Canadian nutrition label campaign to focus on % Daily Value
Health Canada and Food and Consumer Products of Canada (FCPC) have launched a Nutrition Facts Education Campaign, focusing on improving consumer comprehension of % Daily Value amounts.
Archives for October 24, 2010
Probiotics plus counseling may boost obesity management
Supplements of probiotic bacteria combined with dietary counseling may reduce the risk of becoming overweight or obese after pregnancy, suggests a new study from Finland.
Evolva extends partnership to apply pharma technology to nutrition
Pharmaceutical firm Evolva has extended a research deal with Abunda Nutrition to apply its synthetic biology expertise to the development of nutritional ingredients.
Fish oils may help to activate anti-diabetic genes: Study
Polyunsaturated fatty acid fish oils may activate genes that regulate fat cell differentiation and glucose homeostasis, according to new research on mice.
French authorities dismiss drink’s anti-hangover claims
The future of the ‘anti-hangover’ drink Outox looks uncertain after French authorities judged that there is no scientific basis for its marketing claims.