Finland flexes muscle on false health claims
Finland's National Food Agency has banned several food supplement makers from repeat marketing of unsubstantiated claims in a clampdown on the use of health claims.
Archives for October 13, 2003
Probiotic suppliers face consumer awareness barrier
Limited consumer awareness threatens to restrain the development of probiotics markets, finds a new Frost & Sullivan report, yet sales of the healthy ingredient are still set to almost triple in value over the next six years.
Swedish food firm to add probiotic range
Leading Swedish food maker Procordia Food is to launch a series of health-enhancing foods and has reached a deal with compatriot BioGaia for use of its probiotic bacteria Lactobacillus reuteri in products for the Nordic market.
Aloe vera-enriched low-fat yoghurt
The herbal extract aloe vera is increasingly being added to foods, with the latest innovation from German dairy company Onken in the form of an aloe vera-enriched low-fat yoghurt.
Probiotic potential held back by consumer communication gap
Limited consumer awareness threatens to restrain the development of probiotics markets, finds a new Frost & Sullivan report, yet in Europe the food ingredient is still set to more than triple in value over the next six years.
Sales stable but not soaring for Givaudan
As US International Flavours and Fragrances and Swiss company Givaudan continue to fight it out for the number one global flavours and fragrance spot, the Swiss supplier reports stable but far from dazzling 3 per cent sales growth for the flavours...
Ephedra supplements outlawed in California
California Governor Gray Davis has signed SB 582, a bill that will ban sales in California of dietary supplements that contain any amount of ephedrine group alkaloids.
Charity sets goal to wipe out vitamin A deficiency
The nonprofit organisation Vitamin Angel Alliance, is launching a new campaign this fall with the ambitious goal of eliminating vitamin A deficiency-related blindness in children by 2020.
Overweight children, walking 'timebombs'
Nearly a third of African-American and Latino children are overweight and most of these have at least one risk factor for type 2 diabetes or heart disease, researchers will report today at a symposium revealing the latest figures on the shocking...
Glanbia Nutritionals range expansion on track
Dairy ingredient company Glanbia Nutritionals has finished the first phase of expansion for its whey processing capabilities for the creation of new protein ingredients.
New step in understanding coffee's anti-cancer action
German researchers have identified for the first time a potent antioxidant compound in coffee which could explain its anti-cancer activity. The study found that methylpyridinium, formed during the roasting process, increased protection against colon...