All news articles for May 2011

DuPont succeeds in Danisco bid

DuPont succeeds in Danisco bid

By Caroline Scott-Thomas

US chemical group DuPont has successfully completed its tender offer for Danisco, as 92.2 percent of outstanding shares in the Danish food ingredients firm were tendered by Friday’s deadline, DuPont said on Monday.

Prebiotic pasta shows metabolic promise: Study

Prebiotic pasta shows metabolic promise: Study

By Stephen Daniells

Consuming pasta enriched with prebiotic fibers may slow the emptying of the stomach and ease the rise in blood sugar levels after eating, says a new study from Italy.

Coming to a food supplement near you... maybe

Corn starch may offer inexpensive vitamin carriers: Study

By Stephen Daniells

Corn starch may be able to protect vitamins on their passage through the stomach, and provide a new and inexpensive opportunity for food supplement manufacturers, suggests new research from Penn State.

Brain food ripe for growth, but who will lead the charge?

Brain food ripe for growth, but who will lead the charge?

By Elaine Watson

Cognitive function is the functional foods category where the gap between interest and buying behavior is the widest, suggesting there are big bucks to be made, but only if firms can come up with products consumers can trust.

100 percent traceable

NSF Okays Neptune’s environmental claims

NSF International has approved the key environmental claims of krill player Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc. following an extensive and rigorous review.

What makes a successful functional food product?

Mark Crowell, principal culinologist, CuliNex

What makes a successful functional food product?

Why do so many ‘functional’ foods fail? Sometimes, it’s just bad luck or bad timing, but in most cases, manufacturers only have themselves to blame, product development guru Mark Crowell tells Elaine Watson at SupplySide East.

Carotech's ingredient is extracted from palm oil

Vitamin E tocotrienols may reduce cholesterol: RCT data

By Stephen Daniells

Supplements containing a mixture of tocotrienols – forms of vitamin E – may reduce cholesterol levels by about 15 percent in people with raised cholesterol, says a new study from Malaysia.

We went to Secaucus (so you didn't have to) ...

Quote:Unquote. Pearls of wisdom from the podium at SupplySide East

By Elaine Watson

If you didn’t make it to Supply Side East (or were too busy cutting deals in the exhibition hall to catch up with the conference) we’ve collated some pearls of wisdom from the education program to give you something to chew on with your coffee this morning…

Clean, healthy arteries ...

Dispatches from SupplySide East

US heart health product launches have tripled in five years

By Elaine Watson

New product launches in the US food, drink and dietary supplements market on a heart health platform have tripled in the past five years, and now account for 1.5 percent of all new launches.

Marinova reports 'exceptional' growth for fucoidan in US, Asia

Marinova reports 'exceptional' growth for fucoidan in US, Asia

By Elaine Watson

Australian biotech firm Marinova has reported “exceptional” demand in the US and Asia for its fucoidans, bioactives from brown seaweed researchers believe could help to explain the health and longevity of the Japanese.

Mister: Daily values rule change is bad news for consumers (and for us)

Dispatches from SupplySide East

Mister: Daily values rule change is bad news for consumers (and for us)

By Elaine Watson, New Jersey

Proposals by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) to change how daily values on food labels are calculated are not in the interests of the dietary supplements industry or consumers, the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has warned.

GOLD: more vitamins, minerals; less protein

Pfizer has GOLD ambitions for toddler nutrition

By Shane Starling

Pfizer is ready to take on the “enormous responsibility” of improving the nutrition of older infants, the company has said in redesigning a range of low-protein, vitamin and mineral-fortified toddler nutrition products called GOLD.

Ullman & Mackay: Not happy

Dispatches from SupplySide East

NDI guidance could be 'gamechanger' for supplements trade

By Elaine Watson, Secaucus, New Jersey

Fears are mounting that the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) long-awaited guidance on new dietary ingredients (NDIs) could prove a “game changer” for the industry, and not in a good way.

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