Vitamin supplements could help protect children with abnormally
high cholesterol levels from heart attacks in later years,
according to a small study carried out in the US.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will begin sorting through
industry's comments on its proposal on good manufacturing practices
for dietary supplements. Will it take into account higher than
estimated costs?
Dutch retailer Ahold has said that consolidated sales for the
second quarter of €13.0 billion for its global sales represented a
decline of 12.4 per cent compared to the €14.8 billion generated in
the second quarter 2002. Analysts...
Sales of supplements for menopause symptoms are likely to surge in
coming months, after a major UK study finds that combination
hormone replacement therapy (HRT) could double the risk of breast
cancer.
Newly-formed Acatris is planning a major assault on the UK market
and has predicted that Britain will be among the top three growth
markets for its health ingredients.
Vitamin and herbal producers will see surging demand from
anti-aging products, as US consumers demonstrate an increasing
desire to slow the effects of aging, reveals a new report.
Natural foods retailer Wild Oats Markets saw net income surge in
the second quarter, as sales at three new stores opened earlier
this year boosted revenue. No sales growth from new products and
new store formats however.
Women whose diet includes the phytoestrogens isoflavones and
lignans could be at reduced risk of endometrial cancer, the fifth
most common cancer among women worldwide, report researchers.
The latest research on a plant-based anti-inflammatory and pain
reliever shows that it causes none of the gastrointestinal
irritation commonly experienced with aspirin and non-steroidal
anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen,...
US department of agriculture sugar-market economist John Love has
predicted that producer prices for sugar for 2002/03 will be 5 per
cent higher than last year's.
Retailers of health foods could present significant risks to breast
cancer patients, claim researchers today. They are calling for
regulations to ensure that health food shops provide consumers with
better information on the products...
The second annual 'Focus on the Future' conference for executives,
to take place in January next year, will once again be based at The
Millennium Resort at Scottsdale McCormick Ranch in Scottsdale,
Arizona.
Lingering consumer suspicion of synthetic colours, coupled with the
rising preference for all-natural products, is driving uptake of
natural food colours within Australia and New Zealand, report
market analysts Frost & Sullivan....
The US dietary supplements industry could gain from an extra $10
million in annual funding for national research under new
legislation to better implement DSHEA. The new bill, proposed by
Senators Harkin and Hatch last week, would...
Green tea's ability to fight cancer is even more potent and varied
than scientists suspected, say researchers who have discovered that
chemicals in green tea shut down one of the key molecules targeted
by tobacco to cause cancer.
Natural Organics has introduced a weight loss product under its
Nature's Plus brand containing three different slimming
ingredients, which the company claims have never been combined in
one supplement before.
Sports equipment brand Everlast is adding its name to a line of
supplements manufactured by New York City-based Vitamin Branding to
launch early next year.
Cereal manufacturers could see growing sales in our
weight-conscious times as a new study shows that people who eat
cereal are less likely to be obese than those who skip breakfast or
choose a traditional English start to the day.
The US Food and Drug Administration has given the Procter &
Gamble fat replacer olestra the all-clear, after new scientific
evidence found there was no need to warn consumers of side effects.
More than half of the 17 cholesterol-lowering supplements tested
recently by ConsumerLab failed to contain their listed ingredients
and many could not be adequately broken down for use by the body,
reported the agency last week.
Nicotine-containing fruit drinks could soon be available as an
alternative for people trying to stop smoking, says a Los
Angeles-based firm, which has received exclusive rights to market
nicotine drinks.
Continuing uncertainty and senior management turmoil at cranberry
supplier Ocean Spray has led Moody's to downgrade the firm's
short-term and preferred stock ratings, with further downgrade
possible in the near future.
The theme of this year's World Food Day will be 'International
Alliance Against Hunger,' emphasising the need for global
mobilisation to create the political will to eradicate hunger, the
United Nations Food and Agriculture...
The European Commission on Friday approved plans by US company
Archer Daniels Midland to purchase food giant Unilever's edible oil
refining subsidiary VDBO.
In the US, proposals by the state of California to make it
compulsory for products that might contain the potential carcinogen
acrylamide to carry warning labels have met with anger from food
processors and producers.
Fortifying foods with folic acid may not reduce the incidence of
Down's syndrome, say University of Toronto researchers, although
they suggest we may to need to wait for the next generation of
women to give birth before the their...
Increasing intake of vitamin C may be able to help prevent stomach
cancer, report researchers this week. A study found low levels of
the vitamin in blood samples to be associated with higher chances
of Helicobacter pylori infection,...
UK sweeteners and starch group Tate & Lyle has completed the
sale of its monosodium glutamate (MSG) production unit in France to
Japanese seasonings company Ajinomoto.
A new organic programme in the US has lifted sales of organic food
and drink while western Europe saw growth slowing down on 2002
figures. New report predicts drop in growth for industrialised
world, but acceleration in developing...
Canada-based Bio-Lab has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission
charges that it deceived consumers through false and
unsubstantiated advertising of its 'Quick Slim Fat Blocker' and
'Cellu-Fight' products.
Hormel Foods is to buy nutritional ingredients firm Century Foods
International, in a $115 million cash transaction, it said
yesterday. Hormel is seeking to strengthen its position in the
growing specialty foods segment.
A mother's diet can alter her offspring's development to such an
extent that it changes the baby's characteristics for life, and
potentially that of future generations, say researchers who have
found that nutrition...
