News, Analysis & Insights on Nutrition, Supplements, and Health
Speciality chemicals group Cognis reported sales for the first nine months of the year on a level with last year's figure, rising by a mere 1 per cent to €2,408 million. A better-than-average performance came from the nutrition and health unit, with a...
Supplement company Basic Research, which makes the PediaLean weight loss formula for children and runs a supporting website, said this week it is considering legal options to counter the 'outrageous' claims made by controversial nutritionist Edita...
Advanced Plant Pharmaceuticals, a company that makes plant-based supplements, has formed a new venture with supplement marketer WellQuest International. The new company, which is likely to go public, will sell APPI's cholesterol product, Lo-Chol.
Women who are keen coffee drinkers may be lowering their risk of developing gallstones, report researchers in the recent issue of Gastroenterology.
Organisers of Natural Products Expo Asia, held for the first time this year, have added a 'Global Supply Marketplace' pavilion to the tradeshow for next year. The supply pavilion will focus on raw materials, ingredients and technologies on the...
'Impractical and unenforceable,' is how the European food and drink association, the CIAA, last week condemned the new EU legislation on the labelling of genetically modified organisms in food. We spoke with Dr Geraldine Schofield, technical adviser...
OleoMed America, a subsidiary of healthcare product distributor The Pharmed Group, has added herbs and vitamins to its pharmaceutical-grade olive oil to produce three new formulas designed to fight weight, wrinkles and restless nights.
Eating too much refined bread and cereal may be at the root of the teenage acne suffered by almost all adolescents in the developed world, according to a report in this month's New Scientist which reveals new US research.
Canadian phytosterols company Forbes MediTech last week said it has submitted, as part of a group of manufacturers, a set of guidelines to the EU covering the sale of phytosterol products.
Researchers at Oregon Health Science University and the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in the US are launching a clinical trial to determine whether a dietary supplement, derived from Bacopa monniera or Brahmi, a plant used in Ayurvedic...
Scientists in the US have found strong evidence linking a lack of vitamin D and calcium with tooth loss in the elderly. They say that those who do not get the recommended daily amount of the nutrients are almost 20 per cent more likely to lose teeth...