Burgundy launches spinach extract
French supplier Burgundy has developed a spinach extract it says has a higher antioxidant payload than vitamin E and which trades for about the same price as its standardized grape seed extract.
Archives for June 11, 2009
Dispatches from IFT
Super fruit expertise opens up super veggie potential
Expertise garnered from studying super fruit is opening up possibilities to make super veggies. NZ Plant & Food Research’s Karl Crawford tells Stephen Daniells how the recent merger between HortResearch and Crop & Food Research has opened up new...
Brazil’s functional foods market broaches $4bn
Functional and fortified foods make up the biggest portion of the Brazilian health and wellness market, with growth of eight percent in 2007 and sales in excess of $4bn, according to Euromonitor.
Cocoa-derived Cirku launched for better circulation
Mars Botanical is launching a new flavanol-rich cocoa extract called Cirku for use in products aimed at maintaining healthy circulation.
Fee compromise eases US food safety bill to next stage
The bill designed to overhaul the failing US food safety system took a major step forward this week after a compromise over industry fees was reached.
Antioxidants-by-fermentation: One step closer to market
ChromaDex has received a grant to further develop a technology that can create anthocyanins via fermentation, which the firm says will allow it to test whether the process is viable on a commercial scale.
Vitamin D linked to successful weight loss with dieting
Increased intakes of vitamin D may improve weight loss while following a calorie-restricted diet, according to new findings from the US.
Polish functional foods market open to all ages
The elderly and younger people are consuming functional foods at similar levels, despite differing expectations, health outcomes and education, according to researchers writing in a recent edition of Food Policy.