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Limited consumer awareness threatens to restrain the development of probiotics markets, finds a new Frost & Sullivan report, yet sales of the healthy ingredient are still set to almost triple in value over the next six years.
Finland's National Food Agency has banned several food supplement makers from repeat marketing of unsubstantiated claims in a clampdown on the use of health claims.
Leading Swedish food maker Procordia Food is to launch a series of health-enhancing foods and has reached a deal with compatriot BioGaia for use of its probiotic bacteria Lactobacillus reuteri in products for the Nordic market.
The herbal extract aloe vera is increasingly being added to foods, with the latest innovation from German dairy company Onken in the form of an aloe vera-enriched low-fat yoghurt.
Limited consumer awareness threatens to restrain the development of probiotics markets, finds a new Frost & Sullivan report, yet in Europe the food ingredient is still set to more than triple in value over the next six years.
German researchers have identified for the first time a potent antioxidant compound in coffee which could explain its anti-cancer activity. The study found that methylpyridinium, formed during the roasting process, increased protection against colon...