Countries must rethink global system to address food security
Global food systems can no longer rely on “business as usual”, according to a leading international economist.
Archives for August 18, 2014
Ingredients supplier tips nutricosmetics to boost skin lightening market
Spanish ingredients supplier Monteloeder believes beauty from within is going to trigger further growth in the market for skin lightening products as consumers shift from topically applied products to dietary supplements.
CannaVest reports thin gain in second quarter
CannaVest, a Las Vegas-based company that is investing in the development of foods and supplements from hemp, announced a thin gain from operations in its second quarter of 2014 buoyed by a large paper transaction involving a subsidiary that boosted the...
Burcon: Q1 value still mostly from outside operations
Functional plant protein supplier Burcon reported total revenues of just $25,000 in the fiscal first quarter of 2015, derived mainly from deferred royalty payments from ADM for Clarisoy sales.
FutureCeuticals demonstrates method for measuring antioxidant activity directly in blood
Ingredient supplier FutureCeuticals has announced results of a clinical study that quantifies the direct effect of its Spectra product on free radicals in human blood.
Nosco: Beating the ‘boring’ connotation in supplement packaging
In its simplest form, dietary supplement packaging serves two basic functions: protecting and selling the product inside.
Indevex touts protein-fiber shake for weight loss
Swedish biotech firm Indevex is hoping for clinical trial success with its patented preload blend after early results suggest an increase in satiety and weight loss.
Caffeine’s neuroprotective effects dependent on genetic makeup, says study
Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden say they have discovered genetic variations in caffeine’s protection against Parkinson’s Disease.
The Protein Works builds its muscles with diverse portfolio
UK sports nutrition company The Protein Works says that it plans to capitalise on worldwide appeal for its brand over the next year.
Cyanotech hires exec for newly created COO position
Cyanotech Corporation created a chief operations officer position and has named Gerard “Gerry” Watts to fill the role. Cyanotech, based in Kailua Kona, Hawaii, supplies astaxanthin and spirulina and manufactures a line of dietary supplements using the...
Pure Via labels will be amended, but 'natural' claim will stay
What is natural, and who decides? Pure Via latest stevia brand to settle class action suit over ‘natural’ claims in $1.65m deal
10 months after Cargill agreed to settle a class action lawsuit alleging it was misleading shoppers by marketing consumer products under the Truvia brand as ‘natural’, the firms behind rival stevia brand Pure Via have agreed to settle a similar lawsuit.