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ChromaDex is launching an ingredient with similar properties to resveratrol having obtained commercial rights to the biological compound from the University of Mississippi and the Agriculture Research Service (ARS).
Ensuring the German population gets adequate intakes of vitamin D could save the country about €37.5 billion in health care costs, according to a new review.
The UK’s Food Standards Agency has launched a new consultation to ensure up-to-date lists on which vitamins, minerals and vitamin formulations can be used in foods.
Excessive levels of dioxins were detected in eight per cent of thousands of foods sampled over a nine-year period, said EFSA. But the food safety watchdog has challenged the significance of its own findings.
After a host of positive moves over the past year, ChromaDex is optimistic about its future business, as it reported a 28 percent sales increase from $4.5m during fiscal 2008 to $5.7m in 2009.
Antioxidant-rich extracts of blueberries may counter the detrimental effect of excessive exercise, according to new results from a new study from New Zealand.
Inadequate levels of vitamin D may be causing about 37,000 premature deaths in Canada and costing the country billions of dollars, according to a new review.
A new labeling requirement for herbal extract products has been introduced by the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) to take effect from September 11 this year.