European consumers buy less organic
Strong growth in the US, but a slowdown in Europe marked the global organic food and drink industry last year. Supply-demand imbalances and trade barriers are some of the challenges the industry faces today.
Archives for July 3, 2003
Eisai vitamin for skin health
Japanese pharma firm Eisai has added a new vitamin B2 supplement to its established Chocola BB range.
Pan-Pacific conference backed by Blackmores
The Health Strategy Network (HSN) Conference Series, continuing this month with a meeting in Sydney, Australia, has enlisted the CEO of Australia's leading supplement brand, Blackmores, to open the event.
Nicotine metabolite could hold back Alzheimer's
A chemical naturally present in tobacco appears to prevent one of the markers of Alzheimer's disease, reported researchers in the US recently.
Growth in UK supplements looks uncertain
The UK's vitamin and supplement market is one of the largest in Europe, with sales of £350 million (€510m) last year. But with sales levelling off for the past two years, and new European legislation set to considerably reduce the number of products...
Food safety too politicised, claims think-tank
Food safety is making international headlines as the United States and the European Union continue to take dramatically different positions over this contentious issue. A food policy think-tank raises concerns that these transatlantic conflicts are...
Sugar-free, the new candy concept
Faced with growing consumer health concerns, a US candy maker is introducing a sugar-free, fat-free product to the diabetic market.
Toddlers' diets related to bone density later on
The foods children eat appear to directly affect their bone strength in later childhood, suggests research revealed at a recent conference on osteoporosis.
Obesity, one of the big five health problems in UK
Britain's chief medical officer has called on the food industry to adopt a "more responsible" approach to marketing foods, to try to tackle the obesity epidemic.