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Lutein supplements, shown previously to fortify the macular layer in the eye and thought to protect against age-related blindness, also appear to increase macular pigment in people at earlier stages of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according...
DSM's vitamin business continues to buoy the group's earnings, contributing almost 40 per cent of its operating profit during the second quarter.
Drinking coffee could upset the body's ability to metabolise sugar, with potentially serious effects in those with the increasingly common condition type 2 diabetes, suggest scientists.
Tea drinkers are less likely to suffer from hypertension, report Chinese researchers in a study out this week.
Kellogg this week announced a solid second quarter, beating expectations with a 16 percent rise in earnings, though the company wouldn't reveal to what extent its functional food products contributed to this figure.
Lifeway Foods, best known for its kefirs, has completed its acquisition of Ilya's Farms, which it hopes will boost distribution of its functional food brands and expand its range of cheese products.
The popularity of cod liver oil in the UK continues to boost sales of consumer products at German company Merck KgaA.
Circle Group Holdings will open its new plant to produce the fat replacement product Z-trim - which is used by Swiss food giant Nestle - on 25 August.