CRN to extend medical foods membership in effort to help define category
What can properly be called a medical food? The Council for Responsible Nutrition wants to help frame the answer to that question.
Archives for July 11, 2017
Higher dietary vitamin E intake can reduce lung cancer risk: Chinese meta-analysis
Increased dietary vitamin E intake could help to lower the risk of lung cancer, according to a Chinese meta-analysis, but the association appears more significant for Americans and Europeans than for Asians.
EFSA rebuffs Heinz health claim complaint
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has said comments from Heinz questioning its refusal of an Article 14 health claim relating to Nutrimune late last year does not change its opinion.
Online event to examine promise, potential pitfalls of botanicals
The botanicals sector has driven much of the innovation in the dietary supplement industry over the years. It’s also a point of risk, with regulators, lawmakers and media commentators voicing suspicions about this class of products
GUEST ARTICLE: Can the food industry learn from the GMO story? Five ways to earn trust in gene editing
If you care about GMO labeling, you only have a few more days to respond to USDA's 30 questions* about how to implement the new law. The looming deadline is both a stark reminder of the controversy around GMOs that brought the food industry to this point...
Vitamin B1 deficiency linked to infertility and miscarriage: Japanese study
Vitamin B1 deficiency could be a factor in infertility and miscarriage by contributing to low-quality oocytes, a study from Japan has found.
Could cranberries boost your 'good bacteria'?
An indigestible carbohydrate found in cranberries may act as a prebiotic to promote beneficial bacteria in the microbiome, new research says.
World Food Programme seeks to avert 'nutrition catastrophe' in crisis-hit Yemen
The UN's World Food Programme is seeking to improve the nutrition of 1.9 million children and women in war-torn Yemen by delivering targetted supplementary feeding programmes in the Middle East's poorest nation.
EFSA sets safe intake level for MSG and glutamate additives, urging new maximum levels
Europe’s Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has set a safe level for glutamate food additives, but given many Europeans are over this level, it is urging the Commission to revise the current maximum levels permitted in food.
International probiotics experts and global firms to feature at first Probiota Asia summit
A world-class line up of international probiotics experts will feature at our first Probiota Asia summit, to be held in Singapore in October.
Sabinsa names Shaheen Majeed as company’s worldwide president
Sabinsa has promoted its marketing director, Shaheen Majeed, to worldwide president of the company, with responsibility for manufacturing, marketing, strategies and other operational matters.
Vitamin World revamps online commerce infrastructure
Retailer Vitamin World has partnered with Visionet Systems to transform its digital commerce infrastructure, with a strong focus on seamlessly integrating their online channel, brick-and-mortar stores and backend supply chain processes.
Coffee could ward off death and disease, researchers claim
Drinking three coffees a day is the optimal for lowering risk of all-cause death, says a study, which also found drinking higher levels increased risks for certain populations.
Lesaffre bets on gluten-free nutrition with nutritional yeasts
Lesaffre Human Care’s range of organic-certified nutritional yeasts are now also gluten-free, the company says.