A couple who discovered the power of the Haskap berry while in Canada developed so much faith in their qualities, they have set up a company dedicated to the power fruit.
Dutch start-up Nutrileads has secured seed financing from four investors including DSM, which it plans to use to develop an immunity ingredient previously developed by Unilever.
Buglossoides oil is a safe novel food ingredient, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has said in an opinion that should put member state concerns on safety and strength of evidence to rest.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has offered a positive safety opinion for the use of synthetic zeaxanthin in food supplements at levels of up to 0.75mg per kilogram per day.
In two further novel food safety opinions, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has confirmed the safety of a sardine peptide and a mushroom extract, intended for use in functional food or supplement products.
LycoRed Natural Products Industries has applied to the the UK Food
Standards Agency asking it to approve a lycopene-rich tomato
extract as a novel food ingredient.