News, Analysis & Insights on Nutrition, Supplements, and Health
Our glimpse of imminent product launches at the upcoming Food ingredients Europe exhibition in Frankfurt this November continues with UK starch business National Starch launching Advanta-Gel, an instant structurising starch.
Global trade talks collapsed at the weekend with rich and poor countries in a clash over farm aid as developing nations held out for a better deal.
Lawyers representing 250 hemp companies will make their final arguments before a court of appeal in San Francisco tomorrow, in an attempt to hold off a ban on hemp foods by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
California-based Next Pharmaceuticals has been issued a patent for use of magnolia extracts, a key component in the company's anti-stress ingredient Relora.
Caffeine is more effective at reducing muscle pain during a workout than taking an aspirin, suggests a small study, which could partially explain how the ingredient, found in numerous sports nutrition products, 'enhances performance'.
Melatonin supplements, often taken to help insomniacs and jet-lagged travellers sleep, may make it dangerous for those with cardiovascular problems to stand, reported a researcher in yesterday's issue of the Journal of Physiology.