Snapple enters diet market
Cadbury Schweppes unit The Snapple Beverage Group is launching a meal replacement drink in the US to tap into the growing American weight-loss market.
Archives for February 5, 2003
Experts question impact of 'healthy' snacks
Researchers in the US have pointed to growing consumption of 'nutrition' bars and functional beverages as a risk to health - they say these new foods threaten to leave a generation with permanent damage to oral health and raise the numbers of obese.
Food agency calls for banana diversity
Responding to recent media reports that bananas may be extinct within ten years, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has urged producers to promote greater genetic diversity in commercial bananas.
Hain outlook strong for 2003
Natural foods supplier the Hain Celestial Group reported a 57 per cent rise in net income for the second quarter of 2003, and record revenues of $123 million for the period ended December 31, 2003. CEO Irwin Simon is confident of continued growth...
Athena launches prenatal vitamin
Vitamin maker Athena is introducing an effervescent multivitamin for pregnant women, claimed to be easier to ingest than capsule vitamins. Called PreOne Prenatal Formula, the product is designed to raise compliance with the nutritional needs of...
Selenium supplements stay prostate cancer progression
A study carried out on elderly male dogs found that those with diets high in selenium had less DNA damage in their prostates compared with dogs on a normal diet, enhancing the view that the mineral has a protective effect against cancer.
Blood sugar could be key to memory loss
An inability to regulate blood sugar levels could be the link to some of the memory loss that occurs as we age, according to new findings by US researchers. The study finds an association between the size of the hippocampus, the part of the brain for...
Vitamin A derivative could restore smokers' health
The chemical cousin of vitamin A is thought to restore production of a key protein, which has been damaged by cigarettes in the lungs of former smokers, and protects the cells against lung cancer, according to new findings published this week.
Australia clears Burns bid, but delays from NZ
The Burns Philp - Goodman Fielder saga continues with the news today that the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission has cleared the hostile bid from Australian ingredients company for Australia's largest food company.
Shea nut to beat swellings
Danish vegetable oils and fats company Aarhus Oliefabrik announced yesterday that together with Astion, it will increase the development portfolio of BSP Pharma principally using oil from the African shea nut.
Mushroom extract improved
New Jersey-based Maitake Products has developed a new compound which is said to enhance insulin sensitivity.