L-carnitine: No health claims but high consumer awareness
Leading L-carnitine supplier Lonza says 43% of consumers are aware of L-carnitine and its health benefits even if the EU has banned claims for the nutrient.
Archives for January 10, 2013
Coffee waste may be a rich source antioxidants for supplements, suggest scientists
Waste from brewing coffee could be a valuable resource for the production of antioxidants for dietary supplements, say researchers.
Calcium plus vitamin D may slash body fat levels
Adding calcium and vitamin D supplements to an energy-restricted diet may boost the loss of body fat, compared to the diet alone, says a new study.
Industry Voices: Healthy Choc Chief
Functional ingredients and chocolate the perfect match, says Good Cacao CEO
Good Cacao CEO talks to ConfectioneryNews.com about boosting the appeal of healthy chocolate, the functional ingredients to look out for in 2013 and challenges in formulation.
High fibre diet ingredient IP6 backed for prostate cancer prevention
The compound believed to one of the ‘active ingredients’ in a high-fibre diet could have clinical potential to control the progression of prostate cancer in patients diagnosed in early stages of the disease, suggest researchers.
VAT attack: UK trio birth “premium value” online sports nutrition brand
Three Myprotein.com directors have left the sports nutrition leader to launch a low-cost, premium supplements brand in the wake of the UK imposing a 20% tax on sports powder perennials like whey protein.
‘We’ve launched world’s first probiotic coffee’: Tipton Mills
Tipton Mills claims to have launched the world’s first probiotic coffee, which uses a new probiotic developed by Ganeden Biotech, and says one serving contains 10 times as many cultures as a standard probiotic yogurt.
Nestlé quiet on Pfizer Nutrition-driven Latin American assets sale rumour
Nestlé has refused to comment on reports that it is working with financial advisory group Rothschild to sell more than $1bn of Latin American assets in an effort to win regulatory approval for its acquisition of Pfizer Nutrition.