Cocaine, the energy drink marketed as a dietary supplement, is a
drug, says the FDA, in a move sure to be welcomed by the United
Natural Products Alliance (UNPA).
Several nutraceutical companies are this week drawing attention to
the potential benefits of their products for serious athletes such
as marathon runners, in advance of participation in the Boston
Marathon Expo next weekend.
Cargill is introducing a new aromatic cheese culture to create
subtle fruity aromas in the rind and mould of ripened cheese, a
quality said to be sought after by consumers.
Chocolate giant Mars has filed a lawsuit against Natraceutical,
alleging that the Spanish company is infringing its patents on
polyphenol-rich cocoa extracts by selling CocoanOX extracts in the
United States.
A superoxide dismutase (SOD) supplement, GliSODin, reduced the
severity of redness associated with sunburn by almost 10 per cent,
researchers from France have reported.
French plant extract supplier Naturex has added Hoodia gordonii to
its list of botanical extracts, and provides certification of
quality for the ingredient with increasing demand.
Italian biotech Gnosis is undertaking a major drive for its
ingredients in UK and Ireland with a new distribution agreement
with S Black covering the high-potential markets.
Iowa-based Embria Health Sciences has announced a United States
distribution agreement with B&D Nutritional Ingredients for its
EpiCor and eXselen ingredients.
Acid modified tapioca starch may offer significant advantages as an
encapsulation material, producing better results than native
starch, says new research.
A diet rich in fibre could cut the risk of developing colon cancer
by about 40 per cent, but appears to have no significant effects
against rectal cancer, says a new study that highlights the need
for clarification.
Furcellaran, a co-polymer of beta and kappa-carrageenan extracted
from red algae, has been identified as a novel new encapsulation
material, researchers from Estonia report.
University of California Davis researchers analyzed nine
over-the-counter herbal kelp supplements and reported finding
higher than acceptable arsenic levels in eight of them.
Arla Foods is establishing a new joint venture with Russian
distribution partner Artis, which will allow it to better tap
opportunities in the country's growing cheese and butter market.
The ongoing battle between Monsanto and dairy producers who do not
use the firm's milk-producing hormone rBST has stepped up a notch,
with the biotech and chemicals giant requesting action to stop what
it calls "deceptive...
Frutarom is now offering the added value of omega-3 as part of its
food systems service for dairy products - a development that will
allow customers to tap opportunities in the functional dairy
market.
Cognis Nutrition & Health is doubling the lutein ester content
of its branded Xangold ingredient from 10 to 20 percent, thereby
allowing formulators to make smaller capsules preferred by
consumers.
Aquaculture and technology group Neptune Industries has come one
step closer to completing its insect-based dietary protein for
fish, which the firm claims will be key to addressing the imminent
shortage of world fish stocks.
A team of Japanese, Bangladeshi and Kuwaiti researchers has
reported that dietary supplements of chitosan cut weight gain and
cholesterol levels in rats, research that enhances the limited
research already performed with the ingredient.
The European market for lycopene as a functional food ingredient
looks to be opening up, since Vitatene gained novel foods approval
for its ingredient derived from the Blakeslea trispora
fungus last year.
GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) Ribena range of juice drinks have been
found to meet their stated claims of high vitamin C content in
Singapore, according to the country's Agri-Food and Veterinary
Authority (AVA).
Arterial calcification, a process of hardening of the arteries, may
be inhibited and even reversed with supplementation with high-dose
vitamin K, suggests an animal study.
Modified whey protein could be the additive of choice for processed
meat, with Canadian researchers reporting it is the most
functionally effective and cost-efficient of five dairy proteins
tested.
Vitamin C may reduce the formation of potentially carcinogenic
nitrogen-containing compounds in the stomach, offering protection
from stomach cancer, researchers have reported.
Bayer HealthCare has lent credence to the importance of both the
baby boomer market and condition-specific marketing, through the
introduction of a new line of nutritional supplements, Bayer
Nutritional Science.
Lipid Nutrition was celebrating Friday when PinnoThin was awarded
most innovative ingredient at the First International Conference on
Innovations and Trends in Weight Loss and Weight Management.
The identity of the mystery multinational with which Provexis has
been exploring new formats of its Fruitflow technology is unveiled
as Unilever; and the two companies also plan to collaborate over
new IP on related products and processes.
NutraCea reported a more than threefold increase in revenue for the
fiscal year ending December 2006, following the first steps of
expansion into the food industry with its stabilized rice bran.
BASF has announced that it will be ceasing production of lysine at
its plant in Gunsan, South Korea, marking the end of its amino acid
activity in the face of shrinking margins.