UK nutraceutical firm attracts equity group purchase
NeutraHealth, a UK shell company created to buy up nutraceutical businesses, said today that it has made its first acquisition, the probiotic supplement maker BioCare.
Archives for August 7, 2005
Soyfood sales hit €1.6 billion in Europe in 2004
Soya-based dairy alternatives saw record growth on the European market last year, reveals a new report.
Weekly Comment
Turning food into trash
Water, we save. Energy, we conserve. But food, it seems, we can waste, junk and bin and no-one cares. Except one crusader, whose 20-year project has proven what should have been obvious in the first place: our attitude to food is costing us a fortune.
Ginseng export regulations pose problems for industry
New regulations on the export of wild ginseng root aim to help preserve the plant from extinction but could cause problems for the herbals industry, at least over the next five years.
DHEA no help for fibromyalgia
Researchers at Brigham & Women's Hospital found that DHEA delivered no benefits for fibromyalgia sufferers - a finding that does not help the industry's fight to preserve the hormone precursor's status as a dietary supplement.
Coke bottler explores functional milk deal
Coca-Cola, hit by a slow-down in fizzy drinks sales, may be looking to expand into vitamin-enriched milk after the firm's bottling arm announces talks to buy control of Bravo! Foods.
A new Frontier in CoQ10 supply
Frontier Scientific claims to have become the first supplier of CoQ10 outside of Japan with multi-ton capacity, through a deal signed last week with Taiwan's PharmaEssentia. The agreement could solve the problems of supplement and cosmetics makers who...
Red clover investigated for effect on menopause, PMS symptoms
UK doctors, struggling to give advice to women on alternatives to hormone replacement therapy (HRT), are launching a study to find out how effective red clover is at preventing the hot flushes experienced during menopause.