Horsemeat close to becoming part of the national Spanish diet, says author of report showing link between environment where horses bred and omega-3 levels.
Fennel may be the sixth most consumed botanical in some European countries, but little is known about its safety or rate of consumption, say PlantLIBRA researchers looking at it for the first time.
Naturex will pay €8.5m in 2017 to take control of the Valencia, Spain, facility it has been using since buying the ingredients division of Natraceutical in 2009.
Early results from a Spanish cohort study featuring 7500 people with heart disease risk have found Mediterranean diets high in virgin olive oil (VOO) and nuts are more effective in reducing heart disease event likelihood than drug treatments.
Eight of the top 12 soy drink consuming countries are Asian with Hong Kong residents consuming the most at 17 litres per year each, according to TetraPak data.
The Spanish government is backing an agro-food scheme that brings ingredient suppliers together with food companies, biotech firms, hospitals, research centres and the IT sector.
Ingredients supplier BENEO has conducted research into the functional beverage market in Spain which pointed to particularly strong consumer demand for products giving energy that can be scientifically substantiated.
Israel's LycoRed is continuing its global expansion with the
announcement of an agreement with BTSA, Spain to enable penetration
of Spain and Portugal's food and beverage fortification markets.
The European Commission is set to challenge Spain over its ban on
the import of herbal products before the European Court of Justice
- a policy it says is an unjustified and disproportionate barrier
to EU trade.
The highly splintered nature of Europe's food supplement industry
is being underlined by the divergent reactions to forthcoming new
legislation, designed to harmonise trade across all member states,
writes Dominique Patton.
Spain might well have a culinary heritage to rival that of France,
but like it trans-Pyrenean neighbour, consumption patterns have
been changing over the last few years, with more hectic lifestyles
(even in the land of the siesta)...
A large project to assess the health benefits of local wild
vegetables eaten in Southern Europe has already found significant
activity in antioxidant assays, researchers said today.
The Swedish probiotics supplier BioGaia said yesterday it has
extended its licensing agreement with Kraft Foods Spain division,
which uses the Reuteri in its Mama Louise soft cheese brand.
