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Acatris, the Dutch health ingredients company, has called for greater harmonisation of the methods used to test soy isoflavones to help consumers avoid "the proverbial problem of comparing apples to oranges rather than apples to apples".
Flavour ingredients company Treatt will unveil its new selection of natural vegetable distillates at the IFT exhibition opening this weekend in Chicago, USA.
Japan's Kyowa Hakko Kogyo is introducing a liquid version of its cholesterol-lowering food ingredient CSPHP at the IFT show in Chicago this week. The ingredient is said to be more effective than plant sterol esters, used in most cholesterol-lowering...
Vitamin E may be more important for its anti-inflammatory and cardiovascular benefits than its antioxidant activity, suggest authors of a recent Harvard Medical School publication.
Walnuts are being promoted as a cheaper and easier way of boosting omega-3 intake, than eating fish. Meanwhile, peanut producers in the US assert the benefits of the most popular nut.
Europe's leading infant nutrition maker Numico is closing factories and cutting 525 jobs as part of a cost-cutting plan for its European baby foods division.
Atkins Nutritionals, the firm set up by controversial nutritionist Robert Atkins, is launching low-carboydrate breakfast bars.
Herbalife is to market a nitric oxide supplement to boost cardiovascular health. The product, the first in a series of heart health supplements, is made with an amino acid complex, antioxidants and folic acid.
New flavour encapsulation technology from number one flavour business could provide product developers with a new tool to prolong shelf life, claims number one flavours company International Flavors & Fragrances.
A congress on childhood nutrition will today highlight the advantages of breastfeeding over infant formula, linked in some studies to a greater risk of child obesity. Meanwhile, the UK proposes implementation of two European directives on infant foods.
Japan's Kyowa Hakko Kogyo is introducing a liquid version of its cholesterol-lowering food ingredient CSPHP at the IFT show in Chicago this week.
Top heart charity launches 'pinch of salt' consumer awareness campaign in the UK to tackle salt consumption while scientists in the US investigating the link between salt and taste forsee new healthy salts in the future.