Specialised Nutrition Europe (SNE) has called for an ‘open and science-based discussion’ in response to new EU requirements regarding processed cereal-based food (PCBF) and baby food.
Research gaps are undermining the understanding of children's nutrient intakes, leading to the inadequate design and monitoring of future nutritional policies in Europe.
Infant formula milk manufacturers in the UK have signed up to a new Code of Practice designed to encourage responsible marketing and transparency as well as issues on product quality and safety.
UK researchers appear to have confirmed the importance of the first years of a child's life as a prime window of opportunity for gut development and optimal health in later life.
Deregulation and the lack of specific EU rules for specialised nutrition such as sports products pose concrete risks including consumer confusion, loss of innovation and market fragmentation.
Online sales of dairy products on China's e-commerce platforms grew at a YoY rate of 45.2% in Q1 2018 — the lowest since Q1 2016, according to analysis carried out by China research company Syntun.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the microbiota have been identified as opportunities for the private sector to offer affordable nutrition to lower-income consumers, who are at a higher risk of malnutrition.
Food and Agriculture Organisation’s director-general José Graziano da Silva has called for legal and institutional frameworks to take the lead in addressing dietary gaps that characterise malnutrition.
For the three months ending September 30, 2018, Danone has announced consolidated sales of €6.2bn, up 1.4% on a like-for-like basis, with a 3.3% rise in value and a 1.9% decline in volume.
The European Food and Safety Authority (EFSA) has set a number of deadlines to register interest and submit data for a range of common food additives found in infant formula products and foods.
Jennewein Biotechnologie is to acquire the former facilities of Arthus Mineral Spring Company, in a deal set to ramp up the company's production of oligosaccharides derived from human milk (HMO).
Researchers involved in the High Value Nutrition National Science Challenge New Zealand are hoping their findings on the infant gut microbiome will have significant commercial use.
