News, Analysis & Insights on Nutrition, Supplements, and Health
Selling its elastomers business along with shares in Danisco boosted second quarter figures for Royal DSM, but regardless its nutrition division reported its best-ever quarterly semester.
Sorbet, juice, and smoothies came up trumps in a study to assess young women’s preferences for functional foods containing açai pulp, with flavor and aftertaste the most important attributes, according to a new study from California.
Consumption of oligosaccharides from food sources, rather than solely from breast milk, could help to boost childhood nutrition and immunity, reducing the risk of food allergy and dermatitis, says a new review.
Only 23 percent of Americans reach vitamin D levels that experts agree is needed for optimal health, according to new research.
Vegetarians have a reduced capacity to transport carnitine into muscle and store it, even though they do not excrete as much as non-vegetarians, says new research.
Special Focus: careers in food factories
Food companies across Europe face an uphill battle to attract the best candidates because many people don’t see food factories as an attractive place to work.
Dr Derek Shrimpton, a British biochemist who spent much of his life sharing his vast knowledge of food science, has died after being diagnosed with leukemia.