An organization dedicated to raising capital for small companies in the fields of health, wellness and green, natural and organic nutrition has announced its fourth investors’ meeting, due to take place in New York City on April 21.
The issue of whether businesses are solely driven by profits and will not respond to voluntary guidance to improve the health effects of their products is a matter of hot debate in the British Medical Journal this week.
As health, wellness and sustainability in the food sector continue
to move into the mainstream, market research firm Natural Marketing
Institute (NMI) has identified eight major trends it expects will
drive these sectors.
Health Canada has extended its deadline for feedback on its food
health claims review, as it plans to update its assessment
framework to make the system clearer and the claims more credible.
Vitamin Relief USA is extending the scope of its operations to
supply functional and organic food and beverage products to a
variety of health education services.
The third in a series of FoodNavigator-USA.com articles on the
health and wellness approach of major US companies examines
Nestlé's increasing focus on research and development as a means to
improve human nutrition.
Nestlé today confirmed the successful take-over of Novartis Medical
Nutrition in a deal worth US$2.5bn - and one which will catapult
the Swiss firm into the top end of the medical foods market.
NutritionDay 2007 is today turning the spotlight on nutrition care
of patients in hospitals across Europe and the impact of
disease-related mortality on hospital stay lengths and mortality
rates.
Orafti is expecting considerable growth in sales of its Beneo
prebiotic ingredients in Russia, after six years of ground work and
building up recognition in the local marketplace.
Swiss food giant Nestle has confirmed its plan to purchase Novartis
Medical Nutrition for US$2.5bn - a move that propels it from a
minor player in healthcare nutrition to the world number two.
ADM's food and feed ingredients were a blip on the face of an
otherwise rosy full year 2006, due to a slip in operating profits
partly attributed natural health and nutrition operations.
Fuji Health Sciences has reformulated its AstaREAL powder to
exclude components of animal origin - a move that will open up more
uses of the ingredient in supplements that are suitable for
vegetarians.
The UK's poor dietary habits are costing its health service an
annual £6 billion (€8.9bn) - three times as much as the financial
toll from smoking - suggests a new study.
Atrium Technologies has bolstered its presence in the North
American active ingredients and specialty chemicals sector by
completing its acquisition of privately-held Canadian company
MultiChem.
Health-related quality of life, or functioning, begins to decline
as soon as a child is above average weight, say researchers, but
the effects may not be obvious to parents.
The Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) at the National Institutes
of Health (NIH) has today released the fifth issue of the Annual
Bibliography of Significant Advances in Dietary Supplement
Research, aimed at manufacturers, scientists...
The organisers of SupplySide West will at this very moment be
crossing their fingers and making those last minute adjustments to
make sure that this year's show - which opens tomorrow in Las Vegas
- will be as successful as it...
Consumer and health and safety will be a key priority for the Food
and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2004, stressed the US government
body in a white paper released last week.
Health and wellness company Amerifit Nutrition has announced
certification of several of its products by public health and
safety company NSF International, including its women's health
supplement Estroven.
Over-the-counter dietary supplements containing the ephedra herb do
more harm than good and should be removed from the market,
according to the American Heart Association.
An industry body has sent a letter, signed by a number of
physicians, to the Department of Health and Human Services calling
for the continued sale of ephedra supplements and federal labeling
standards to protect the market for ephedra.
Nearly one in five American workers is grossly obese, smokes,
drinks heavily and never exercises, yet believes he or she is in
excellent health, according to a national survey released last week
by Oxford Health Plans.
The US Federal Trade Commission last week released a report
claiming that the false and misleading advertising claims made
about weight-loss products have increased over the last decade.
Rather than worrying about which scientific study to believe when
it comes to choosing a vitamin or mineral supplement, consumers
should concentrate on finding the balance which is right for them.
Hence the term 'mineralibrium',...
Healthcare group Baxter has launched a range of bottled water with
added supplements. The company claims it is targeting those who are
aware of the importance of nutrition, but who are too busy to
maintain a healthy diet.
