ASA: Chia and flax ad should be ‘super-seeded’
The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld four complaints about the implied health claims of Bioglan ‘superfood’ chia and flax seeds.
Archives for June 10, 2014
Creatine-enriched, high-protein Cyclone Milk 'world's first': MaxiNutrition
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) brand MaxiNutrition has launched what it claims is the world’s first high-protein milk drink containing 3g of liquid creatine.
‘The unique characteristics of oatmeal’: Quaker Oats-funded study shows that instant oatmeal keeps hunger at bay from breakfast until lunch
Eating instant oatmeal for breakfast may help to manage hunger better than the leading oat-based, cold cereal, says a new study funded by Quaker Oats with implications for weight management.
Qualitas opts for direct route to market with successful NDI filing on its algal EPA ingredient
Qualitas Health has taken an important step toward commercialization of its algal EPA ingredient with a successful New Dietary Ingredient notification. Regulations require such a notification be filed 75 days prior to going to market with a new dietary...
Healthy bread: The promise and challenges of maize, oat, barley, sorghum and millet
Non-wheat cereals have huge potential for nutritional breads, but further in-depth research is needed to overcome dough difficulties and nutrient retention concerns, say researchers.
Herbal industry increasingly backed by data, Rainbow Light's new science director says
The transformation of Rainbow Light mirrors that of the herbal industry as a whole, the company's new director of integrative science says. Christopher Hobbs, a fairly newly-minted PhD, has worked with the firm as a formulator from the beginning as the...
New HFMA chair promises to battle ‘seemingly impossible amount’ of EU laws
Vitabiotics’ Robert Taylor will be the new chairman of the UK Health Food Manufacturers’ Association (HFMA) succeeding Lynn Lord who has left after a year in the post. Ray Myers of Wassen takes Taylor’s vacated vice-chair seat.
ISAPP consensus: Gut, yes. Immunity, no (for now)
Time to recognise ‘core benefits of certain probiotics’: ISAPP
The evidence has grown so strong for the best-documented probiotic strains that a generic digestive health claim should exist, according to a consensus statement from leading international researchers published this week in Nature Reviews:...