Archives for June 8, 2004

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Low-carb: British bread industry fights back

Three British food industry bodies have joined forces to promote a new diet which they hope will prove just as popular as the low-carb Atkins fad currently sweeping the nation - and which will, they hope, get consumers eating carbohydrate-rich bread...

Numico sells milk powder production

Infant nutrition company Royal Numico says it has reached 'in principle' an agreement for the sale of its milk powder production subsidiary Nutricia Lyempf, based in Kampen, the Netherlands.

Weeds being overlooked as natural medicines

Herbal companies looking for new products may not need to go far to find new medicinal plants, according to a review, which finds that weeds have produced more drugs and natural remedies than tropical plants found in the rainforest.

Premium cereal launches belie market realities

Breakfast cereals are experiencing steady growth in central and eastern Europe, in particular in the largest markets in Russia and Poland. But while most of the recent product launches there have been at the premium end of the market, manufacturers...

ONC gets quality, safety approval under new USP program

The standard fish oils and omega-3 fish oil concentrates produced by Ocean Nutrition Canada (ONC) have become the first ingredients to be certified under the United States Pharmacopeia's (USP) new ingredient verification program.