Sabinsa’s sustainability effort gets F&S recognition
Frost & Sullivan have honored Sabinsa for its green efforts, quoting the company’s balanced green product offering and sustainable marketing practices as key to success.
Archives for February 11, 2009
EU project on micronutrient levels calls for food industry feedback
Small and medium-sized food producers are encouraged to access growing knowledge on micronutrient recommendations in the EU, with Commission-funded project EURRECA calling on the industry to actively engage in the debate through an online forum.
Article 13 health claim deadlines in jeopardy
The European Union health and nutrition claims regulation deadline of January, 2010, is coming under increasing pressure as European risk assessors and risk managers lurch under the sheer weight of processing more than 4000 generic article 13 claims.
Phosphorus additives pose ‘hidden’ danger to kidney patients
Patients with kidney disease may be at danger from a ‘hidden threat’ of phosphorous additives found in processed and fast foods, says a new study from the US.
Probiotics and prebiotics boost ‘quality of life’ for IBD sufferers
A combination of probiotic and prebiotics may improve the ‘quality of life’ for sufferers of a type of IBD, says a new study from Japan.
Give omega-3 to the poor, says UK researcher
A paper published in a British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) journal has called for omega-3 supplements to be made available to lower socio-economic groups because low income earners have the most to gain from using them.
NAD balls Dannon over healthy yogurt marketing
French dairy giant Danone’s US subsidiary, Dannon, has been told to alter advertising for a yogurt product by the voluntary advertising watchdog, the National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus (NAD).