Danone, Yakult choose India to expand jointly
Danone and Yakult have chosen India as the next market to target with their probiotic products, setting up a joint venture in the country.
Archives for April 26, 2005
Tesco ditches FSA backed traffic light labelling
Leading British supermarket Tesco has decided to ditch the UK government-backed traffic light food labelling scheme, opting instead for its own numbers based system.
Vitamin E and low carb impact NBTY 2Q results
Global supplement maker and marketer NBTY has failed to maintain the momentum with which it started fiscal 2005, reporting a net income of $20.87 million in the second quarter - just over half the figure for the prior year period.
Heart disease patients live longer on Med diet
A Mediterranean style diet should be recommended to those already suffering from heart disease, says new research, which concludes its ingredients can help them live longer.
Health messages on food labels confusing, finds new report
The majority of British consumers are 'confused' by health messages on food products: meanwhile chocolate and snacks are the last products to be ditched in a diet regime, finds a new report.
Cyanotech and Earthrise request spirulina toxin test
Microalgae producers Cyanotech and Earthrise Nutritionals have signaled their surprise that spirulina was excluded from a recent study suggesting that a potential toxin known as BMAA is present in diverse groups of cyanobacteria, and have commissioned...
Unigen adds antioxidants to patent store
Unigen Pharmaceuticals has been granted a composition of matter and usage patent for aloesin and aloeresin A, antioxidant aloe chromones that are contained in its Pervarin and Aloewhite commercial raw materials, writes Jess Halliday.