Walmark buys Polish food supplements range
Eastern Europe’s biggest supplements manufacturer Walmark has bought a range of products from a Polish firm in immunity and sinus food supplements.
Archives for April 2, 2014
FAO: Nutrient deficiencies, stunted growth affect Europe and central Asia
Few may go hungry but vitamin and mineral deficiencies and health problems like growth stunting in children are widespread among the 53 countries of Europe and central Asia, according to the FAO.
Industry experts dispute dietary supplement critic Cohen's call for sweeping new regulations
A long time critic of the dietary supplement industry, Dr Pieter Cohen, MD, has called for a premarket approval regime and a modified adverse event reporting system for dietary supplements in an article published today in the New England Journal of...
Scientists SUGGEST USING COFFEE AS 'THERAPEUTIC AGENT'
Two cups of coffee a day keep deadly liver cirrhosis at bay
Scientists say coffee could be used to treat liver cirrhosis, after finding that drinking two or more cups per day cut death risk by 66% among Chinese subjects when the disease was caused by non-viral hepatitis.
AHPA's new protein guidance addresses issue that has been percolating for years
The American Herbal Products Association has set a new policy for how member companies ought to calculate the amount of protein in their products to deal with a situation in which the amount of protein has potentially been overreported in some products...
Aussie vit market growing faster than Kiwi counterpart, study finds
More Australians are getting into vitamins—and doing so at a faster rate—than their trans-Tasman neighbours, according to new research.
DSM holds first-ever call for innovation partners
In an effort to jumpstart growth in new product development, ingredients giant DSM is hosting its inaugural Innovation Partnering Conference at its Parsippany, NJ, headquarters in June.