Antioxidant combo speeds up wound healing
A dietary supplement containing vitamin C and plant extracts helped speed up wound healing in a new study on plastic surgery patients.
Archives for July 12, 2004
Non-dairy drinks easy pushover for soy?
A new vegetable-based drink, based on a traditional Spanish recipe, is being introduced to the fast-growing dairy alternatives sector in the UK but it may have a tough time competing with soy beverages, increasingly dominating this category.
Cargill launches joint health beverage
Cargill will launch a functional beverage for mainstream consumers concerned about joint health at the Institute of Food Technologists' 2004 Annual Meeting, which opened today in Las Vegas.
Prenatal vitamin reformulated with reduced iron
Wyeth Consumer Healthcare has reformulated Materna, the prenatal vitamin it sells in Canada, in the light of recent research suggesting that an extremely high iron content in prenatal vitamins can cause gastrointestinal problems.
Plant sterols impact absorption of other nutrients
Scientists at Nestlé's research centre have demonstrated that plant sterols, added to foods to reduce cholesterol absorption, also reduce the body's ability to absorb the carotenoid beta-carotene and vitamin E.
Demand for added-value whey to rise in Middle East
An increasingly sophisticated food market in the Middle East will open up opportunities for food makers and suppliers of third generation, added-value whey products in Saudi Arabia and Egypt, writes Lindsey Partos.
FDA bans cattle materials from supplements
Dietary supplements are among the products from which the FDA has banned the use of certain cattle-derived materials in an effort to close all possible remaining avenues of human infection from mad cow disease.