UK food and drink makers to cut water use
A group of leading UK food and drink manufacturers is pledging to reduce water use under a new programme designed to improve their environmental credentials and cut costs.
Archives for January 29, 2008
Saputo seizes consolidation openings in cheese market
Dairy processor Saputo intends to acquire the activities of Wisconsin-based Alto Dairy Cooperative, saying it hopes to increase its presence in the fragmented US cheese market.
Futureceuticals offers higher concentration beta-glucan
Momence, Illinois-based FutureCeuticals has announced the expansion of its heart healthy grain-based fiber range to include a new high concentration beta-glucan fiber.
Fruit extracts could calm you down
New Zealand based HortResearch is examining the potential fruit may have on mental performance and hopes that a fruit based product will be able to offer consumers a calming effect.
AHPA urges changes to cautionary labeling
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has written to the U.S. Pharmacopoeia (USP) asking to stop the requirement cautionary statements for quality black cohosh and powdered decaffeinated green tea extract.
Indian gooseberry - the new superfruit?
A plant extract based on the Indian gooseberry has an antioxidant capacity higher than scores of other fruits, including blueberries and strawberries, the manufacturers claim.
Caffeine linked to higher glucose levels
Removing caffeine from the diet may help control type-2 diabetes, new research suggests.
Berry extracts better than whole fruit for obesity: study
Purified forms of extracted anthocyanins from berries may decrease obesity, but the whole fruit doesn't produce the same benefits, suggests a new study with mice.
Cranberry extracts show promise against gullet cancer
An increased intake of fruit and vegetables may cut the risk of Barrett's oesophagus, a precursor to oesophageal cancer, suggests a new study form California.