Glucose and caffeine blend may improve mental efficiency: Study
Combining the effects of caffeine and glucose can improve the efficiency of brain activity in memory and attention tasks, according to a new study.
Archives for November 24, 2010
Dispatches from HIE 2010
Inside Cargill’s sterols and beta glucan thinking
Henry Hussell, the head of marketing, Europe at Cargill Health and Nutrition, acknowledges the development of its plant sterols and beta glucan has been slower than many expected – but that doesn’t mean the agrofood giant has lost faith in them.
Dispatches from HIE 2010
Cognis focuses on soft health claims for plant extracts
Cognis says it is following a “dual pillar” approach to product marketing that involves stressing market awareness of health benefits for some ingredients such as plant extracts, rather than investing in EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) submissions.
Omega-3 SDA-rich ‘functional chicken’ shows development potential
Feeding chicken with soybean enriched with the omega-3 fatty acid stearidonic acid (SDA) may boost the omega-3 content of the resulting meat, says new research.
EC to confirm infant and child omega-3 claims
A November European Commission standing committee meeting has said four omega-3 brain and vision claims will be confirmed at a meeting in Brussels on December 6, 2010.