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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.
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.
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.
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.
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued warnings against two pharmaceutical-laced, unlicensed herbal medicines.
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.
Sterling Technology and Wild Flavors have formed a partnership making Wild the exclusive provider of Sterling’s bioactive milk protein ingredients Immunel and Tegricel.