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Dispatches from HIE 2010
Cognis says it is following a “dual pillar” approach to product marketing that involves stressing market awareness of health benefits for some ingredients such as plant extracts, rather than investing in EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) submissions.
UAS Laboratories, Inc. has been awarded the 2010 Frost & Sullivan Award for Customer Value Enhancement of the Year by Frost & Sullivan.
Combining the effects of caffeine and glucose can improve the efficiency of brain activity in memory and attention tasks, according to a new study.
Nestlé is unlikely to acquire Yoplait according to an industry analyst, who predicts that General Mills would be the eventual winner of the yoghurt business.
Dispatches from HIE 2010
Henry Hussell, the head of marketing, Europe at Cargill Health and Nutrition, acknowledges the development of its plant sterols and beta glucan has been slower than many expected – but that doesn’t mean the agrofood giant has lost faith in them.
A November European Commission standing committee meeting has said four omega-3 brain and vision claims will be confirmed at a meeting in Brussels on December 6, 2010.
Feeding chicken with soybean enriched with the omega-3 fatty acid stearidonic acid (SDA) may boost the omega-3 content of the resulting meat, says new research.
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has criticized a recent ConsumerLab report over inappropriate valerian compound testing measures.