Low vitamin D linked to increased risk of dying in older adults
Low levels of vitamin D could mean a much greater risk of death in older adults – especially those who are frail – according to new research.
Archives for July 26, 2012
Danone records sales growth despite European demand deterioration
Danone has warned of continued “rapid deteriation” in consumer demand in Southern Europe, despite reporting global sales growth of 5.9% for H1 2012.
Self-affirmed GRAS under fire again as PEW highlights ‘loophole that appears to have swallowed the law'
There are serious weaknesses in a system that allows firms to self-affirm the safety of food ingredients without the approval or knowledge of regulators, according to researchers conducting a probe into the nation’s food additives law.
Researchers explore molecular mechanisms of malnutrition
Researchers have uncovered new molecular mechanisms involved in malnutrition, which may one day mean those with poor nourishment do not suffer from ill health.
LycoRed buys Ukrainian carotenoid specialist
Israeli supplier Lycored has paid an undisclosed sum for a Ukrainian firm specialising in fungal pathogen-derived carotenoids in a move that brings a natural beta carotene into its portfolio.
GNC backpedals on DMAA and prepares for launch of 'banned-substance-free' MARKED range
Supplement giant GNC - which put its head above the parapet in April to defend DMAA while the rest of the trade kept silent - says it has since “made a very concerted effort to move away from DMAA products in our stores”.
Always falling short: Joined up thinking needed to battle global hunger and obesity
An unprecedented level of joint planning, innovation, and action between academia, governments, civil society and the food industry is required to battle the ‘double crisis’ that world hunger and high obesity rates are causing, warn researchers.