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Blue California has notified the FDA of GRAS for its stevia-based Reb-A sweetener and has said that it is confident of receiving a letter of non-objection after two other companies received FDA non-objection last month.
Microalgae producer Cyanotech has developed a new cultivation strategy for its spirulina, which the firm says improves the nutritional profile of the ingredient.
A newly formed collaboration could see US industry, government, academia grasp the opportunities in dairy foods and ingredients, particularly for health and nutrition.
Women with increased intake of lignans, and subsequently levels of metabolites in the blood, tend to have lower BMIs and total body fat mass, says a new study from Canada.
An investigation into the use of nanotechnologies in food and food contact materials will consider their health and safety implications and help ensure the UK plays a key role in the development of this field, claims a House of Lords’ subcommittee.
Belgian hi-tech ingredient developer, KitoZyme, says its fungi-sourced version of the weight management ingredient, chitosan, will be commercially available in food supplements in 2009.
The Alliance for Natural Health (ANH) has continued its assault on the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) with a litany of criticisms and questions in an open letter to the assessor’s executive director, Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle.
Soy Labs has launched two soy ingredients aimed at the dietary supplements and functional food markets that have for the first time commercialized the soy protein component, lunasin.