News, Analysis & Insights on Nutrition, Supplements, and Health
DSM has today reported a rise in sales for its nutrition division in the second quarter of 2007, however the loss of contracts tied in with the take-over of Roche vitamins and a poor exchange rate both took their toll.
A €4.5m ($6.3m) investment in New Zealand firm EnCoate could help it develop a technique to extend the shelf life of probiotics, opening up the uses for the bacteria often found only in dairy products.
A study demonstrating the potential for aloe vera to enhance vitamin C and B12 bioavailability could give manufacturers of the ingredient another angle along which to promote it.