Archives for June 3, 2002

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Drink milk instead of supplements

Yesterday's news on the importance of taking calcium supplements with phosphate has been welcomed by a campaign to promote milk as an ideal source of both minerals.

Burcon raises $3.3m from private units

US research and development company Burcon NutraScience has closed the final tranche of its private placement of 1,8million units, raising gross proceeds of $3.33 million (€3.53m) to be used in engineering development and speeding up its patent...

Supplements directive comes under attack

A British consumer organisation has attacked the EU decision to regulate the vitamins and dietary supplements industry in a letter to the Daily Telegraph newspaper.

Organic oranges more nutritious finds study

Organically-grown oranges may be half the size of those grown conventionally, but they contain up to 30 per cent more vitamin C. A research paper outlining the study was presented at a meeting of the American Chemical Society this week.

Report shows consumers confused about nutrition

A recent report on the US nutrition industry shows that a small minority of the population accounts for the vast majority of sales in most categories of dietary supplements. Future growth will depend on further consumer education, suggests the report.