Archives for October 19, 2009

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New dairy partnership improves dairy product safety and shelf-life

By Mike Stones

Improved safety standards and longer shelf life are claimed to stem from a new marketing collaboration between Danisco and DuPont Qualicon. The venture matches Danisco’s patented protective cultures with DuPont’s Qualicon detection system for the early...

No evidence that probiotics treats bacterial vaginosis: Study

By Mike Stones

There is not enough evidence to support the claim that probiotics can remedy or prevent bacterial vaginosis (BV), according to a new study conducted jointly by scientists in the United Arab Emirates, Belgium and Italy.

Special edition: Healthy chocolate

Markets: functional chocolate finding its feet

By Shane Starling

In the first of a four-part special series, NutraIngredients.com dips its investigative strawberry into the world of healthy chocolate and finds a relatively embryonic sector still finding its way but buoyed by ever-more cocoa polyphenol science,...