Wild Flavors and Sterling Technology team up for bioactive milk proteins
Sterling Technology and Wild Flavors have formed a partnership making Wild the exclusive provider of Sterling’s bioactive milk protein ingredients Immunel and Tegricel.
Archives for October 25, 2010
Study finds ‘marked variability’ in red yeast rice supplements
Commercially available formulations of red yeast rice are extremely variable in the concentration of active ingredients they contain, according to a report published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
UK warns against drug-laced weight loss supplements
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued warnings against two pharmaceutical-laced, unlicensed herbal medicines.
Ajinomoto and USDA collaborate on MSG research
The US Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Ajinomoto have announced a joint research project examining whether monosodium glutamate (MSG) consumption could aid weight management.
ANH seeks €100k to battle EU herb laws
The Alliance for Natural Health International (ANH-Intl) and the European Benefyt Foundation (EBF) have issued a call for €100,000 in donations to fund a legal battle against the 2004 Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive.
Oat beta-glucan LDL effect linked to molecular weight and gut viscosity
The ability of oat beta-glucan to lower LDL cholesterol is related to its molecular weight and viscosity in the gut, a new study has found – and manufacture using an extrusion process makes the beta-glucan more soluble and produces higher viscosity.
Lipid Nutrition commits to ‘body fat’ CLA 13.5 dossier
CLA specialist Lipid Nutrition will submit a tightly focused ‘body fat reduction’ health claim submission to the EU process after the European Food Safety Authority last week canned a host of generic, article 13.1 claims for the fatty acid.