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A team of Japanese, Bangladeshi and Kuwaiti researchers has reported that dietary supplements of chitosan cut weight gain and cholesterol levels in rats, research that enhances the limited research already performed with the ingredient.
Aquaculture and technology group Neptune Industries has come one step closer to completing its insect-based dietary protein for fish, which the firm claims will be key to addressing the imminent shortage of world fish stocks.
Frutarom is now offering the added value of omega-3 as part of its food systems service for dairy products - a development that will allow customers to tap opportunities in the functional dairy market.
A dozen leading companies have signed up for a £10 million partnership with the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to research bioactives and the role of nutrition in health.
The ongoing battle between Monsanto and dairy producers who do not use the firm's milk-producing hormone rBST has stepped up a notch, with the biotech and chemicals giant requesting action to stop what it calls "deceptive milk labeling and advertising".
Cognis Nutrition & Health is doubling the lutein ester content of its branded Xangold ingredient from 10 to 20 percent, thereby allowing formulators to make smaller capsules preferred by consumers.