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The herbal and pharmaceutical industries should invest more time and resources in studying herb-drug interactions, suggest researchers in the UK, who found 'a widespread lack of interest' in this area from both industries in a survey.
A meta-analysis of trials on antioxidant vitamins concludes that they are not effective in reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease. The authors, writing in tomorrow's Lancet, even go as far as warning that beta-carotene supplements could actually...
A meta-analysis of trials on antioxidant vitamins published in tomorrow's Lancet concludes that they are not effective in reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease - 'nothing new', according to CRN. But the authors also report that beta-carotene...
Health and wellness company Amerifit Nutrition has announced certification of several of its products by public health and safety company NSF International, including its women's health supplement Estroven.
In a bid to encourage a closer collaboration between citrus growers and juice manufacturing customers, Cargill Citro Pure - a joint venture between Cargill Citro-America, a subsidiary of agri-giant Cargill, and 83 partners - has formed a supplier...
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) announced this week that new regulations giving a two-year temporary national authorisation to market a new sweetener - 'salt of aspartame-acesulfame' - have come into force as of the 27 May 2003.
Health foods manufacturer the Hain Celestial Group has introduced two new juices fortified with Kemin Foods' FloraGLO Lutein.
The Enova brand cooking oil, produced jointly by ADM and Japan's Kao, has been shown to increase the body's ability to burn fat and may also improve appetite control and energy balance, according to new research.
Regulations to implement the provisions of the EU directive on food supplements in England were laid before the UK parliament this week. The UK is likely to see the removal of more supplements than most other Member States.
In our second flavour news of the day, Danish ingredients giant Danisco reports on the two new flavour concepts it developed for the Specialty Coffee Association of America's (SCAA) annual conference in April this year.
The Enova brand cooking oil, produced jointly by ADM and Japan's Kao, has been shown to increase the body's ability to burn fat and may also improve appetite control and energy balance, according to new research.