Frustrated Finnish dairy and ingredients firm Valio says the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) rejection of its probiotic claim contradicted or ignored peer reviewed data in its dossier that included 86 studies.
Proprietary natural ingredient and formula provider RFI Ingredients LLC is pushing into new markets with the opening of a sales office in England to serve the European market.
The European Food Safety Authority has rejected an article 13.5 health claim that sought to link consumption of the probiotic strain, Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG, with gastrointestinal benefits.
As the world’s biggest probiotic supplier Danisco has a lot at stake when it comes to the European Food Safety Authority’s ongoing refusal to validate the healthy bacteria’s ability to benefit gut health, immunity and more.
Krill player Neptune Technologies & Bioressources has reported a 32 percent increase in revenues for the full year 2011, but a weak US dollar has impacted the final quarter.
Long-term intake of phenol-rich lingonberry, but not cranberry or blackcurrant juice, improves and normalises the functioning of blood vessels in rats with hypertension, according to new research.
China is poised to over take Western Europe in the consumption of EPA- and DHA-rich oils, according to research conducted by market analysts Frost & Sullivan and the Global Organization for EPA and DHA (GOED).
The European Union Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive (THMPD) is ultimately a force for good, although some “small guys” may disagree, says leading consultancy and contract research organisation, analyze&realize. The nutrition and health...
French nutritionist Doctor Pierre Dukan is suing a fellow French nutritionist for publically stating his protein-centric Dukan diet was "a danger for the French population".
Fonterra has been given a seat on an exclusive world trade advisory group which, the co-operative says, will allow it to aid the “smooth the flow” of New Zealand imports and exports.
German contract manufacturer Sternvitamin is promoting its pharma-standard nutrient blending facility that it says is especially appropriate for “sensitive applications” like infant foods.
Allegations of financial impropriety against China-Biotics are growing louder with respected investment publications coming down against the company for massaging its financial figures to overstate revenues.
French botanicals supplier Naturex has seen its 2011 Q1 net profit double from €2.4m to €4.8m on revenues of €64m, as benefits of its 2009 expansion kick in.
The internet’s freedom of information promise is opening up the value chain behind healthy foods to swathes of transparency-centric consumers armed with a desire to know the back story of the products they buy.
Daily feeding with a prebiotic-enriched baby formula produced gut bacteria profiles that ‘closely resembled’ those observed in breastfed infant, says a new study.
ANSES, the French Food Safety Agency, says no food supplement or singular dietary intervention can prevent the onset of a range of cancers, while concluding overall diet and lifestyle habits do matter.
The Australian and Indian governments have committed AUS$10m (€7.48m) to a range of research projects in nutrition/pharma and agriculture including one to develop omega-3 production methods.
Institut Rosell-Lallemand is demonstrating the value of the blend with a new synbiotic formulation containing pre- and probiotics, along with select vitamins.
Rejected health claims may remain usable for extended periods after confirmation from the European Commission that rejected article 13.5 claims can gain an extended life if there exists a duplicate article 13.1 general function claim.
Vitamin D could play a key role in improving male reproductive health, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Copenhagen and Copenhagen University Hospital.
DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) is the critical omega-3 fatty acid in the brain and research backs its ability to boost brain function. But can it slow the onset of Alzheimer’s Disease and help protect sportspeople against concussion?
The European Food safety Authority (EFSA) has approved a health claim linking consumption of a low-fat and omega-3 fortified margarine with cholesterol lowering benefits.
Nestlé says its infant and follow-on formula marketing policies are compliant with international guidelines, after the food giant was criticised by a baby milk lobby group.
A nano-complex of the grapefruit compound naringenin and cyclodextrin may help to substantially reduce the absorption of fat and sugar in the body, say researchers.
Nestlé has launched a range of six baby formulas aimed at infants between the ages of six months and three years’ delivered in a coffee machine format.
The plant (ALA) and marine (DHA and EPA) sectors have not always agreed about omega-3 bioavailability and sustainability, but they recently came together against the negative health effects of omega-6 over-consumption.
