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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...
Dairy ingredient company Glanbia Nutritionals has finished the first phase of expansion for its whey processing capabilities for the creation of new protein ingredients.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.