Nestlé's strategy for exploiting the functional food opportunity
seems to rest in careful partnerships with other top FMCG
companies. By aligning its interests in nutraceuticals with other
partners it can spread risk, speed up...
A new drink developed by Dutch life sciences company DSM helps
athletes achieve better performance levels than a normal,
sugar-based sports drink, claims the company.
Israeli firm LycoRed Natural Products Industries says it has
received GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) status for its
Lyc-O-Mato tomato lycopene product. GRAS status will open doors for
the ingredient to be used to fortify foods...
Innovations from mainstream food and beverage manufacturers
continue to focus on health benefits, with companies adding the
newest ingredients to the most traditional products, reveals
Mintel's Global New Products Database this...
New Zealand-based Comvita says it will use a grant received in
recognition of its business development to fast-track plans to link
the propolis science communities of Japan and New Zealand.
Intensive marketing and increased health preoccupations could both
be responsible for the mounting consumer awareness of fatty acids
in Australia and New Zealand and the favourable perception of
polyunsaturated 'good' fats...
US plant extract company Unigen Pharmaceuticals has signed new
distribution agreements with six partners in Europe and Latin
America, expanding its sales presence in international markets.
The Danish Consumer Council has given a damning indictment of
Danisco's fat replacement product Salatrim, prompting the
ingredients group to issue a statement reiterating its confidence
in the product.
Finnish dairy company Valio has seen the launch of two infant
nutrition products this spring, both in Finland and abroad,
featuring the probiotic lactic acid bacteria Lactobacillus
Gorbach & Goldin (LGG).
Swedish biotech company Probi has signed a licence agreement with
the Australian probiotics supplier Health World, giving the
Australian firm the right to market products containing one of
Probi's patented bacteria on the Australian...
German sweeteners firm Nutrinova reports on new research showing
how sweeteners used in hot drinks can alter the flavour profile.
The results allow the company to provide sweetener manufacturers
with useful guidance, it says.
Swedish firm BioGaia, known for its probiotic LifeTop straw, has
signed an agreement with a small Italian company for the sale of
its Reuteri tablets on the Italian market.
Netherlands-based Sensus has received safety approval for its
Frutafit inulin fibre, said to promote gut health, from the US Food
and Drug Administration.
The functional foods sector offers strong growth opportunities for
the Irish food industry, according to Enterprise Ireland, a
government-funded development body which recently organised a trade
mission to Japan to assess its successful...
The Middle East's first trade show for the natural health industry
has been scheduled for October this year. Natural Products Expo,
Arabia, not related to Penton Media's Expo shows, will take place
in Dubai in the United...
More than 200 companies active in the nutrition, health foods and
dietary supplements sector are to exhibit at France's Natexpo,
taking place this year in October. The show also offers seminars on
the country's €274 million...
US firm Galaxy Nutritional Foods, a producer of soy- and oat-based
dairy alternatives, has entered into an exclusive distribution
agreement with French cheese company Fromageries Bel, which will
make Galaxy's brands available...
'Healthiness-to-go' appears to be the order of the day on Europe's
supermarket shelves as Mintel's Global New Product Database reveals
a number of new functional drinks launched in the last month.
The marketers of a supplement said to 'shield against toxins' have
been pulled up by the UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)
for unsubstantiated product claims.
The Food unit of the French Rhodia Group has launched two new
ingredients onto the market to improve the texture of yoghurts,
especially 'light' yoghurts with less fat.
Swiss flavours and extracts manufacturer Emil Flachsmann is
introducing EFLA Trees of Life, a line of plant-based extracts
designed especially for the dairy industry to provide a functional
twist.
Yoghurt has been by far the fastest-growing dairy sector over the
last four years, driven by added health benefits, convenient
packaging and improved taste profiles. Probiotic yoghurts grew
fastest after the new drinking yoghurt format.
Two new products for the French slimming market: 'Veinosvelt', a
natural extract-based formula to combat cellulite, and
'Pro-satietil hyperproteine', a high protein product range suitable
for Atkin's diet...
The Japanese nutraceutical market, currently worth around €18
billion, is set to more than double by 2012, finds a new report.
And potential for Western companies to enter the sector is also
growing with ingredients such as grape...
Are perceptions of whey products as more than a milk powder
substitute changing? According to a new report from market analysts
Zenith International, yes, as processors increasingly looking for
added value start turning towards...
The food division of pharma company Rhodia launched two new
probiotic blends under its FloraFit range at Vitafoods last week,
one to 'Balance' the intestinal microflora, the other to 'Boost'
the immune system....
UK-based Feel Good Drinks Company has launched a new variant of its
functional soft drinks range, after good response to the line
introduced in July last year.
The 2003 Vitafoods show saw few product innovations, but a strong
focus on science, and a trend for immune-boosting products. New
organisers IIR Exhibitions also announced the first Vitafoods
China, taking place in September next...
The Hain Celestial Group, one of the leading natural and organic
food companies in the US, has acquired the Belgian company Grains
Noirs, a producer of fresh prepared foods, including sandwiches and
appetisers.
Aloecorp, the world's leading vertically integrated supplier of
Aloe vera raw materials, has announced extensions to its
distributor partnerships in Belgium and the UK.
Finnish company Teriaka said this week that it has received
permission from the US Food and Drug Administration allowing the
use of the phytosterol heart health claim with its product
Diminicol.
Always one of the biggest stands at Vitafoods, Cognis Nutrition and
Health seem ever more present this year, with heavy marketing,
including an evening event, to launch its Tonalin CLA to the
European market.
Austrian company Panmol, exhibiting for the first time at
Vitafoods, has developed powerful antioxidant ingredients from
germinating cereal seeds, including a natural vitamin E, a vitamin
B complex and a wheat germ compound.
Swiss marketing group SiberHegner, exhibiting at Vitafoods under
its new name DiethelmKellerSiberHegner (DKSH), is to roll out the
WGP Beta Glucan in Europe and Asia over coming months.
Swiss plant extract manufacturer Flachsmann yesterday introduced
its Green Mate extract to visitors at Vitafoods, the nutraceuticals
and functional foods show taking place in Geneva this week.
Norwegian soy technology company Nutri Pharma yesterday announced
the results of a clinical trial which it claims demonstrated its
new isolated soy protein (ISP) is significantly better at lowering
serum cholesterol values than the...
French starch specialist Cerestar claims that its product C*EmTex,
a nOSA starch, can be used to replace up to 100 per cent of the
whole egg in baked goods, considerably reducing the cholesterol
content.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in the UK has upheld a
complaint against Adsat challenging the efficacy of its Thermoplast
V37 slimming product.
Europe's largest dairy group Arla Foods and German sugar
manufacturer Nordzucker have finally begun production of Gaio
tagatose. The sweetener is said to look and taste like sugar but
with a third of the calories.
A difficult economy, recent war and current SARS epidemic may see
slightly fewer visitors at this year's Supply Side East, but those
gathering in Secaucus, New Jersey today for the start of the show
have plenty of industry issues...
A vitamin-enriched malt drink, designed to meet the nutritional
needs of communities without access to an adequate diet, launched
in South African retail outlets this week.
US functional food supplier Whole Living is aiming to expand its
direct selling initiative, the 'Food First Program', in Europe,
launching first in the UK as a test market.
Italian pharmaceutical company sigma-tau has developed a new
compound which helps to slow down and improve the symptoms caused
by Age-related Macular Disease (AMD).
