Arla profits boom as mergers bear fruit
Dairy giant Arla has doubled profits for the first half of its financial year, amid news the two mergers it undertook in 2012 were paying off.
Archives for August 28, 2013
UK turns up heat on deadly fat burner
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) is pushing hard to end an illicit trade in the industrial chemical DNP (2,4-Dinitrophenol) which is being used as a fat burning, weight loss aid and has been linked to at least two deaths.
Red yeast rice ‘safely’ reduces cholesterol levels and inflammatory markers: Italian study
A daily dose of red yeast rice safely reduces elevated cholesterol levels, decreases a marker of inflammation, and lowers markers of vascular remodeling, says a new study from Italy that further supports the safety and efficacy of the supplement.
Special report
Double-digit nutraceutical growth highlights India’s economy of scale
Indian nutraceutical companies have been watching a nascent industry mature over the last couple of years, and now recently released figures have backed up the boom.
Naturex pays €8.5m for Spanish site
Naturex will pay €8.5m in 2017 to take control of the Valencia, Spain, facility it has been using since buying the ingredients division of Natraceutical in 2009.
Opinion
Fonterra's problem lies mainly in how it communicates with the Chinese
The longstanding dairy relationship between China and New Zealand ought not to have worked so well, but it has, and will continue to, in spite of two substantial safety scares this year alone.
"An amazing result with possibly enormous implications for the treatment and even prevention of the greatest public health issue of our time"
Microbiome breakthrough: Gut flora implicated in metabolic disorders
There is a distinct link between the composition of our gut bacteria and incidence of obesity related conditions including heart disease and diabetes, according to new data from the MetaHIT project.