A major EU research programme, under discussion at a meeting in
Brussels today, could help food manufacturers target the
increasingly affluent, elderly consumer with products designed to
make their lives longer and more comfortable.
The UK's top food retailer Tesco is to label 120 foods that are
'naturally low in carbs', such as cheese, nuts and fish, with a new
low-carb logo, in a bid to increase takings from the millions of
British dieters, reports...
Vitamin K supplementation should be investigated as a way of
slowing bone loss among people with the inflammatory bowel
condition Crohn's disease, say Irish researchers.
Bread with reduced carbohydrates is unlikely to become a long-term
trend but the bakery sector could do more to capitalise on the
rising interest in fibre and wholegrains, suggests an analyst.
Canadian group Forbes Medi-Tech today announced that a Finnnish
healthcare company will be the next firm to benefit from its
cholesterol-lowering plant sterols.
A German company is aiming to increase the use of colostrum in
nutritional products, with the help of new supplier Buckton Scott,
reports Dominique Patton.
A novel cooking oil further lowers cholesterol in people on
cholesterol-lowering medication and could offer a safer alternative
to increasing drug dosages, suggests new research.
New developments in bakery ingredients are set to give the sector a
more important presence in the booming functional foods industry,
reports Dominique Patton.
Emerging research on lactic acid bacteria is set to offer food
companies a new method of vitamin enrichment that allows them to
get around consumer concerns over added ingredients, writes
Dominique Patton.
Healthy foods targeted at children may be coming up against a
critical barrier to sales - most parents fail to recognise obesity
and overweight problems in their children, according to a study out
tomorrow.
German fine chemicals supplier Boehringer Ingelheim is offering a
new magnesium product to meet increasing demand from companies
looking to fortify with this mineral, writes Dominique
Patton.
The use of labels to 'signpost' healthy foods is getting strong
support from the UK, as it steps up its public health campaign
against obesity and related disease.
Ingredients supplier Cargill says new food applications containing
the joint health supplement chondroitin will allow companies to
captialise on the growing interest in preventative joint care.
German chemical giant BASF is to shed about 3,600 jobs at its main
Ludwigshafen plant over the next three years as part of efforts
ensure the site's competitiveness.
Low-glycaemic load diets may have a lesser effect on lowering
metabolism than low-fat diets, making dieters feel less tired, cold
and hungry and more likely to stick to the regime long-term,
suggests a new study.
Taking supplements of lactoferrin or a drink enriched with the milk
protein may help to prevent osteoporosis in those at risk, say
researchers from New Zealand, revealing for the first time that the
compound has powerful bone-building...
Number one cultures supplier Chr. Hansen is up for sale as its
major stakeholder decides to pull away from the ingredients slice
of the company to focus on the pharmaceutical unit. The move will
make the company's still growing...
Manufacturers of oat-based products in the UK can now position them
alongside cholesterol-lowering foods, following the approval of a
health claim by the country's voluntary claims body.
Approximately one third of consumers are now aware of the glycaemic
index but most do not understand the concept sufficiently to be
able to interpret on-pack labelling, finds a new survey.
Dutch chemicals and ingredients company DSM is to purchase a stake
in North China Pharmaceutical Group in a move that boosts its
presence in the country, writes Phil Taylor.
Research by DSM Nutritional Products provides further evidence of
the mechanism behind lycopene's protective role against prostate
cancer, giving extra support for its use in functional foods and
supplements.
The French maritime pine bark extract Pycnogenol appears to protect
against deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and conditions associated with
long-haul flights, according to a new clinical study.
UK dairy foods company Fayrefield Foods is to launch the first
foods containing Forbes Medi-Tech's cholesterol-lowering plant
sterols in the UK and Ireland next year, using the GM-free claim to
competitive advantage.
Israeli firm Algatechnologies has created a new joint venture firm
with the supercritical extraction specialist US Nutra to push the
carotenoid astaxanthin for use in foods and supplements.
Marketers of full complex vitamin E supplements could turn the
latest review on the vitamin to their advantage, despite its
dramatic conclusions widely reported in consumer press.
Fortification is a growing trend in soft drinks and the dairy
sector, and played a role in 8 per cent of all new food and drink
products introduced last year, according to David Jago, director of
Mintel's Global New Products...
About 40 per cent of diabetic patients can reduce their risk of
heart attacks and of dying from heart disease by taking vitamin E
supplements, according to new research out of the Technion-Israel
Institute of Technology.
US agri-giant Cargill introduced a new barley ingredient, with high
levels of beta-glucan soluble fibre, at Health Ingredients Europe
last week, as part of its platform designed to target heart health.
Highly obese women are 12 times more likely to have diabetes or
knee replacement surgery, and five times more likely to have high
blood pressure than women who are at a normal weight, shows a new
study that reveals the extent of risk...
Italian plant extracts firm Indena has added a new standardised
olive fruit extract to its range, introducing the product at Health
Ingredients Europe in Amsterdam this week.
Italian firm Chemi is moving production of the nutraceutical
ingredient phosphatidylserine to its pharmaceutical actives plant
in Brazil, allowing it to increase capacity and become more
competitive on price.
People who follow a healthy, low-fat, low-energy-density diet that
includes more water-rich foods, such as fruits and vegetables,
consume more food but weigh less than people who eat a more
energy-dense diet, reported researchers...
UK fish oils supplier Croda Health Care is launching a new joint
care complex based on type II collagen and chondroitin sulphate,
expanding its offering for this booming nutraceuticals category.
Traffic light labelling would be a primitive, unworkable and
pointless way of highlighting unhealthy foods according to the UK
food industry, speaking in reaction to the newly published
government policy paper on public health. Chris...
Pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline is to produce nutritional
supplements for the ATP, the governing body for men's tennis, under
a new scheme designed to limit the risk of supplements causing
tennis players to test positive.
UK researchers are investigating whether a food supplement derived
from substances found in cabbage could reduce the incidence of
cervical abnormalities.
Drinking Concord grape juice significantly increased good
cholesterol and significantly lowered two markers of inflammation
in people with stable coronary artery disease.
The Canadian sterol maker Forbes Medi-Tech said last week's
authorisation to sell its Reducol ingredients in the EU underlined
the continued growth of its nutraceutical business.
DSM's PeptoPro took the gold award at Health Ingredients Europe
yesterday, with a French produced fat-binding extract Neopuntia
coming in second. The bronze award was given to Ingredia for its
stress relieving peptide Lactium.
A potent antioxidant abundant in apples and some other fruits and
vegetables appears to protect brain cells against oxidative stress,
a tissue-damaging process associated with Alzheimer's and other
neurodegenerative disorders.
Almost half of the products sold in a survey of Finnish gyms did
not comply with food regulations, with many containing levels of
nutrients not correctly labelled, reports the country's food
agency.
The British government is expected to release a long-awaited policy
paper on public health today with plans to curb public smoking,
tackle obesity and address the way food companies target children
through advertising.
Drinks companies are increasingly pushing bottled waters at the
body-conscious consumer, taking advantage of water's established
health position and shifting attitudes towards healthier
lifestyles.
The new interest in protein, one of this year's biggest food
formulation trends, has been supported by ingredient innovation,
with proteins stealing the majority of nominations for the Health
Ingredients Europe awards presented...
Rachel's Organic, a leading UK producer of organic dairy products,
says that the growing appetite of British consumers for healthy,
innovative products is helping sustain growth in the burgeoning UK
organic dairy sector. Tom...
US-based Martek Biosciences said on Friday that its European
DHA/ARA oil blends patent had been revoked by the European Patent
Office following challenges made by two potential competitors.