Archives for January 20, 2009

EFSA health claim opinion

EFSA tells Unilever black tea not proven to focus attention

The European Food Safety Authority has turned down Unilever-submitted health claims linking black tea consumption and improved mental focus because they failed to demonstrate causality.

Unrefined sweeteners bring antioxidant boost to bakery: Study

Fresh evidence from researchers in the US suggests that substituting refined sweeteners with unrefined equivalents in food formulations could raise disease-fighting antioxidants in consumer diets.

European herb group issues fact file to clear botanical air

The European Botanical Forum (EBF) has released a “communication tool” it says will “correct some commonly-held misapprehensions about botanical food supplements”.

Vitiva moves into UK market

Slovenian ingredients firm Vitiva has spied great potential in the natural-hungry UK market, and has set up a subsidiary office there to cater to it.

New study backs soy’s bone protection benefits

Soy protein consumption could help protect against bone loss in post menopausal women, suggests a new study that adds to previous findings linking soy to bone health in women.