Archives for March 3, 2005

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Industry should lobby for changes to health claims law

The hundreds of amendments tabled by MEPs on the EU health claims regulation shows that consensus is still a long way off but companies should do more to influence the final outcome, says a food industry consultancy.

Two vitamin E forms appear to reduce prostate cancer risk

High blood levels of either alpha-tocopherol or gamma-tocopherol, both forms of vitamin E, appeared to halve the risk of prostate cancer in a new analysis of the ATBC trial, which supports earlier results showing that the vitamin protects against the...

Solbar brings new soy protein concentrate to market

Parallel to growing demand from food makers for a diversified, and competitively priced, range of functional soy protein concentrates, Israeli player Solbar aims to meet these needs with the extension of its Solcon platform, the firm announces this...

Glanbia looks ahead to bigger ingredients business

Irish dairy ingredients supplier Glanbia said yesterday that it has completed restructuring of the group and is ready to reap greater profits from its ingredients, reports Dominique Patton.