Indian probiotics market to quadruple by 2015
India’s probiotics market has been highlighted by researcher Frost & Sullivan as a “major growth market of the future”, with annual growth of 22.6 per cent until 2015.
Archives for January 21, 2010
Danisco enters niche probiotic juice category
Beverage manufacturers seeking to extend their health and wellness portfolio can now incorporate a clinical dose of an immune boosting probiotic strain to their refrigerated fruit juice range while keeping their all-natural positioning, claims Danisco.
Martek goes vertical with $200m acquisition
Global omega-3 DHA leader Martek Biosciences Corporation has made a bold move into product manufacture with the $200m acquisition of Amerifit Brands, a company that specializes in women’s and digestive health products.
Special edition: Weight management
Science: Slimming ingredients beyond satiety
In the third part of our series on weight management, NutraIngredients looks at how nutritional approaches may boost body-shaping, and how our gut microflora may be the future of weight management.
ABC issues paid-for Pycnogenol monograph
The Texas-based non-profit group, the American Botanical Council, has published its fourth paid-for proprietary monograph for the versatile maritime pine bark extract, Pycnogenol.
Slow progress on food labelling regulation
Progress has been painfully slow in the discussions over the new food information regulation, says food lawyer Owen Warnock of Eversheds, and many of the same big issues are unsolved after two years of debate.