A framework tool for assessing the scientific support for claims
relating to bone health and osteoporosis has been developed by a
group working towards the European PASSCLAIM recommendations.
Freshly squeezed orange juice is as good for us as pasteurised
orange juice, report scientists this week, which begs the question
- is fresh orange juice worth the greater expense?
Boosting vitamin C consumption may help to prevent arthritis,
suggest researchers in the UK this week. The team has linked low
intake of fruit and vegetables containing the vitamin to higher
risk of inflammatory arthritis. Findings...
Roche yesterday opened a new food premix facility outside São
Paulo, Brazil, to manufacture its Nutrix blends for use in
fortified foods and supplements made in South America.
Experts on medicinal plants are to gather in London next month to
discuss the potential and current hurdles for the herbal market and
the development of novel medicines.
Researchers in Hong Kong report that the hormone melatonin, more
commonly used to reduce the effects of jetlag, could protect the
brain from the effects of stroke.
The Dutch life science company this week presented its sustainable
strategy, emphasising the company's progress in the fields of
'People, Planet and Profit'.
US-based ADM Specialty Ingredients is restructuring its sales and
marketing organisation "to better serve customer needs for
comprehensive and innovative food ingredients".
Canada's PanGeo Pharma group has acquired the Quest Consumer Health
Care business of Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) for approximately
C$14 million (€10m).
Vitamins are increasingly recognised for their role in skin health,
according to experts who yesterday highlighted the new research
showing the benefits of vitamin K and niacin.
Taking supplements of creatine to slow the muscular disease
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) may be a waste of time and
money, conclude the authors of a new clinical trial published this
week.
Danish ingredients company Danisco announced this week that it is
use new production facilities in Denmark to produce Natamax - a
natural, biological preservative.
Confirming findings of a recent study by Japanese researchers, the
WHO's cancer research agency also reported recently on the strong
evidence that eating fruits and vegetables could lower the risk of
cancer, particularly cancers...
New owners of the Vitafoods trade show have added two new areas -
the Finished Products Zone, and Vitacos, dedicated to the growing
cosmeceuticals market.
Researchers in Canada are developing a natural antibody cocktail
that they claim can help prevent the most common foodborne germs,
including E. coli and Salmonella, which cause thousands to become
ill or even die each year.
Beta-carotene - a naturally occurring antioxidant found in fruits
and vegetables - may reduce cataract risk in male smokers, so
suggests a 12 year US supplementation trial of age-related cataract
in men.
Reviewing current science on salt and its effects on health, UK
scientists say that while there is no proven evidence to support
intake restriction guidelines in the general population, no-one
would be disadvantaged by reducing their...
Waist circumference in young people has risen more steeply over the
past 10-20 years than body mass index, particularly in girls,
report researchers. Waist size is linked to higher risk of diabetes
and high cholesterol.
With this month's launch of the Nestle/L'oreal joint venture to
produce cosmetic nutritional supplements, a beauty trade fair has
added a section reserved for this innovative new market.
Anaemic adults and children cost developing countries billions of
dollars in lost productivity, according to a recent study. The
authors report that on average, a country loses 0.6 per cent of its
GDP due to physical productivity...
Laboratoires Innéov, the new joint venture between food company
Nestlé and the cosmetics firm L'Oreal, is launching its first
product this month in selected markets. Are we likely to see this
'cosmetic food' sector...
A European project is to evaluate the impact of different types of
olive oil and their antioxidant phenolic compounds on oxidative
stress and DNA damage.
A US study reveals that out of more than 250 dietary products
tested, only HMB and creatine supplements have sufficient
scientific evidence to show that their use increases lean body mass
and strength.
Inadequate consumer understanding of probiotic foods poses a
critical challenge to the immense potential for growth in the
Australia and New Zealand markets, but consumer behaviour and the
ageing demographic will ensure sustained...
The Caribbean herbal industry will be presenting its products to
the European market next month in a special exhibition at the
Natural Products show in London.
A new US/UK collaboration will research ways of increasing yields
in a range of herbal extract products used for medicinal purposes,
in order to make them more readily available.
Cargill Acidulants is to market Regenasure glucosamine
hydrochloride, a product for the dietary supplement industry that
does not use shellfish as its source.
Calls for urgent action to treat obesity are again in the
headlines, following a new assessment that up to 1.7 billion people
worldwide could be overweight or obese.
Analysis distribution company LGC Promochem is to distribute the
ChromaDex reference standards, covering more than 2500 high purity
phytochemicals, to the herbal industry in Europe.
Leading orthopaedic surgeons and pharmacologists have confirmed
their backing for chondroitin sulphate supplements as a way of
managing joint discomfort, according to one supplement
manufacturer.
Curcumin, found in the Indian spice turmeric, may be able to slow
down and stop the blood cancer multiple myeloma, suggest
researchers, confirming previous health effects linked to the
spice.
Raisio Life Sciences, maker of Benecol, may be starting to make
profits, but with the group facing a strike this week, and
continued problems at its chemicals unit, losses are looking likely
in the first quarter of 2003.
The food intolerance and allergies market has grown 165 per cent
since 2000, according to new research by market analysts Mintel,
and is set to more than double in value by 2007 reaching £138
million (€202m).
Global sales of nutraceuticals are estimated to reach $74.7 billion
(€68.5bn) by 2007, growing at an average rate of 9.9 per cent
annually for the next five years, says a new report.
Upping levels of dietary fibre may reduce the risk of heart attack
in patients with previous heart problems, but the type of fibre may
also have a role to play, suggests the results of a study in
northern Italy.
Fish oil has been found to greatly reduce the symptoms of lupus
disease, offering hope to millions of sufferers with little
alternative to steroid treatment.
The Food Standards Authority of Australia and New Zealand confirms
that milk is safe and nutritious, despite arguments suggesting that
some types of milk can lead to diseases such as autism and
diabetes.
