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Microalgae producers Cyanotech and Earthrise Nutritionals have signaled their surprise that spirulina was excluded from a recent study suggesting that a potential toxin known as BMAA is present in diverse groups of cyanobacteria, and have commissioned...
Unigen Pharmaceuticals has been granted a composition of matter and usage patent for aloesin and aloeresin A, antioxidant aloe chromones that are contained in its Pervarin and Aloewhite commercial raw materials, writes Jess Halliday.
The majority of British consumers are 'confused' by health messages on food products: meanwhile chocolate and snacks are the last products to be ditched in a diet regime, finds a new report.
Leading British supermarket Tesco has decided to ditch the UK government-backed traffic light food labelling scheme, opting instead for its own numbers based system.
Global supplement maker and marketer NBTY has failed to maintain the momentum with which it started fiscal 2005, reporting a net income of $20.87 million in the second quarter - just over half the figure for the prior year period.
A Mediterranean style diet should be recommended to those already suffering from heart disease, says new research, which concludes its ingredients can help them live longer.
Danone and Yakult have chosen India as the next market to target with their probiotic products, setting up a joint venture in the country.
GNC Corporation has signed an agreement with Endomatrix for the distribution of the latter's patented ProVasca with Actothil in the United States and international markets.