Folate producing bacteria could aid fortification: Study
Lactic acid bacteria that produce high amounts of folate show potential for the production of enriched functional foods, according to new research.
Archives for May 16, 2011
Danone debuts probiotic yoghurt Activia in 69th country: Australia
French dairy Danone has built on its 2010 joint venture with Australian co-op Murray Goulburn by belatedly launching its €4bn global selling probiotic yoghurt Activia on the market there.
Australia gains an updated nutrient database
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has updated its highly popular nutrient database to include new information about fatty acids, iodine, vitamin D and more.
Russian scientific congress backs role of probiotics
About 40 Russian scientists have backed the ability of probiotics to help maintain ‘beneficial microbiota’ and help prevent gastrointestinal disturbances, after meeting in Moscow in April.
Dispatches from Vitafoods Europe 2011
BASF-Cognis acquisition delivering customer benefits
Integration is fully underway after the merger last year between the two German ingredient giants, Cognis and BASF, with projects developing under the newly formed Human Nutrition unit in the wake of BASF’s €3bn acquisition in December, 2010.
Special edition: Prebiotics
The prebiotic pioneer: Prof Glenn Gibson
Harnessing modern technologies like metabonomics will ‘provide the answers’ to questions about how the gut microflora affect human health, says the scientist who co-coined the term ‘prebiotic’.