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Grain fibre claims garner a mixed response from EFSA

By Michelle Knott

Oat, barley and rye fibre all won positive opinions from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for claims relating to gut health in EFSA’s latest batch of health claims decisions under article 13 of European health claims legislation.

Infant nutrition part 2: Probiotics ‘safe for most newborns’

By Michelle Knott

Specific strains of probiotic bacteria could be used routinely to supplement infant formulas as a way to help prevent and manage conditions such as acute diarrhoea, antibiotic associated diarrhoea, infant colic, atopic (hypersensitivity) disease,...