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The UK's Food Standards Agency is springing into action to formulate a response to the EC discussion document on maximum vitamin and mineral levels, which failed to take into account the country's proposed two-tier systems.
Adding soluble fibres, guar gum and pectin, to skimmed milk could speed up the coagulation time, improving cost efficiency, and impart nutritional benefits, say Irish researchers.
The Canadian Center for Ethics In Sport (CCES) has teamed up with NSF International over a supplements certification program intended to minimize the risk of products used by athletes containing substances prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency...
Protient is launching a goat milk protein concentrate for the sports nutrition and weight loss industries, following demand from formulators for rapidly absorbed, less allergenic protein.
Eating three or more portions of oily fish per week could reduce the risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) by 70 per cent, says a new study from Australia.
The strategy of bringing new ingredients to market as nutraceuticals, with a view to pharmaceutical launch at a later date, is helping expand supplement-makers' toolkit - as well as providing biotechs with a revenue stream earlier.