Monday Comment
The Age of Consent for RFID
The image of secret radio chips planted inside the home from larder to bathroom, transmitting data freely to Corporation Inc, is enough to curl the toes of more than anti-capitalism activists.
Archives for June 19, 2005
Valensa's astaxanthin is approved for supplements
Natural astaxanthin is about to join the ingredients jostling for formulators' attention in the eye care market, as Valensa International's new dietary ingredient notification (NDI) for Zanthin is approved by the FDA, reports Jess Halliday.
Weider sells Haleko to Croatian group
US-based Weider Nutrition has sold Haleko, Europe's biggest sports nutrition business, to Croatian holding company Atlantic Grupa for around $15 million (€12.3m), the firm said on Friday, reports Dominique Patton.
CôtéLarouche fires up industry for health foods innovation
Canadian communications agency CôtéLarouche is launching a new consultation service to give mainstream food companies a leg-up to the healthy bandwagon.
New Parkinson's/CoQ10 research could stir up further demand
A new study into the ability of coenzyme Q10 to slow the progression of Parkinson's disease is on the starting blocks. If the results of much-cited 2002 research by the same team are reiterated, there may be no let-up in the hot demand for CoQ10,...
Fruit, vegetable juices may stall Alzheimer's disease
Certain polyphenols abundant in fruit and vegetable juices may play an important role in delaying the onset of Alzheimer's disease, reports Dominique Patton.
New Codex guidelines on vitamins, minerals no longer guaranteed
A handful of countries are threatening the adoption next month of new world standards on how to set maximum levels of vitamins and minerals, reports Dominique Patton.
NutraCea discusses expansion into the Dominican Republic
NutraCea is in discussions with high-level government officials and rice mill owners in the Dominican Republic over joint ventures that could see the rice-bran pioneer setting up operations in the Caribbean country.