Irish health groups demand clamp down on junk food ads
The National Heart Alliance (NHA) and Irish Heart Foundation (IHF) have joined calls for tougher action on food marketing to kids.
Archives for July 9, 2006
Grapefruit-inulin combo could boost gut health, suggests study
Adding inulin to grapefruit extracts could reduce any detrimental effects of the extracts on microflora while still being accessible to provide other possible health benefits, suggests an animal study.
Study highlights over 65s CAM use for depression
A study of older people's use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to manage anxiety or depression indicates that the over 65s may represent a large potential market for makers of supplements and non-vitamin natural products.
Tea linked to lower risk of bile stones and cancer
Drinking at least one cup of tea a day could cut the risk of cancer in the gallbladder and bile ducts by about 40 per cent, suggests a population-based study from China.
Flavor firm uses nanotechnology for new ingredient solutions
Blue Pacific Flavors has entered into an exclusive partnership with nano processing firm MicroFluides, a move the company says will allow it to create new food solutions that combine the science of taste receptor technology and nano process engineered...
Weekly comment
Organic food is selfish
The rise of organic food is a knee-jerk reaction to consumer health fears, and threatens to unhelpfully steer us away from improving the quality of food generally.
Immunity the next trend, Cognis says
Cognis foresees immunity and other topics relevant to 'baby boomers' as the next major trends in the nutraceutical industry and is positioning ingredients accordingly, company vice president Dave Eckert told NutraIngredients-USA.com at the IFT show in...
Biotechs may seek to sell nutraceutical cash cows
Some biotech companies are treating their nutraceutical activities as a cash cow to fund pharmaceutical R&D; as research yield results and prompts a re-focus on the lucrative pharma market, mature nutraceutical businesses are becoming available for...