Fortified bread matches supplements for vit D2
Fortifying bread with vitamin D2 helps maintain blood levels of the vitamin equivalent to the same dose from a supplement, suggests new data from Finland.
Archives for June 21, 2010
EU amends sterol/stanol health claims
Amended European Union plant sterols/stanols health claims will permit products such as spreads and yoghurts to make claims with a lower content of the cholesterol-lowering ingredients.
Resveratrol’s heart health benefits pinpointed?
Resveratrol – a compound in red wine - may be influencing both blood vessel function and the function of fat cells, say new studies which may help explain its heart health benefits.
CRN presents case for better biomarkers
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) yesterday told a workshop in Washington DC that a lack of validated biomarkers was limiting nutrition research and stifling the flow of information to consumers and health professionals.
Probiotics players seek health claims strategy
Stakeholders in the probiotics industry came together for a regulatory workshop in Slovakia last week to discuss how to deal with the challenges the sector faces from the new European nutrition and health claims regulations.
Europe must keep cool over country of origin labelling
Always read the small print. Good advice and nowhere more so than in food labelling with today’s increasingly savvy consumers demanding to know what’s in their food, where it came from and what it’s going to do to them.
CreAgri gets patent for olive antioxidant
Ingredient and supplement firm CreAgri has received a patent for the production of an olive-derived ingredient that is said to deliver a range of antioxidant-associated health benefits, including skin protection.