News, Analysis & Insights on Nutrition, Supplements, and Health
DISPATCHES FROM VITAFOODS EUROPE 2012
Recommendations for dietary intake of vitamins and minerals may be helping to battle deficiencies, but they do not do enough to achieve optimal nutrition for brain health – suggesting a ‘growing case for supplementation’.
About 900 potentially dangerous botanical substances appear on a just-updated European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) compendium, although the agency notes dosage is key for any actual safety concerns.
Canada’s SunOpta has agreed to sell its natural health products distribution business - Purity Life Natural Health Products – to an affiliate of Banyan Capital Partners for C$14.7m ($14.27m).
Flavanol-rich lemon and black chokeberry juice could help treat neurodegenerative diseases as a nutritive and health-promoting product, according to Spanish researchers claiming ‘very promising’ results in a new study.
Californian juice maker POM Wonderful has expanded its presence in the industrial ingredients market with the launch of a new 100% Pomegranate Juice Concentrate for use in foods, beverages, supplements and cosmetics.
Supplements of B vitamins or omega-3 fatty acids may not benefit depressive symptoms in heart disease survivors, says a new study, but low doses and methodology flaws have led a leading industry figure to discount the results.
Alginated-based supplements from seaweed enhanced the weight loss results of an energy-restricted diet, suggests new data from Denmark.