News, Analysis & Insights on Nutrition, Supplements, and Health
Supplements containing a soy compound were no better than a placebo at relieving the symptoms of menopause, according to a Finnish study published in this month's Obstetrics and Gynecology journal.
Swedish firm BioGaia, known for its probiotic LifeTop straw, has signed an agreement with a small Italian company for the sale of its Reuteri tablets on the Italian market.
Danish ingredients company Danisco will expand its flavour creation centres in The Netherlands and Belgium as part of the restructuring of the flavour research and development facilities to improve capabilities and efficiency.
Creative Enterprises International has anounced a marketing agreement with Affinity Products to market MilkCal calcium, a calcium supplement said to be derived from pure milk.
EU-funded projects to explore the physiological effects from eating foods with added soy-derived isoflavones are hoping to see benefits for bone health and heart disease reduction in women.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should require food manufacturers to limit the amount of the potential carcinogen acrylamide in their products, said the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), a nonprofit US organisation, this week...
Seaweed species have been found to defend themselves from specific pathogens with naturally occurring antibiotics, which could present oppportunities for future nutraceuticals, report US researchers.
A report in a US newspaper has fuelled rumours that Dutch food group Numico is about to auction its US retail chain GNC. While Numico has not confirmed the news, media reports suggest that the firm may receive some informal bids this weekend.
Raspberry extracts could soon become the basis of anti-aging creams, suggest researchers who have identified powerful chemicals in the fruit and other berries that can improve the body's resistance to skin aging and sun exposure.
CoQ10 supplements, currently manufactured by fermentation only in Japan, may eventually be synthesized in the United States thanks to research at the University of California, Santa Barbara, reports the university this week.
J. Leonard Neutraceuticals has developed a new delivery method for children's vitamins - the Yikes! Multi-Vitamin Freeze Pops, said to contain the full RDA of all essential vitamins.