Fsanz consults on decision to allow added vit D in breakfast cereals
The antipodean food regulator has released a consultation paper on its review of a decision to permit the voluntary addition of vitamin D to breakfast cereals.
Archives for July 14, 2016
FDA has no objections for GRAS status of Axiom Foods’ rice and pea proteins
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has no objections regarding the generally recognized as safe (GRAS) status of Axiom Foods’ Oryzatein, an organic brown rice protein ingredient, as well as the company’s Vagotein pea protein.
Herbalife agrees to $200 million fine, restructuring to settle FTC case
Herbalife announced today it has agreed to $200 million in compensation and to restructure its business practices to settle an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission.
Healthy eating linked with reduced diabetes levels
Fresh research from years 1-4 of the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) rolling programme has investigated the association between anti-inflammatory and antioxidant dietary patterns in reducing the onset of diabetes and looked at carb-protein...
EFSA potassium opinion up for debate
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has launched a public opinion on its draft dietary reference values for potassium.
Brexit briefings
Big Brexit headache for small business
With the pound on its knees, frozen yoghurt lolly maker Claudi and Fin is staring a 13% price rise in the face next month. “In the short-term we expect to shoulder all of that,” said co-founder Meriel Kehoe.
Special Edition: Anti-Aging
Seeing is believing: Managing consumer expectations for beauty from within products
When consumers use beauty-from-within products they expect to see the effects in the mirror, and sometimes quickly, but this is actually more of an opportunity than a challenge, say experts.
Special edition: Anti-aging
Fitting beauty within healthy aging not easily done but worth the effort, experts say
Fitting a beauty-from within brand message into a healthy aging product positioning is challenging but can have a huge payoff, brand holders say.
Personalised nutrition: Listening to the gut microbiome
Personalised diets may provide diabetics with a more natural way of controlling the post-meal spikes in blood sugar glucose that are linked to obesity, hypertension and cardiovascular disease, a study suggests.