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Swedish dairy firm Skanemejerier will next year launch a range of foods to help weight control, after reaching a deal with LTP Lipid Technologies Provider for use of its ingredient Reducal. The move allows Skane to move into the booming weight control...
Growth is ahead of schedule for wheat-based ingredients supplier MGP Ingredients with the Kansas-based company moving expansion of its textured wheat proteins to phase two as demand for their speciality ingredients continues to gain force.
Food ingredients companies are to discuss the challenges and opportunities posed by the current global obesity epidemic at a seminar in next month's Food Ingredients Europe show.
UK researchers are to test whether a simple course of vitamin C could reduce the effects of an extreme pain syndrome that develops in 30 per cent of people who fracture their wrists.
Swedish oils and fats company sees profit slip as the weight of tighter margins, increased competition and a strong Swedish kroner bears down.The Karlshamns of 2003 has quite evidently been marked by the loss of one of its largest customers. But...
The Grocery Manufacturers of America yesterday highlighted three new initiatives to be launched in support of national efforts to combat obesity in America at the Food and Drug Administration's 'Obesity Working Group' meeting in Bethesda, Maryland.
California-based Hauser is to sell its wholly owned subsidiary Botanicals International Extracts to the Zuellig Group for between $8.2-$9.2 million as part of its reorganization plan under bankruptcy protection.
A new microalgae-derived supplement, said to help boost the effectiveness of the influenza vaccine, could be released onto the market as early as the beginning of 2004, says its manufacturer Ocean Nutrition Canada.
Women who drink regularly may need to increase their folate intake to prevent a raised risk of chronic disease, report researchers in a new study, examining the impact of alcohol on women with low folate levels.
Croda International, the UK-based speciality chemical company, has announced a restructuring of its European chemicals operations.
Pregnant women and children should take vitamin D supplements to prevent a resurgence of rickets, say researchers in a seminar published in tomorrow's issue of The Lancet. Experts have been warning of rising cases of the bone disease in European and...
The number of adults at risk of developing type 2 diabetes is expected to rise by roughly 20 per cent under new criteria being laid out next month in Diabetes Care. The revised criteria should encourage changes to diet and lifestyle to prevent the...
New flavour wins in Latin America went some way to offsetting weaker customer demand acutely felt in the US, but top line performance for the third quarter was largely disappointing and the outlook remains bearish.