News, Analysis & Insights on Nutrition, Supplements, and Health
Expecting a higher uptake of vegetable fats by European chocolate manufacturers following the new '5 per cent' chocolate rule, Danish oils and fats supplier Aarhus United sees a drop in income for 2003, compounded by currency conversions, a decline in...
Swedish company Nutritech International has developed a range of health foods to showcase its new organic activated barley, which has a beta-glucan content almost double that of the original raw material, as well as high levels of fatty acids.
Diets rich in dietary fibre and fruits and vegetables appear to reduce the risk of developing non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), the fifth most common cancer in the US, report researchers.
UK company BioProgress, which makes cellulose-based films for coating tablets and capsules, is making an acquisition in the US that gives it access to dissolving 'in the mouth' films for retail consumer products, such as vitamin strips.
Spain's Natra group tripled its profits during 2003 thanks in large part to the sale of shares in its biotech subsidiary Natraceutical.
A new trial on Caiapo, an extract of white sweet potatoes taken in supplement form in Japan, confirms that it improves blood sugar and cholesterol levels in type 2 diabetic subjects.