Canada seeks plant remedy secrets from Cree nation
Canada's Natural Health Products Directorate (NHPD) is backing a project to research the use of herbal medicines by northern Quebec's Cree nation to treat diabetes.
Archives for November 6, 2003
Kerry, organic growth pivotal to success
Leading Irish food ingredients company Kerry brushed off currency fluctuations and testing market conditions to post a stable set of figures for the first six months of the year. The following paper from Irish stockbroker Goodbody takes a closer look...
Danisco rolls out tropical tastes
Prompted by demand from the Philippines, Danish ingredients company Danisco has designed and launched two new citrus fruit flavours onto the Asian market.
CRN expands
Five companies have joined the dietary supplement trade association Council for Responsible Nutrition this month, boosting its visibility and lobbying power further.
New entry to Spanish cholesterol-lowering market
The plant-based cholesterol-lowering supplement Lo-Chol is to enter European markets through a new distribution agreement for Spain and Portugal.
Codex draws a line under RDAs, supplement guidelines move forward
The Codex committee charged with developing world trade standards for nutritional and special dietary foods made significant progress in draft guidelines for vitamins and mineral supplements this week, including a historic agreement to base maximum...
ADM introduces directly compressible Novasoy
ADM Natural Health and Nutrition has expanded its Novasoy soy isoflavone further, with launch of the product in a directly compressible form to make processing easier.
A superior PS product
Californian supplement manufacturer Source Naturals is promoting an improved version of its phosphatidyl serine (PS) soft gels, with the claim that the product contains the most shelf-stable PS available.
SCOLR develops controlled release vitamin C
SCOLR's controlled release drug delivery technology has been incorporated into six more nutritional supplements, including 12-hour vitamin C, 12-hour glucosamine/chondroitin/MSM and 8-hour caffeine. The products could reach the market by early next year.
Warning labels for Finland's energy drinks
Finland is introducing a series of label warnings to drinks with a high caffeine content, following regulations issued by the EU Commission last year.
Degussa rides out economic downturn
Sales have continued to slide at German chemicals firm Degussa during 2003 and lower volumes continue to drag down food ingredients business. A one-off charge to restructure the fine chemcials unit impacts profits.
Cocoa beats wine and tea for antioxidants
Researchers at Cornell University have shown that the hot beverage cocoa contains more antioxidants per cup than a similar serving of red wine or tea and may be a healthier choice.