Archives for March 16, 2004

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Ascorbic acid prices erode Zila's profits

Zila, a US pharma and biotech company, has achieved double-digit sales growth for the first half of 2004, mainly due to the performance of its nutraceutical division. Operational costs exceeded sales however, due to higher cost of ascorbic acid and...

Functional miso to rival calcium supplements

Japan's Agriculture and Livestock Industries Corporation (ALIC) has teamed up with two research bodies to develop a new functional fermented miso derived from skimmed milk, that contains three times as much calcium as regular miso, writes Lindsey Partos.

Drug studies offer closer look at cholesterol

New research on statins, the commonly prescribed cholesterol lowering drugs, may significantly improve understanding of how cholesterol levels affect heart health, a major target for the functional food and supplements industry.