Special edition: Gut health
Supply: Gut health supply low-down
In the third installment of this gut health series, prebiotic and probiotic supply issues are examined.
Archives for October 15, 2008
Comments to weight loss petition continue as deadline looms
The supplements industry continues to fight for its territory just weeks before the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to respond to a petition that would reclassify weight loss claims as disease claims.
Danisco invests in apple polyphenols for heart health
Danisco has signed a working agreement with UK-based Coressence, which will see the Danish company bring a range of polyphenol-rich apple ingredients to the European and US markets.
Chr Hansen gives Nordic superfruit extract global debut
Chr Hansen has launched an extract from a red Nordic berry it says has the nutritional payload to be the “new cranberry or bilberry”.
Finished product groups are next target in whey functional push
With dairy companies increasingly looking to push whey as functional ingredient, the industry says it must do more to court and target leading food manufacturers to make use of the additive’s potential benefits.
Low cost, high purity fish protein isolate hits global market
Advances with membrane technology means lower price protein from fish are available to food manufacturers globally, with potential to not only replace whey proteins in some applications, but offer a base protein ingredient.
Apples and onions may protect athletes from flu: Study
Quercetin, the compound most commonly associated with onions, may boost the immune system and protect against flu, according to results of a study with mice.
Herbal viagra banned from making drug claims in UK
The UK Medicinal Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has warned a number of products being sold as “Golden Root Complex” to cease marketing themselves being registered and approved by the MHRA.
World Food Day
Spotlight on climate change’s effect on food security, safety
The message blasting out from World Food Day events is ‘adapt now, or the consequences will be grave’. While the world’s poorest will bear the brunt, food safety could be affected everywhere.