Blue Pacific Flavors, the US-based flavour producer, has opened a
new research and development facility which will focus on flavours
for functional beverages, including sports, energy and wellness
drinks.
Supplementing children's diet with omega-3 fatty acids, selenium
and vitamin A can help reduce the need for antibiotics to treat
middle ear infections.
MWW, one of the leading public relations firms in the US, has
unveiled plans to create a new division specialising in PR for the
nutraceutical and dietary supplements industries.
Lifeway Foods of the US has launched a new packaging design for the
non-fat version of its popular probiotic kefir product to coincide
with the Fancy Food Show in New York.
A survey of organic fruit and vegetables has shown that they do not
have an appreciably higher nutritional content than equivalent
products grown using conventional techniques.
Acatris, the Dutch ingredients group, has just published research
which it claims shows that its SoyLife product provides much more
than soy protein and isoflavones.
Positive publicity for the fat-fighting supplement Relora has led
to a sharp increase in sales of the product - so much so that
Relora's manufacturer Next Pharmaceuticals is having to work
overtime to meet demand.
The American Optometric Association (AOA) has added a new
functionality to its website which is designed to allow visitors to
asses whether their diet is putting them at risk of eye problems
such as cataracts.
Diets which restrict the types of food we can eat in order to
promote are bad for our health because we are genetically
predisposed to eat the broadest possible spectrum of food, a new
book claims.
Accelerade, the sports drink brand produced by PacificHealth
Laboratories, has become the official sponsor of The Hoop Group, an
organisation which runs basketball training camps for would-be
athletes.
Cytodyne Technologies'Xenadrine EFX weight loss nutrition bar has
been awarded a gold medal for excellence and voted America's
best-tasting protein bar by the American Tasting Institute.
Ginkgo biloba and soy isoflavones are among the products which will
help drive up sales of nutraceuticals by 6 per cent a year between
now and 2006, claims a new report.
Roche Vitamins, a unit of the Swiss pharmaceutical group, has
opened a new production facility in South Africa which will
manufacture vitamin premixes for the food industry and help reduce
the levels of malnutrition in many African...
A survey of US adults has revealed that more than 80 per cent of
them know only very little about nutrition, and that 70 per cent
are worried about not getting enough vitamins in their daily diets.
Most said that a better choice of...
Simply taking a multivitamin and other key supplements on a daily
basis can help promote good health and stave off a wide range of
diseases, according to a new report released by the Council for
Responsible Nutrition (CRN).
BioTech of the US has introduced a new weight loss supplement
called Norexin which it claims will enable consumers to lose weight
without any unwanted side-effects which may be related to the use
of other slimming products.
Contrary to certain 'fad diets' that promote fewer carbohydrates in
favour of more protein and fat, US researchers claim this week that
people who consume a high carbohydrate diet apparently eat fewer
calories per day and...
Galaxy Nutritional Foods, the producer of nutritious plant-based
dairy alternatives for the retail and foodservice markets, has
announced a sharp rise in sales of its Veggie brand products via
the Canadian supermarket chain Loblaw.
New research from the US has shown that the addition of soybean
phytosterols to lean ground beef can have a significant effect in
reducing cholesterol levels.
BASF, the German chemicals group, has formed a joint venture with
US-based Fortitech focusing on the manufacture, marketing and sales
of human nutrition premix products.
Irish ingredients group Kerry has unveiled plans to target the
growing market for soy-based health foods with the creation of a
new subsidiary, Nutriant.
Researchers from Canada have discovered that many dietary
supplement users are unaware of the tolerable upper limits and as
such could be putting themselves at risk instead of doing
themselves some good.
Milk enriched with conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), a so-called
'good fat' which could help fight cancer and heart disease, could
soon be gracing supermarket shelves, say scientists in Canada.
A series of studies carried out by the University at Buffalo in the
US show that while a diet of high-calorie fast food can have an
adverse effect on the arteries, supplementing that diet with
antioxidant vitamins such as vitamin...
Natural Health Sciences, the US-based producer of nutritional
ingredients, has appointed public relations firm MWW to develop a
new brand and communications strategy for its Pycnogenol product.
German company Degussa BioActives, a leading maker of creatine
products, has been focusing on its sports nutrition segment this
year, actively promoting Creapure and other sports products at
trade shows. NutraIngredients.com spoke...
Chromax, the chromium picolinate ingredient produced by Nutrition
21 can now be used in functional foods and drinks following the
award of GRAS status by an independent panel.
Keeping a tight rein on what we eat could help ward off the risk of
oesophageal cancer, one of the most deadly forms of the disease,
according to recent research from the Agricultural Research Service
arm of the US Department of Agriculture.
Sales of sports and weight loss supplements will continue to grow
at a fast pace over the next few years helped by increased
investment in packaging, marketing and advertising.
A new report from the American Heart Association has called into
question the efficacy of fat replacers such as olestra, at the same
time as highlighting a number of serious side effects relating to
vitamin and mineral absorption.
Many leading US hospitals are contracting fast food companies to
provide their catering services, a move which sends a mixed message
about healthy eating, researchers claim.
An woman using a herbal supplement to lose weight developed a
neurological disorder more commonly seen in alcoholics and related
to a vitamin B1 deficiency, according to a study in the journal
Nutrition.
Across the Western world, obesity continues to affect more and more
people. One of the solutions is a fat tax on high-fat foods, which
although unpopular, demonstrates the extent of the problem,
Professor Andreu Palou, a member of...
Weight-loss and sports nutrition business Basic Research is to
merge with Total Nutritional Technologies (TNT), a newcomer in the
sports nutrition industry, creating the new business Basic Research
Sports.
US research and development company Burcon NutraScience has closed
the final tranche of its private placement of 1,8million units,
raising gross proceeds of $3.33 million (€3.53m) to be used in
engineering development and speeding...
A recent report on the US nutrition industry shows that a small
minority of the population accounts for the vast majority of sales
in most categories of dietary supplements. Future growth will
depend on further consumer education,...
Children who drink flavoured milk drink more milk and therefore
have higher calcium intakes than those who do not, finds a study
published this week. And contrary to popular belief, the beverages
do not raise levels of fat and sugar...
