Food ingredients company Applied Food Sciences says it has begun
shipping its green coffee bean extract product, Green Coffee
Antioxidant, said to be several times more powerful than green tea.
Da Vinci Gourmet, maker of flavored syrups for specialty coffee and
tea drinks and sodas, is introducing a sugar-free, low carbohydrate
chocolate sauce.
Canadian beverage company Leading Brands has entered into license
agreements to introduce two new energy drinks to the US. It is also
to develop a nutritional drink over coming months.
Natural and organic food company the Hain Celestial Group this week
announced it has bought Imagine Foods, a private non-dairy beverage
company specializing in rice and soy milks and organic products.
Terms of the transaction were...
Recent research suggests that coffee may be beneficial for heart
health. Now, a team of Swiss scientists say that ingredients other
than caffeine are responsible for the stimulating effects of the
beverage on the cardiovascular system.
People who drink coffee regularly are half as likely to develop
diabetes as adults, finds new research published in the latest
issue of British journal The Lancet. The controversial study
shows that caffeine, which actually reduces...
German researchers have found traces of the cancer-causing chemical
acrylamide, in coffee, although not in as high concentrations as in
fatty foods such as potato crisps, french fries or bread.
Beverage company Leading Brands is to end its distribution
agreement with Energy Brands for Glaceau Vitamin Water and Go-Go
Passion Energy Drink. The company cited strong competition in the
vitamin-enhanced drinks sector as a major...
Clearly Canadian Beverage Corporation has introduced a new flavour
to its range of Reebok-branded sports drinks. The blackberry
variant joins the natural, berry and citrus flavours already
available.
The widely-reported health benefits of tea consumption are driving
growth in the speciality tea market, especially among older
drinkers, according to new research from Seattle-based Sage Group.
The US market for energy supplements is estimated to be worth more
than $1.2 billion (€1.37bn) in retail sales in 2001, and while
young, male consumers are the target audience for most energy
supplement producers, market research...
Coffee has had a lot of press recently, both good and bad. The
latest research puts it firmly in the good camp, with Italian
scientists discovering that coffee can help prevent some forms of
tooth decay.
US company Applied Food Sciences (AFS) has made yield improvements
in its Coffee Antioxidant Enhancement Technology, a proprietary
process that increases the quantity of natural antioxidants found
in brewed coffee.
Decaffeinated beverages, promoted as a healthy alternative to their
caffeinated equivalents, may actually increase the risk of
developing rheumatoid arthritis.
Coffee contains four times the amount of health-boosting
antioxidants as green tea, reveals a new study that examined the
effects of green tea, cocoa, herbal teas and coffee on antioxidant
activity.
A new study from Norway has found that coffee drinkers who quit
drinking caffeinated filtered coffee cut their blood levels of
cholesterol and the protein homocysteine, which are known risk
factors for heart disease.
