Only five days to go for the SkinCare Ingredients 2012 VTS
If you haven’t registered already now is the time to do so for the SkinCare Ingredients Virtual Trade Show, which is open for business at 2pm Central European Time, on June 13th.
Archives for June 6, 2012
'Breakthrough' study supports Pycnogenol's vascular benefits
Daily supplements of an extract from French Maritime Pine bark may boost vascular health in people with stable coronary artery disease, according to data from a gold standard randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study from Switzerland.
Healthy chocolate ‘breakthrough’: Lycotec develops ingredient to unlock cocoa’s health potential
Biotech firm Lycotec has developed an ingredient that it claims can harness the health potential in both dark and milk chocolate and lead to products with anti-ageing, injury recovery and increased physical performance properties.
Expert dismisses grapefruit seed extract ‘false positive’ explanation
Claims by a leading grapefruit seed extract product manufacturer that the detection of synthetic disinfectants in some products is related to a ‘false positive’ interpretation of analytical data have been rejected by a leading analytical expert.
Nestlé centralises all clinical research in new centre
New research unit will help Nestlé quest for health claims gold
Nestlé is now 'better armed' to gun for EFSA approved health claims approvals, after the company centralised its clinical research efforts at a new unit in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Dispatches from Vitafoods Europe 2012
LycoRed aims new products at all-natural trend
LycoRed is facing a wave of consumers demanding natural alternatives to existing colours and is responding with new formulations in addition to broader product development.
Voice of the Industry
“A trusted cosmetics brand is more likely to succeed as a nutricosmetic,” says industry expert
According to beauty from within expert Mai Nygaard, as beverages take up the position of biggest trend within the sector, consumers are more likely to embrace a beauty food if it comes from a cosmetic manufacturer they already trust in.
EFSA rejects Lactobacillus casei probiotic gut health claim
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) this week rejected 74 probiotic health claim dossiers it had been sent for a second reading after many of them were initially turned down for reasons such as inadequate strain characterisation. Its rejection...
Indena on the environmental standard trail
Milan head-quartered plant extract specialist, Indena, has been granted the ISO14001 certification for its Tours production site in France, marking the second for its five production sites.
Vitafoods Europe records 12% growth, plots Asian show expansion
Vitafoods Europe saw 12% more attendees (11,594 ) pass through its doors in Geneva this year with show producer Informa casting its eyes forward to the second edition of Vitafoods Asia in Hong Kong in September.
Vitamin Shoppe CEO: A lot of CPG companies are looking at the dietary supplements space
Procter & Gamble is probably not the only consumer packaged goods company looking very closely at the dietary supplements sector right now given how much faster it is growing than mainstream grocery, according to the boss of Vitamin Shoppe.
Global Biotechnologies supplements seized over unauthorized disease claims
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent in US marshals to seize supplements manufactured by Portland, Maine-based Global Biotechnologies Inc after the firm ignored warnings that it was making unauthorized disease claims.