Maternal DHA may boost baby’s immune system
Supplementation with high-dose DHA omega-3 oil whilst pregnant may help to enhance infants' immune systems, according to new research.
Archives for August 3, 2011
Supplements trade: NDI guidance can be salvaged, but give us more time
If stakeholders are granted more time to respond to the FDA’s draft guidance on new dietary ingredients (NDIs), it should be possible to reach a compromise that will satisfy regulators without devastating the dietary supplements industry, trade...
CRN secures Karl Rove as speaker for its annual conference
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has secured former White House senior advisor and President George W Bush’s right-hand-man Karl Rove as a speaker at its annual symposium for the dietary supplement industry in the fall.
Unilever: “Strength of brands” combats price hikes as H1 profits rise
Food giant Unilever saw net profits grow 10% to €2.235bn in the first half of 2011, with its brand equity allowing it to weather severe raw materials price hikes in some cases.
BASF, Indena, Danisco, DSM, Naturex, Croda to exhibit at inaugural Vitafoods Asia
The first edition of Vitafoods Asia in Hong Kong has attracted more than 100 exhibitors including BASF, Indena, Danisco, DSM, Naturex, Croda to the three-day event on September 7-9.
Melatonin brownie maker: ‘We’ll sell them as supplements’
The maker of the melatonin-laced ‘relaxation’ brownies at the center of a debate over where a dietary supplement ends and a food begins says it will make “all necessary changes to market and sell the product as a supplement”.