Pasta could get fibre boost without affecting quality, say researchers
The addition of certain dietary fibres to pasta could offer health benefits without affecting the quality of final products, according to new research on durum wheat pasta.
Archives for July 24, 2011
Fortification drives consumer definition of ‘healthy’
Fortification and added healthy ingredients are stronger factors in driving purchases of foods perceived as healthy than absence of less healthy ingredients like sugar, saturated fat and sodium, according to the results of a new survey.
Ingredia on rejected peptide claims: “Nothing to do with us”
French supplier Ingredia has distanced itself from recently rejected casein tryptic hydrolysate (peptide) stress reduction health claims.
ChromaDex: We’ll do for nicotinamide riboside what we did for pterostilbene
Nicotinamide riboside (NR) - the latest addition to ChromaDex’s bioactive ingredients stable – will follow a similar development path to pterostilbene, a compound found in blueberries it has synthesized to create a branded ingredient called pTeroPure.
Biotab Nutraceuticals to pay $1.75m to settle lawsuit over ExtenZe
Dietary supplement manufacturer Biotab Nutraceuticals has agreed to pay a $1.75m fine for violating consumer protection laws by falsely advertising that its ExtenZe supplements increase penis size.
Spanish researchers discover powerful new antioxidant
A novel and powerful natural antioxidant, which is it is 4.5 times more potent than vitamin E and 10 times more potent than vitamin C, has been discovered in tomato plants.
Food supplements left out in the cold by UK dietary survey
The food supplements industry has expressed disappointment it was not given more credence in the face of a recent UK Department of Health (DOH) dietary survey that highlighted several significant dietary shortfalls.
New entrant set to shake up algal omega-3 market
A new player is poised to enter the vegetarian omega-3 market with a production process it claims will enable it to make the long chain fatty acids EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) from algae at a fraction of the cost of rivals.