Archives for October 18, 2006

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Member States start compiling health claims lists

By  Anthony Fletcher and Jess Halliday

European food companies are already being asked to submit health claims for approval to agencies at national level, following the adoption of the new EU regulation on nutrition and health claims last week.

Fruit, veg in schools increase with new nutrition policies

By  Lorraine Heller

The recently implemented school wellness policies have started to have an impact on the types of foods children have access to during the day, with schools already offering more fruits and vegetables, according to a report issued this week.

Manufacturers not asking labs enough questions

By  Clarisse Douaud in Las Vegas

Not all herbal and supplement ingredients are equal, said panelists at Supply Side West, and manufacturers need to be asking more questions about where their ingredients come from and how they are being tested.

DHEA supplements have no effect on aging markers, says study

By  Stephen Daniells

Researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota have reported that DHEA does not have "physiologically relevant beneficial effects" on markers for anti-aging - a finding that does not help the industry's fight to preserve the hormone precursor's status...

CoQ10 bioavailability boosted by cyclodextrin

By  Stephen Daniells

Complexing co-enzyme Q10 (CoQ10) with gamma-cyclodextrin boosted bioavailability of CoQ10 by about 35 per cent compared to a microcrystalline cellulose-CoQ10 complex, say researchers from CycloChem, Wacker-Chemie, and Kumamoto University in Japan.

Colourless carotenoids cleared for EU use

By  staff reporter

Colourless carotenoids developed by Israeli Biotechnology Research have been given the green-light for use in foods in Europe; they are expected to be used in supplement intended to boost outward appearance from the inside and to boost stability in...