Black beans high in antioxidant ratings
The debate over which plant has the most antioxidants continues, with new research showing black beans are a rich but overlooked source of antioxidants equal to fruits like grapes, apples and cranberries.
Archives for December 10, 2003
PURAC absorbs AVEBE subsidiary
Dutch food ingredients and confectionery multinational CSM continues its strategy to expand worldwide activities in the food and pharmaceutical markets with the recent announcement that it has completed the acquisition of the gluconic acid derivatives...
Sunshine vitamin may ease pain, reduce colon cancer risk
People with persistent, non-specific musculoskeletal pain should be screened regularly for vitamin D deficiency, report authors of the leading study in this week's Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
Is calcium involved in taste transfer?
New research into the mysterious domain of taste by a US neuroscientist suggests that calcium plays a key role in the detection of tastes by taste cells in the tongue.
Supplement retailers stage campaign against new legislation
Health food stores in New Zealand will today 'black out' products threatened by the government's plans to regulate supplements under a joint authority with Australia.
Akins may help reduce seizures in epilepsy patients
The popular low-carbohydrate, high-fat Atkins diet, causing waves on both sides of the Atlantic, may also have a role in preventing seizures in children with epilepsy, say researchers at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center in the US.
Cognis meets demand for sterols
Cognis Nutrition and Health has added a new vegetable sterol esters ingredient to its product range. The company, which launched the product for the US market at the SupplySide West tradeshow last week, said vegetable sterol esters are in strong...
SourceOne to market cholesterol-lowering Sytrinol
US-based SourceOne Global Partners has established a strategic alliance with Seltzer Nutritional Technologies (SNT), a division of Seltzer Chemicals, for its patented cholesterol-lowering product Sytrinol.
Herbals directive will not include substances regulated as food
MEPs last week voted through amendments to the traditional herbal medicinal products directive (THMPD) that will prevent it from regulating herbal products sold under food law.