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Yakult, the leading global probiotic yogurt drink, puts its success down to three major factors: the scientific backing for its probiotic strain, the high quantities of live bacteria found in each serving, and the affordable price of the product.
TSI Health Sciences has won a patent for its fenugreek seed extract-derived glucose/insulin management ingredient, Promilin.
New research has concluded vitamin K2 consumption can aid recovery from hip fractures as well as have potential osteoporosis benefits.
The evaluating criteria for the Choices healthy food symbol are to be reviewed and potentially adjusted, following the establishment of a new international scientific committee.
Prebiotic fibre specialist Beneo-Orafti says demand for its chicory root-derived ingredients has been unaffected by price hikes it implemented at the end of last year.
Fruit and vegetable consumption and dietary fat intake were found to play an important role in children's academic performance, highlighting yet again the need for balanced diets at an early age.
Danisco is reorganising its ingredients business in a bid to target market trends like health and wellness more closely, and deal with issues that have been affecting parts of its portfolio.
Monsanto is continuing to fight attempts across the US to allow milk produced from cows that have not received its Posilac growth hormone to be labeled as such.