Croda strengthens Europe focus
Croda International, the UK-based speciality chemical company, has announced a restructuring of its European chemicals operations.
Archives for October 23, 2003
Diabetes risk revised upwards
The number of adults at risk of developing type 2 diabetes is expected to rise by roughly 20 per cent under new criteria being laid out next month in Diabetes Care. The revised criteria should encourage changes to diet and lifestyle to prevent the...
Vitamin D supplements needed to prevent rickets
Pregnant women and children should take vitamin D supplements to prevent a resurgence of rickets, say researchers in a seminar published in tomorrow's issue of The Lancet. Experts have been warning of rising cases of the bone disease in European and...
Skane licenses Reducal for next functional food
Swedish dairy firm Skanemejerier will next year launch a range of foods to help weight control, after reaching a deal with LTP Lipid Technologies Provider for use of its ingredient Reducal. The move allows Skane to move into the booming weight control...
FiE seminar opens floor to obesity solutions
Food ingredients companies are to discuss the challenges and opportunities posed by the current global obesity epidemic at a seminar in next month's Food Ingredients Europe show.
Vitamin C to fight joint pain?
UK researchers are to test whether a simple course of vitamin C could reduce the effects of an extreme pain syndrome that develops in 30 per cent of people who fracture their wrists.
Expansion for textured wheat proteins
Growth is ahead of schedule for wheat-based ingredients supplier MGP Ingredients with the Kansas-based company moving expansion of its textured wheat proteins to phase two as demand for their speciality ingredients continues to gain force.