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HFCS education slows demand decline
19-Mar-2010 - Nationwide programs to educate consumers about high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) appear to be working, as HFCS producers report a slowing in declining demand.
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Naturex wins NutrAward for brain health herb
19-Mar-2010 - French supplier Naturex has won the Supply Expo NutrAward 2010 gong for Best New Ingredient of the year for its American ginseng, brain health offering, Cereboost.
Council of Canada chooses NSF for supplements testing
18-Mar-2010 - NSF International has become the first US certification body approved by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) to offer dietary and sports supplement testing for all nutritional products.
The medicine hunter: ‘I help to establish trade in plants’
18-Mar-2010 - Chris Kilham is a perennial of the herbals industry, a man who has for more than 20 years acted as a social, anthropological and botanical conduit between indigenous cultures in places like the Peruvian Amazon and western ingredients suppliers.
Health Canada clarifies folic acid advice
18-Mar-2010 - Public health organization Health Canada has clarified its advice to care providers recommending high rates of folic acid supplementation to pregnant women.
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Chr Hansen reshuffles board
18-Mar-2010 - Ingredients firm Chr Hansen has announced two new additions to its board, as one members step down.
'Revolutionary' cranberry product targets UTI market
17-Mar-2010 - Low-calorie natural management of urinary tract infections (UTI), yeast health, digestive health and immune function are claimed for a new women’s health product launched last week at Expo West.
Martek commits to EPA, while DSM debuts infant DHA
17-Mar-2010 - Maryland-based Martek Biosciences will make its debut in the EPA market with an EPA/DHA blend “by year’s end”, NutraIngredients-USA.com learnt at Expo West last week.
Expo West reflections: post-recession buy-outs and GMP compliance
17-Mar-2010 - Private equity firms came in droves to Expo West looking for post-recession bargains, with dietary supplements firm in their sights. A NutraIngredients-USA.com straw poll in the supplements aisles confirmed acquisition offers were as abundant as natural and organic product launches.
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IADSA to extend scientific programme
17-Mar-2010 - The group that represents global supplements manufacturers has committed to expanding its scientific programme to better cover substantiation of claims and botanical ingredients.
Baseball players group expands supplements blacklist
16-Mar-2010 - The Major League Players Association has added 21 products to its ‘Dangerous Contaminated Supplements’ list to bring the total number of blacklisted products to 104.
Nutraceutical partnership targets US beta glucan market
16-Mar-2010 - Two Scandanavian companies have teamed up to supply a beta glucan product to US consumers who spend an estimated $80-100m each year on this market segment.
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Fenchem backs SAM-e with boosted production
16-Mar-2010 - Chinese supplier Fenchem Biotek will boost production for of SAM-e (S-adenosyl-L-methionine) to 30 tons in the next two years, with patent-pending tablet technologies at the forefront of its efforts.
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The HVP recall: Damage control déjà vu
15-Mar-2010 - Not again! It emerged last week that Basic Food Flavors, the company behind the ongoing HVP recall, knew its products were tainted with salmonella but carried on shipping them anyway. Déjà vu anyone?
Readers Digest vitamins article misleads millions of Americans: CRN
15-Mar-2010 - An article about vitamins published by Readers Digest has mislead millions of Americans about the important contribution dietary supplements can make to a healthy lifestyle, warns the Council for Responsible Nutrition.
Dry powder application allows wider range of Omega-3 use
12-Mar-2010 - Ocean Nutrition Canada, specialists in omega-3 food and dietary ingredients, has launched MEG-3 dry powder designed to allow the wider consumption of EPA and DHA in a variety of dry blend applications.
Japanese dairy firm obtains GRAS notice for 1960’s probiotic
11-Mar-2010 - Morinaga Milk Industry has obtained GRAS with FDA non-objection for a probiotic strain that the Japanese firm has used in its own products for over 30 years.
Omega-3 suppliers confirm standards following Prop 65
11-Mar-2010 - US-based omega-3 suppliers have been emphasising their standard credentials in the face of legal action mounted in a San Francisco court.
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Livestrong talks up the benefits for probiotics
11-Mar-2010 - Consumer understanding of the benefits of probiotics may receive a fillip following publication of a highly supporting article on Livestrong.com, website of the Lance Armstrong Foundation.
SunOpta Q4 loss narrows on health and wellness trend
10-Mar-2010 - Canadian natural and organics group SunOpta has reported a narrower loss in the fourth quarter of 2009, attributing improvement to restructuring and continued consumer interest in health and wellness.
SoluBlend turns fatty ingredients into water soluble lipids
09-Mar-2010 - Newly founded company SoluBlend Technologies claims to have created a cost-effective alternative to encapsulation for adding healthy fat soluble ingredients to food and beverage products.
Acai Roots plans expansion after Brazilian investment
09-Mar-2010 - California-based acai berry company, Acai Roots claims it is poised for big expansion after a group of Brazilian investors invested a significant but undisclosed sum in the company’s business.
Scientific Food Solutions and Sabinsa extend agreement for ‘next generation’ vitamin C products
09-Mar-2010 - California-based Scientific Food Solutions and Sabinsa Corporation have announced the extension of a license agreement to use BioPerine in high dose vitamin C formulations.
Bioenergy puts energy into marketing Ribose ingredient
08-Mar-2010 - Bioenergy Life Sciences has unveiled a new formulation center to help food and drink manufacturers use its Ribose energy enhancement ingredient.
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DuPont to build soybean facility in Missouri
08-Mar-2010 - DuPont business Pioneer Hi-Bred has announced plans to build a new soybean facility in New Madrid County, Missouri.
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