The International Dairy Federation (IDF) is supporting research into camel, buffalo and other unusual dairy products as they slowly eat into the cow-held monopoly of the global market.
NutraIngredients-USA.com is hosting the first virtual conference dedicated to bone and joint health, showcasing the latest trends and strategies for this multi-million dollar segment.
The cranberry industry, divided over differing methods of measuring the active proanthocyanidins (PACs) content of the berries, are offering differing interpretations of new advice from the French food agency (ANSES).
The new Health Science division Nestlé created last September has made its second acquisition by buying $250m a year US gastroenterology and oncology diagnostic specialist, Prometheus Laboratories Inc., for an undisclosed sum.
Gate2Tech managing director Dr Jean Michel Pommet explains why the Probiotech conference, to be held in Milan on June 23-24, offers something a little bit different as far as probiotic-centred congresses go.
Coffee prices may have reached record highs but they are unlikely to derail the hot drink from its high growth path, according to the head of beverage research at Euromonitor.
Marketing activity on TensVida (formerly TensGuard), a groundbreaking tripeptide from milk claimed to reduce blood pressure, has been put on ice by bosses at DSM after it failed to meet commercial targets.
The marine environment may be hiding a bounty of untapped natural ingredients that have potential for use in foods and supplements, says Dr Jon Williams of Aquapharm.
Seeds from the herb bitter cumin possess a high level of antioxidants, and may help to provide a good source of natural antioxidants to prevent diseases linked with oxidative stress, according to research.
A legal challenge to new EU legislation, implemented on May 1, which could ban thousands of traditional herbal medicines is “imminent,” a spokesperson for the UK-based Alliance for Natural Health told NutraIngredients.
Most consumers have never even heard of them, let alone understand their microbiota-building function. EFSA says they don’t work. And they live in the shadow of their more popular, accessible and bigger selling cousin, probiotics, yet sales continue to...
The long-standing dispute within the cranberry industry about the most appropriate way to measure the urinary tract infection (UTI)-battling berry’s active constituents was resolved in France recently when a government body backed a version of the DMAC...
Spanish and British probiotics companies are driving funds into strain and product-specific studies as they attempt to build scientific backing that will survive in the European Union health claims clampdown.
At Vitafoods Europe 2011, Jess Halliday caught up with event director Chris Lee to talk about the show’s ambitious expansion plans into Asia and South America.
Hong Kong-based Gencor Pacific has failed to convince the European Commission and EU member states to alter the European Food Safety Authority’s rejection of weight management claims for its extract, as the rejections have this month entered the official...
The UK company behind a high pH, electrolysed water product says it fully expected the advertising watchdog to rule against its cancer, ageing and other claims, and will appeal.
Supplementation with vitamin A or beta carotene while pregnant may not reduce the risk of maternal or infant death in malnourished areas, according to new research.
DSM’s head of global marketing in human nutrition and health, Gareth Barker, explains why it has bought a carotenoid supplier (approval permitting), how the Martek acquisition is progressing, and why the company is not finished spending yet.
About 40 Russian scientists have backed the ability of probiotics to help maintain ‘beneficial microbiota’ and help prevent gastrointestinal disturbances, after meeting in Moscow in April.
French dairy Danone has built on its 2010 joint venture with Australian co-op Murray Goulburn by belatedly launching its €4bn global selling probiotic yoghurt Activia on the market there.
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has updated its highly popular nutrient database to include new information about fatty acids, iodine, vitamin D and more.
Integration is fully underway after the merger last year between the two German ingredient giants, Cognis and BASF, with projects developing under the newly formed Human Nutrition unit in the wake of BASF’s €3bn acquisition in December, 2010.
Professor Edzard Ernst, who once had a famous spat with Prince Charles after criticising claims being made by the Prince’s now defunct Foundation for Integrated Health, has announced his has retirement as director of the Complementary Medicine Research...
