Report card: French laud nutrivigilance success
France’s nutrivigilence work – launched in 2010 to ensure safety in food supplements and some foodstuffs – has improved the quality of the food supply, the country’s food safety agency has said.
Archives for October 27, 2014
Cocoa flavanols may reverse memory decline, but not in chocolate, says Mars-backed study
A Mars-supported study suggests that cocoa flavanols in a functional drink may reverse age-related memory decline, but the same effect may not be true in chocolate.
Dispatches: AACCI annual meeting 2014
Kellogg NPD scientist: Protein has plenty of challenges
Cereal and plant proteins hold huge potential for breakfast cereal and snack bar fortification but taste and texture remain challenging, say Kellogg’s lead product development scientist.
Grapefruit juice may block weight gain from high-fat diet: Mouse data
Consumption of grapefruit juice may block weight gain from a high-fat diet by improving metabolic markers, according to research in mice.
Capsules are ‘as effective’ for faecal transplant delivery
The use of non-invasive oral capsules is just as effective as invasive procedures for the delivery of faecal transplants, say researchers.
Food4Me: Strict laws needed to ease nutrigenomic fear
Europeans are highly concerned about sharing genetic data for personalised nutrition projects, or nutrigenomics, a 9000-person, nine nation study has found.
Swapping out the sat fat backed for cholesterol benefits, finds ‘weight gain’ study
While replacing saturated fats with polyunsaturated fats may have no influence on overall weight, it may improve cholesterol and other markers of heart health, say researchers.