The addition of pre and probiotics to infant formula could help to boost immune responses by colonising newborn babies’ guts with a stable population of beneficial bacteria, say researchers.
NutraIngredients-USA looks back at an eventful month of news, with prebiotics and cocoa dominating the science headlines, Gerber getting the 1st health claim for infant formula, and CRN expanding its science team.
Increased sales of nutritional ingredients in both the infant formula and non-infant formula markets plus the acquisition of health and wellness company Amerifit helped Martek Biosciences achieve a 30 per cent increase in 2010 revenues to reach $450m.
Omega-3 producer Martek Biosciences Corporation has signed a multi-year agreement to to fortify Feihe Dairy’s new premium infant formula and growing-up milk products with DHA and ARA for sale in China.
Feedback from manufacturers is being sought on new standards being proposed for inclusion in the Food Chemcials Codex (FCC) which aim to ensure the quality and enhance the safety of key ingredients widely used in infant formulas.
Feeding babies formula enriched with the omega-3 fatty acid DHA may enhance their cognitive skills, compared to babies fed non-enriched formula, says a new study.
Two brands of infant formula – which make up almost 90 percent of the US market – were found to have the highest levels of contamination with the chemical perchlorate by a recent government study, but the industry has dismissed the findings on the basis...
Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have found that a range of commercial infant formula brands are contaminated with perchlorate, a chemical that may interfere with brain development.
Omega-3 supplier Martek Biosciences has reported a strong performance in the first quarter, indicating a growing interest in DHA despite the tight economy.
Adding prebiotics to infant formula may reduce the number of gut infections and reduce the use of antibiotics, according to a new study from Italy with 'major implications'.
The financial slowdown has hit global DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) market leader, Martek Biosciences, which has forecast only moderate growth for the coming year, after several years of strong growth.
The domestic supply of infant formula in the United States is safe for consumption, the FDA has said following an investigation into contamination with the industrial chemical melamine.
Some leading brands of infant formula manufactured and sold in the US have been found to contain traces of the industrial chemical melamine, albeit it at small amounts, news reports suggest.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it is unable to set a safe level of melamine contamination in infant formulas after issuing a wider ruling on the chemical’s presence in food products containing milk.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a public warning that infant formula manufactured in China may not be safe because of concerns over melamine contamination.
Omega-3 supplier Martek Biosciences has reported "record"
revenues and increased sales for its first quarter of 2008, boosted
by strong international demand for its ingredient in infant
formulas.
A report has listed some 3,000 violations by a dozen infant
nutrition companies who it says are breaking rules on marketing set
by the World Health Assembly.
Formula containing both pro- and prebiotics is well tolerated and
may have added benefits on weight gain in infants, says a new study
sponsored by Nestlé.
Infant formula made by food and nutrition giant Nestlé will not be
recalled in the US, the group has said, despite warnings from the
country's food regulator.
Increased international sales from a thriving infant formula market
drove up Martek's net income by almost 85 percent in Q2, and new
deals point to positive results for the remainder of the year.
Britain's formula milk industry has faced down a new wave of
criticism from senior paediatricians, who accused it of dodging a
ban on direct advertising by snuggling up to doctors and health
professionals.
The Australia and New Zealand food regulator has approved the use
of medium chain triglycerides for the production of vitamins in
infant formula, an allergen-free alternative to commonly used
vegetable oils.
PBM Products has launched what it claims to be the first organic
baby formula containing the omega-3 fatty acid DHA and the omega-6
fatty acid ARA for nationwide distribution in the US.
The infant nutrition division of Abbott Laboratories, Ross
Products, is to launch what it claims is the first soy infant
formula supplemented with DHA and ARA, on the US market.
The infant formula oils made by US-based Martek Biosciences, could
soon be used by formula manufacturers in Canada, after being
reviewed and passed by Canada's government health agency.
The Ross Products Division of Abbott Laboratories has announced
plans to launch an infant formula supplemented with two fatty acids
that function as nutritional building blocks in brain and eye
development.