UK reclassifies Bach flower as food supplement
The UK medicines agency has reclassified the ‘wellbeing’ botanical Bach flower as a food stuff, making it subject to EU health claim laws.
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Nitrates show metabolic benefits: RCT data
Boosting intakes of nitrates may improve the resting metabolic rate in healthy volunteers, says a new study with implications for the healthy regulation of metabolic function.
Show us the documents: NGO threatens EFSA with court action
Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN) has said it will take the European Food Safety Authority to the European Court of Justice after the agency denied access to documents relating to its new science director, Juliane Kleiner, PhD.
'Remarkable opportunities' in goat milk ingredients: Dutch JV
Goat Milk Powder BV believes there are “remarkable opportunities” in the infant formula, sports and adult nutrition sectors for its alternative milk ingredients.
Emerging markets drive probiotic expansion for Swedish player
A focus on emerging markets has paid off for Swedish probiotics supplier BioGaia with sales and profits up in 2013.
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Process tweak yields a superior cricket protein, developer says
Biochemist Aaron Dossey has built a company around a new way to create a protein powder ingredient from crickets. The process yields a superior ingredient with less inputs in the form of heat and time, he said.
Better broccoli: Researchers identify method to increase shelf life and beneficial compounds
The combined application of two natural compounds to broccoli could help to increase levels of its suggested anti-cancer compounds while also increasing shelf life, say researchers.