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UK doctors are being encouraged to support the use of herbal remedies by the country's herbalists, currently trying to increase understanding of the power of plant-based remedies during Herbal Medicine Awareness Week.
Pioneering Belgian ingredients supplier Orafti Active Food Ingredients is the first, and only, producer of inulin and oligofructose to get the GMP stamp of approval from the American Institute of Baking.
Scientists say they have found another compound in red wine which could be just as important as the antioxidant resveratrol, in fighting cholesterol.
Scientists say they have found another compound in red wine which could be just as important as the antioxidant resveratrol, in fighting cholesterol.
Buckton Scott Nutrition has entered into a long-term agreement with micro-encapsulation specialist BioDar to become the exclusive US distributor of Biodar's BetaCote 20VB beta carotene.
US-based National Enzyme Company has been granted a GMP Certificate of manufacturing by the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), allowing it to sell its enzyme and other herbal medicinal products in Australia.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has granted approval for a proprietary formulation of lactoferrin. The ruling paves the way for the commercial application of this new food safety technology.
A large population trial appears to confirm that a higher intake of dietary fibre, particularly water-soluble fibre, can reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.
Martek Biosciences saw sales of its DHA and arachidonic acid, rise by 115 per cent in the third quarter, although profits were dampened by a doubling of costs.
People are eating less trans-fatty acids than they were two decades ago, finds a new study, which comes two months after the Food and Drug Administration brought in new legislation requiring the fats to be labeled on food products.