Archives for January 19, 2004

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Nestlé to change fat for insoluble fibre

Major Swiss food maker Nestlé is to add a novel fat replacer to its products, revealed the US-based Fiber Gel Technologies, manufacturer of the ingredient, last week.

WHO health strategy facing industry 'sabotage'

A WHO report on obesity prevention, which would urge governments to promote healthy foods, is under threat from food makers supported by the US administration, said consumer groups last week.

Trehalose reduces Huntington's disease in mice

The natural sugar trehalose has been shown to relieve the symptoms of Huntington's disease in mice and could one day be used to treat the disease in humans, currently without cure, suggest Japanese researchers.