simon Coveney, Irish Food & Agriculture Minister

Irish government sticks to milk mining guns as prices plunge

By Shane STARLING

Seven years ago the Irish government backed a collaborative industry-academic milk mining project to add value to the country’s dairy sector. Some have questioned why commercially usable research results have not been more forthcoming but here the Irish...

'We made a big step forward,' said PAN Europe

EFSA hands over names attached to expert comments

By Annie Harrison-Dunn

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has handed over details of which working group members made what changes to a draft document on pesticides following a European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling – but it will be keeping EFSA staff details to itself.

EU project pursuing

EU project seeks algae omega-3s

By Shane STARLING

Extracting omega-3 from novel algae sources is the mission of a European Union-funded project with multiple partners including the famed nutrition research arm at Wageningen University in the Netherlands.

Adverts for fast-moving consumer goods is not hitting the mark - over half of the 30,000 senior consumers surveyed by Nielsen said adverts did not reflect them or their needs

Older consumers need tailored food products, say researchers

By Niamh Michail

It's not just taste and texture perceptions that change for older consumers but their social experience of food too - yet research is lacking and food manufacturers are missing out as a result, say Dutch scientists.

With future supplement growth forecast for Poland, monitoring of advertising is a priority, say national authorities

Poland clamping down on misleading supplement ads

By Annie Harrison-Dunn

Polish health and competition authorities have sent warning letters to 315 supplement companies as a first step in a multi-agency crackdown on the misleading marketing of supplements. 

Whey plus HMB boosts recovery more than whey alone: Study

Whey plus HMB boosts recovery more than whey alone: Study

By Louise Reid

Adding the amino acid derivative beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate (HMB) and the disaccharide sweetener isomaltulose to whey protein powder improves recovery from demanding exercise, researchers have found.

Euro congress tackles ‘syndrome X'

From the FENS Congress in Berlin

Euro congress tackles ‘syndrome X'

By Shane STARLING

Vitamin E and prebiotics are important in the 21st century battle against ‘syndrome X’ – the umbrella term given to a collection of chronic maladies including obesity, inflammation, diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), the FENS congress...

‘There is a terrible lack of data’: EFSA on DRV difficulties

‘There is a terrible lack of data’: EFSA on DRV difficulties

By Shane Starling at the 12th FENS Congress in Berlin

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has called on researchers to deliver better data as it continues its gargantuan task of setting nutrient intake reference for 500m European Union citizens.

GM is being presented as a silver bullet solution to malnutrition in Africa, says Harvard University's Professor Sheila Jasanoff

live from EFSA's 2nd scientific conference

‘Starving Africa’ cliché used to push GM: Harvard Professor

By Annie-Rose Harrison-Dunn at the Milan Expo

An over-simplistic image of impoverished, malnutritioned Africa is being used to push the case for genetically modified organisms (GMOs), a senior Harvard professor has warned.

'It was confrontational to say the least,' EMA senior medical officer says of making big pharma reveal its big clinical data

live from EFSA's 2nd scientific conference, Milan Expo

Could EFSA follow EMA in its open trial data policy?

By Annie Harrison-Dunn

There is increasing pressure for the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to echo the policy of its pharmaceutical cousin the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to publish clinical trials from industry dossiers.  

DuPont will be hoping this opinion helps more people become 'lactitoilet' trained

EFSA health claim opinion

Sweet release: DuPont wins defecation claim

By Shane STARLING

The bulk sweetener lactitol can help people maintain ‘normal defecation’, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has found in a new health claim opinion.

“We have noticed some slight differences in nutrient content (protein, magnesium and vitamin C) but these do not seem significant in our view.

Dutch firm enters bulging chia seed scene

By Shane STARLING

The spate of companies seeking to enter Europe’s lively chia seed market shows no signs of slowing with an EU novel foods application from a Dutch firm joining the fray.

DSM's Dalry, Scotland vitamin plant - the last bastion of vitamin C production in the western world

DSM wins sustainability award for Scottish vitamin facility

By Shane Starling

DSM has been recognised for its enviro-friendly vitamin C facility in Scotland after implementing a 4-year plan at the plant that is the last in the western world producing vitamin C after most manufacturing moved to China.

Will you be a NutraIngredients Awards winner in 2016?

12 awards in 2016

NutraIngredients Awards return bigger and better in 2016

By Shane STARLING

After a successful launch at Vitafoods in Geneva in May, the independent NutraIngredients Awards return in 2016 with more awards and even better representation of the genuine diversity of the world of nutrition.

There are no systematically collected data on animal and human consumption of insects for us to look at, says EFSA

EFSA delivers long-awaited safety assessment despite data craters

EFSA on insects: Pathogens harmful to humans most likely from farming

By Annie Harrison-Dunn

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has said insect pathogens potentially harmful to humans are most likely to come from rearing and processing not intrinsically associated with the insect itself – but huge gaps in data remain. 

Researchers get 'milk powder' style protein out of rice

Turning rice waste into protein

By Annie Harrison-Dunn

The EU-funded project BIORICE has discovered how to turn starch production waste into protein supplements.

New lutein and zeaxanthin forms launched

New lutein and zeaxanthin forms launched

Ingredient giants DSM and Kemin have debuted forms of lutein and zeaxanthin for use in tablets and soft gels via their partnership on the eye health carotenoids.

EFSA: “The fact we are here is an indication we are willing to commit to dialogue.”

Open book: The future of probiotic marketing in Europe

By Shane Starling in Brussels

‘Openness’ and ‘better dialogue’ between industry, scientists and regulators were themes of the day as the newly minted European chapter of the International Probiotics Association (IPA-Europe) launched itself with a mini-congress in Brussels yesterday.

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