Researchers in Aberdeen have found that elderly people who
regularly took calcium and vitamin D supplements did not suffer
less fractures than their peers.
The growing organic business is gaining more attention from food
manufacturers. In an effort to understand better the benefits of
such products, Dean Foods and its WhiteWave Foods division have
donated $100,000 to the Organic Center...
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US will host a
forum next month to examine the role that soy foods can play in
managing a person's weight.
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) is actively
discouraging the dietary supplements industry from resuming sales
of ephedra products following the court ruling that the FDA failed
to prove that a daily dosage of 10mg...
Scientists in Oregon, US have presented a study that seems to
suggest that ginkgo biloba may help improve attention in MS
patients with cognitive impairment.
Sales and operating profit improve "considerably" in the first
quarter for the food unit of Dutch chemicals and life sciences
group DSM, the firm reports.
Black cohosh, a plant commonly used by breast cancer patients to
alleviate the menopause-like side effects of therapy, may alter the
effects anticancer drugs, suggests a study carried out at Yale
School of Medicine.
Nutraceutical Corporation racked up $38.8 million in sales of its
branded dietary supplements during the second quarter of fiscal
2005 - a three percent increase over the same three months of 2004.
Unigen Pharmaceuticals has been granted a composition of matter and
usage patent for aloesin and aloeresin A, antioxidant aloe
chromones that are contained in its Pervarin and Aloewhite
commercial raw materials, writes Jess Halliday.
Global supplement maker and marketer NBTY has failed to maintain
the momentum with which it started fiscal 2005, reporting a net
income of $20.87 million in the second quarter - just over half the
figure for the prior year period.
GNC Corporation has signed an agreement with Endomatrix for the
distribution of the latter's patented ProVasca with Actothil in the
United States and international markets.
Microalgae producers Cyanotech and Earthrise Nutritionals have
signaled their surprise that spirulina was excluded from a recent
study suggesting that a potential toxin known as BMAA is present in
diverse groups of cyanobacteria,...
A Mediterranean style diet should be recommended to those already
suffering from heart disease, says new research, which concludes
its ingredients can help them live longer.
Heart problems, weight control and diabetes are the three research
areas that will be headlining at this year's Natural Health
Research Institute's annual symposium.
Ocean Nutrition Canada (ONC) has signed its first co-branding
license agreements that will see its MEG-3 brand fish oil
ingredients appear on supplement and food product labeling, and may
crystallize formulators' choice between...
Nurture's OatVantage ingredient can lower the risk of coronary
heart disease more than any other commercial oat product, according
to a company-funded study carried out at the University of
Minnesota.
NOW Foods' glucosamine HPLC method has passed the AOAC's 2-year
validation process to become the first action official method for
testing the standards of the joint health ingredient.
Ball Horticultural-subsidiary Chrysantis has signed a licensing
agreement with ZeaVision for the marketing and selling of
zeaxanthin, a deal which gives it limited, non-exclusive license
store of the supplement maker's patents...
Jess Halliday speaks to Steve Mister, the new president and
CEO of the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), about the trade
association's three main areas of focus: safety, membership and,
underlying everything, a renewed...
Pressure on soy prices likely to continue with a new report
revealing China is expected to reduce its principal soybean
planting area, while increasing corn and rice planting in 2005.
The FDA has issued new guidelines to help dietary supplement
manufacturers label products in an appropriate, consumer-friendly
way and conform to requirements.
UK company Pure Herbal Extracts has found a way to culture the
appetite-suppressing molecule from a strain of hoodia and plans to
launch supplements containing a guaranteed dose of the active
ingredient in the next six months, reports...
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has warned
that the lower incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) amongst
moderate drinkers, compared with heavy- or non-drinkers, may be
attributable to factors other than...
Green tea is back in the news again after a new study showed that
men at a high risk of contracting prostate cancer had their risk
slashed after taking green tea catechins for a year.
Mothers could reduce the chances of their female offspring
developing breast cancer in later life by eating foods rich in
omega-3 while pregnant and nursing, suggests research presented
today at the annual meeting of the American...
A soy-based egg replacer developed by food scientists at Unilever
heads to the US, as Alleggra Foods, the owner of the new
ingredient, signs a distribution, manufacturing and marketing
agreement with Tate & Lyle for the North...
Obesity is a problem for anyone, but a study by researchers at
Johns Hopkins found that people with a family history of heart
disease have more reason than most to eat well and keep their
weight down.
Two new studies carried out at the University of Pittsburg point to
the potential of foods like broccoli and chili pepper in slowing or
preventing the growth of cancerous cells.
MyPyramid, the new food guidance system unveiled by the USDA
yesterday, grants that fortified foods can play a part in
maintaining a healthy, balanced diet, reports Jess Halliday.
Swiss manufacturer Linnea has signed a license agreement to
introduce Hormos Medical Corporation's spruce-derived HMRlignan
ingredient to the worldwide dietary supplements market, reports
Jess Halliday.
A study carried out by the Vanderbilt University Medical Center
indicates that selenomethionine is twice as bioavailabile as
selenium in the form of selenite.
FiberGel Technologies is making its Z-Trim range of fat replacement
products available to a broader demographic by entering into a new
agreement with a nutritional superstore and is selling them through
its catalogue and web channels.
Tea is once again being heralded as something more than a
refreshing brew as research suggests it may prevent diabetes and
complications associated with the disease.
A natural compound found in cocoa deactivates a number of proteins
that are probably behind the continual division of cancer cells,
report researchers.
Industry assocations are seeking to dispel myths that the impending
Codex Alimentarius international guidelines for vitamin and mineral
food supplements, expected to be adopted in July, will force a
change in US law to bring regulation...
A court in Utah has overturned the FDA's outright ban on all
dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids, or ephedra,
clearing the way for the plaintiff Nutraceutical Corporation to
resume selling supplements containing...
Ingredient company InterHealth Nutraceuticals has added to its
store of evidence indicating the efficacy of two of its ingredients
for weight loss and cardiovascular health with studies presented at
Experimental Biology in San Diego...
Knocked by an economic slowdown and the strength of the Euro
against the US dollar, growth in turnover for the European food and
drink industry rose by a 1.9 per cent wisp from 2002 to 2003,
concludes a new report from the US government,...
Ambitious US ingredients supplier Cargill boosts its war chest,
announcing a 35 per cent rise in profit for the third quarter of
2005, on gains from commodity trading and its animal feed and steel
businesses.
International expert agreement on a definition of the metabolic
syndrome, a collection of risk factors for heart disease and
diabetes, will help doctors and the food industry better target
prevention of disease, writes Dominique Patton.
