Archives for February 16, 2007

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Nestlé teams up with Barry Callebaut

By  Catherine Boal

Chocolate producers Nestlé and Barry Callebaut have joined forces to improve their respective positions in the competitive European market as the maker of Smarties chocolate hands over facilities and a supply contract to the Swiss processor.

Science please, says slimming expo organiser

By  staff reporter

The exhibition surrounding the first conference dedicated to entirely to slimming ingredients, taking place next month in Berlin, is open only to companies whose products are supported by clinical trials, says the organiser.

Watercress may protect against DNA damage, cancer

By  Stephen Daniells

A regular intake of watercress may protect against DNA damage in blood cells, considered an important trigger in cancer development, by 23 per cent, new research suggests.