Archives for August 2, 2010

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Yakult confident about probiotic dossier

By Shane Starling

Probiotics player Yakult is confident the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) will hand its probiotic-immunity health claim dossier a positive opinion, despite the agency contacting it with further questions.

Probiotic research grants handed out

By Lorraine Heller

Danone and Yakult have handed out another $100,000 for research into the benefits of probiotics for irritable bowel syndrome and the identification of new beneficial probiotic strains.

Solae: EFSA soy-cholesterol opinion is “disconcerting”

By Shane Starling

Leading soy supplier Solae has criticised the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for a selective approach that saw the agency’s health claims panel dismiss upward of 30 human intervention studies contained in an article 14, soy protein,...